# Mandate (intent → authority)

A signed, scoped permission slip: what may be bought, up to what amount, for how long, by which agent. Mandates are what make agent spending auditable — and what let you accept an agent’s order without accepting unlimited liability.

Canonical: https://robauto.ai/learn/agentic-commerce-101/9

_Agentic Commerce 101: How Agents Buy and Sell — lesson 9 of 20 (DEFINITION)_

A signed, scoped permission slip: what may be bought, up to what amount, for how long, by which agent. Mandates are what make agent spending auditable — and what let you accept an agent’s order without accepting unlimited liability.

Source: [Google — AP2 mandates](https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning?utm_source=robauto)

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