Your UCP Trial: What to Do in the First 7 Days
You just unlocked the full toolkit. Here's a simple day-by-day plan to find out whether AI shopping agents can actually discover and buy from your store - and to keep it that way.
Welcome - here's what you unlocked
Your 7-day trial gives you the full Starter plan, no credit card required. That means:
- Up to 3 monitored domains - your store plus staging, or a small client portfolio.
- Continuous re-validation and break alerts - UCP profiles fail silently after deploys, and we catch it before your AI traffic disappears.
- AI agent analytics - see which agents (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity) reach your store and where they drop off.
- Verification badges you can embed to show your store is AI-ready.
The fastest way to get value is to follow the four steps below - one per day for the first four days. By Day 4 you'll have a baseline score, a simulated agent run, live monitoring, and your first analytics.
Step 1 - Run your first full validation (Day 1)
Start with a baseline. The UCPtools validator checks your store across all four levels and returns an AI readiness score from 0 to 100, with a letter grade:
- Structural - is the JSON at
/.well-known/ucpvalid and complete? - Compliance - do namespaces, origins, HTTPS, and signing keys follow the spec?
- Network - do the declared endpoints actually resolve over HTTPS?
- Simulation - can an agent complete a real checkout lifecycle?
Most free checkers only test Level 1. A Level 1 pass with Level 3 failures means your profile looks correct but agents can't use it. Note your score and the issues it surfaces - that's your to-do list for the week.
Step 2 - Try the AI agent simulator (Day 2)
A passing score tells you the profile is valid. The AI agent simulator tells you what an agent actually experiences. It replays the discovery flow the way ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity do:
- Discover your manifest and read your capabilities
- Inspect checkout, payment, and identity-linking support
- Attempt a simulated purchase and report exactly where it breaks
This is where issues that pass structural checks - empty payment handlers, broken identity linking, mismatched origins - finally show up. See the four levels of validation for why this matters.
Step 3 - Set up continuous monitoring (Day 3)
This is the part that pays for itself. A UCP profile that's valid today can break tomorrow - a theme update, a plugin change, a CDN cache, or a certificate renewal can knock you offline to AI agents with no error shown to you.
In your dashboard, add each domain you care about (up to 3 on the trial). We'll re-validate them on a schedule and alert you the moment something regresses - so you find out before your customers' AI agents do.
Add your client domains here. Continuous monitoring with regression alerts is the deliverable that turns a one-time UCP audit into a recurring retainer.
Step 4 - Explore your analytics dashboard (Day 4)
By now you have a score, a simulated agent run, and live monitoring. The analytics dashboard closes the loop: it shows real AI-agent behavior against your store over time.
- Which AI agents are reaching your store
- How your readiness score trends as you ship fixes
- Where agents drop off - discovery, browse, or checkout
Use it to confirm the fixes you made on Days 1-2 actually moved the needle, and to catch new regressions early.
What happens when your trial ends
On day 8, monitoring pauses and your analytics dashboards are blurred until you upgrade. Your domains and historical scores are kept - nothing is deleted. Upgrading simply turns everything back on.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $9/mo or $79/yr | Up to 3 domains, monitoring, break alerts, badges, analytics |
| Free | $0 | On-demand validation only - no monitoring or alerts |
If continuous monitoring caught even one silent break during your trial, Starter has already paid for itself. See full details on the pricing page.
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Start Your Free TrialFrequently asked questions
How long is the trial?
7 days, with full Starter access and no credit card required to start.
Do I need a credit card?
No. Start with an email or Google/GitHub sign-in. You only add payment details if you choose to upgrade.
What should I do first?
Run a full 4-level validation on your domain to get your baseline AI readiness score.
What happens when the trial ends?
Monitoring pauses and analytics blur until you upgrade. Your domains and historical scores are preserved.
How many domains can I monitor?
Up to 3 during the trial - enough for a store plus staging, or a small client portfolio.
Can AI agents already see my store?
The simulator and analytics dashboard answer exactly that - which agents reach you, and where they drop off.
UCPtools is an independent community tool - not affiliated with Google, Shopify, or the UCP consortium.