# AI Channel Governance Memo

```json
{
  "title": "AI Channel Governance and Data-Sharing Appendix",
  "channel_exposure_matrix": [
    {
      "channel": "Shopify Agentic Storefronts / Shopify Catalog",
      "status": "requires_admin_confirmation",
      "owner_decision": "Confirm eligible-store status and AI channel settings in Shopify admin."
    },
    {
      "channel": "ChatGPT product discovery / referral",
      "status": "requires_platform_evidence",
      "owner_decision": "Do not claim live placement unless method-labeled evidence exists."
    },
    {
      "channel": "Google AI Mode / Gemini via Merchant Center or Google & YouTube",
      "status": "requires_admin_confirmation",
      "owner_decision": "Check Merchant Center, Google & YouTube sales channel, country eligibility, and UCP interest state."
    },
    {
      "channel": "Microsoft Copilot / embedded checkout surfaces",
      "status": "requires_platform_evidence",
      "owner_decision": "Record whether Shopify/partner checkout is enabled."
    },
    {
      "channel": "Perplexity, Claude, Grok, crawler-only AI assistants",
      "status": "monitor_only",
      "owner_decision": "Treat as visibility/citation monitoring unless a commerce integration is verified."
    }
  ],
  "decision_log_template": [
    "channel_owner",
    "catalog_owner",
    "privacy_legal_owner",
    "analytics_owner",
    "support_owner",
    "approval_date",
    "rollback_decision"
  ],
  "risk_flags": [
    "eligible-by-default ambiguity",
    "country and platform limitations",
    "admin-only evidence not visible to public audit",
    "unsupported live placement claims"
  ],
  "customer_relationship_note": "Merchant-of-record/customer-relationship claims must stay source-linked to the relevant platform documentation or merchant admin evidence."
}
```
