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term: "Closed mandate"
category: "Mandates and authorisation"
url: https://agenticopenfinance.com/glossary/closed-mandate
source: AgenticOpenFinance glossary
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# Closed mandate

> In AP2, a mandate bound to one specific action, such as a finalised checkout or a specific amount.

In the Agent Payments Protocol, a closed mandate is bound to one specific action, such as a finalised checkout or a specific transaction amount, and authorises exactly that. It is signed by the user when present, or produced by the agent within the constraints of an open mandate. A verifier can compare the closed mandate with the open one to confirm that the agent stayed inside what the user allowed.

Related terms: [Open mandate](https://agenticopenfinance.com/glossary/open-mandate.md), [Checkout Mandate](https://agenticopenfinance.com/glossary/checkout-mandate.md), [Payment Mandate](https://agenticopenfinance.com/glossary/payment-mandate.md), [Dynamic linking](https://agenticopenfinance.com/glossary/dynamic-linking.md)