# CSC Generation

> CSC Generation is an AI-native retail holding company that acquires overlooked
> store- and catalogue-based retailers and rebuilds them on Genesis, its
> agent-orchestrated operating platform. It powers 13 brands and $1B+ in revenue.
> CSC Generation publishes no corporate developer API — its machine-readable surface
> is per-brand: portfolio storefronts advertise Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP)
> merchant profiles at /.well-known/ucp that point agents at an MCP endpoint for
> catalog search, cart and checkout.
>
> Generated by the API Evangelist enrichment pipeline on 2026-08-01 from live probes.
> This file is API Evangelist's summary; it is not published by CSC Generation.

## Company

- [CSC Generation](https://www.cscgeneration.com/): AI-native retail holding company — Genesis platform, Data Fabric (DMP + DIP), shared services, M&A
- [Careers](https://www.cscgeneration.com/careers): open positions across Chicago, Austin, LA, Toronto, Seattle, Salt Lake City
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/csc-generation/): company updates

## Agent commerce surfaces (verified live 2026-08-01)

- [Seattle Coffee Gear UCP profile](https://www.seattlecoffeegear.com/.well-known/ucp): UCP 2026-04-08, Shopify-native, MCP + embedded transports
- [Seattle Coffee Gear agent instructions](https://www.seattlecoffeegear.com/llms.txt): the store's own published agent guide (mirrored at /agents.md)
- [Seattle Coffee Gear MCP endpoint](https://www.seattlecoffeegear.com/api/ucp/mcp): JSON-RPC; requires the calling agent's UCP profile URI
- [Backcountry UCP profile](https://www.backcountry.com/.well-known/ucp): UCP 2026-01-23, Firmly-hosted, REST + MCP transports
- [Backcountry MCP endpoint](https://api.firmly.online/api/2026-01-23/ucp/mcp/domain/backcountry.com): JSON-RPC; requires a merchant API key
- [Backcountry REST endpoint](https://api.firmly.online/api/2026-01-23/ucp/rest/domain/backcountry.com): same shopping service over REST

## Standards these surfaces implement

- [Universal Commerce Protocol](https://ucp.dev): the protocol both merchant profiles declare
- [UCP Shopping Service — OpenRPC](https://ucp.dev/2026-04-08/services/shopping/mcp.openrpc.json): the 13 MCP tool definitions
- [UCP Shopping Service — OpenAPI 3.1](https://ucp.dev/2026-04-08/services/shopping/rest.openapi.json): the REST projection of the same operations
- [Shop skill](https://shop.app/SKILL.md): the Shopify-recommended route for buy-for-me agents

## API Evangelist artifacts

- [MCP servers](mcp/csc-generation-mcp.yml): the two brand MCP endpoints, their gates, and the 13 UCP tools
- [Tool crosswalk](mcp/csc-generation-tool-crosswalk.yml): MCP tool ↔ REST operationId, 13/13 bound
- [Conventions](conventions/csc-generation-conventions.yml): idempotency, versioning, error envelope, human-in-the-loop, rate limits
- [Authentication](authentication/csc-generation-authentication.yml): per-brand gates and payment handlers
- [Error catalog](errors/csc-generation-problem-types.yml): the UCP messages[] envelope and observed codes
- [Conformance](conformance/csc-generation-conformance.yml): what these surfaces do and do not implement
- [Lifecycle](lifecycle/csc-generation-lifecycle.yml): dated UCP version negotiation
- [Well-known index](well-known/csc-generation-well-known.yml): every host probed, every status
- [Agent skill](skills/csc-generation-agent-commerce-checkout.md): how to transact against a CSC Generation brand store

## Portfolio brands

- [Backcountry](https://www.backcountry.com), [Competitive Cyclist](https://www.competitivecyclist.com), [Steep & Cheap](https://www.steepandcheap.com), [MotoSport](https://www.motosport.com), [BikeTiresDirect](https://www.biketiresdirect.com), [Level Nine Sports](https://www.levelninesports.com), [Sur La Table](https://www.surlatable.com), [One Kings Lane](https://www.onekingslane.com), [Seattle Coffee Gear](https://www.seattlecoffeegear.com), [Home Consignment Center](https://www.homeconsignmentcenter.com)

## Not present (probed, 2026-08-01)

- No developer portal, API reference, changelog, status page, SDKs, CLI or Postman collection
- No /.well-known/security.txt, openid-configuration, oauth-authorization-server or api-catalog
- No A2A agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json or /.well-known/agent.json on any host
- No published AsyncAPI or webhook catalog