Operational AI platform
Commerce Gateway
Keep AI connected to operational reality.
Commerce Gateway is the operational connectivity layer for AI and commerce — exposing inventory, orders, and partner systems to agents and automation with entitlements, policy, and telemetry so connectivity strengthens control instead of bypassing it.
- Policy-aware access
- Safe execution
- Operational context
- Observable actions
Better Data provides governed AI infrastructure and operational decision control for Commerce Chain Optimization.
What this enables
Automation that respects the rules
Agents and copilots route through governed interfaces — not unmanaged scripts that sidestep who is allowed to change what.
Interoperability without amnesia
ERPs, marketplaces, OMS, and custom backends surface as operational capabilities — context and entitlements travel with the request.
Discovery that does not become shadow IT
Teams find the right capabilities and route work through access policy — experimentation stays inside operational guardrails.
Actions you can stand behind
Side effects and tool use leave a trail operations and risk can trust — aligned with how decisions are recorded elsewhere on the platform.
Operational use cases
How teams connect AI and automation to real commerce systems without losing ownership or evidence.
- IntegrationsAPIs, connectors, and ecosystem paths into operational fabric.
- MCP toolsGoverned tool surfaces for AI and agents against commerce chain operations.
- Commerce APIsProgrammatic access to operational capabilities with scoped authority.
- Tool routingRoute agent and integration calls to the right backend capabilities.
- Connector registryDiscover and bind gateways, tools, and integration endpoints.
- TelemetryOperational signals from gateway and tool usage for oversight.
How it fits together
Commerce Gateway is the governed bridge between external systems, AI runtimes, and your operational core. It pairs with Loop Engine for approvals and control, and Commerce Chain for shared operational state. See the composition on Architecture — technical protocol detail sits in developer docs.
For technical teams
Model Context Protocol (MCP) is available as a first-class integration pattern alongside HTTP APIs and connectors — consistent discovery, server-side routing, and policy at the edge. Use MCP where agent runtimes need it; use APIs where batch and service automation fit best.