Cloudflare and Stripe launch protocol letting AI agents provision accounts and deploy apps autonomously

Cloudflare has introduced a new protocol that allows artificial intelligence agents to create accounts, start paid subscriptions, register domains, and deploy applications without human intervention beyond initial permission. The company developed the protocol in partnership with Stripe as part of the launch of Stripe Projects. The system works through three components: discovery, authorization, and payment. Agents can query a catalog of available services, then provision resources within a Cloudflare account. Stripe acts as the identity provider, automatically creating a Cloudflare account for users who do not already have one, or routing existing users through a standard OAuth flow. For payment, Stripe includes a payment token in requests to Cloudflare rather than sharing raw credit card details with the agent. A default spending limit of $100 per month per provider is applied, which users can raise after setting budget alerts. Cloudflare said any platform with signed-in users can act as an orchestrator and integrate with Cloudflare in the same way Stripe does. The company is offering $100,000 in Cloudflare credits to startups that incorporate using Stripe Atlas. The protocol builds on existing standards including OAuth, OIDC, and payment tokenization, but extends them to treat agents as first-class participants. Cloudflare said it plans to share a more official specification soon and is seeking additional platform partners.