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id: how-does-bud-s-authorize-ai-agents-and-assistants-to-access-its-data
title: "How does Bud's authorize AI agents and assistants to access its data?"
category: page
subtopic: agent-auth-overview
page_type: page
source_url: "https://www.budsusa.com/auth.md"
tags: ["agent", "authentication", "oauth", "api"]
questions:
  - "Can AI assistants connect to Bud's?"
  - "Does Bud's have an API for agents?"
  - "What authorization does Bud's use?"
related: [mcp-connect, read-access, service-request-submit]
dealer: None
---

Bud's welcomes AI agents and assistants-including Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and other MCP clients-to read business data, hours, services, and service area without any credential or sign-up. All read access is open and anonymous over HTTPS. If you're a partner or dispatch system needing to submit service requests on behalf of customers, Bud's uses industry-standard OAuth 2.0 with the client_credentials grant. Your client credentials are provisioned out-of-band by Bud's; once you have them, exchange them for a short-lived token and include it when submitting qualified leads. No payment, card, or signature ever passes through the agent interface-Bud's CRM receives the lead for human follow-up.