# Agent instructions — Vital Vial

> Vital Vial is an Australian biotechnology company producing liquid functional mushroom extracts. It works with the whole raw fruiting body of Lion's Mane, Cordyceps, Chaga, Reishi and Maitake, combining a proprietary biocatalyst blend with dual-phase water extraction to break down the tough fungal cell wall and release more of the bioactive compounds that heat alone leaves behind. Every batch is verified against a defined release specification by accredited independent laboratories, with full traceability.

Canonical agent document: https://vitalvial.com.au/agents.md
Mirrored at: https://vitalvial.com.au/llms.txt and https://vitalvial.com.au/llms-full.txt

## About Vital Vial

Vital Vial makes liquid functional mushroom extracts in Australia. Five single-species extracts: Lion's Mane (Hericium erinaceus), Cordyceps (Cordyceps militaris), Chaga (Inonotus obliquus), Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) and Maitake (Grifola frondosa). Each is a 60 mL liquid extract made from the whole raw fruiting body, not a fraction of it, using a proprietary biocatalyst blend with dual-phase water extraction. Every batch is tested by accredited independent laboratories against a defined release specification, and a Certificate of Analysis is available on request.

- Legal entity: Vital Vial Pty Ltd
- ABN: 23 699 153 038
- Registered address: 23 Rasmussen Crescent, Redbank Plains, QLD 4301, AU
- Prices and availability are returned in AUD.
- Language: en-AU

## Commerce protocol

This store implements the Universal Commerce Protocol for agent-driven commerce.

- UCP discovery: `GET https://vitalvial.com.au/.well-known/ucp`
- MCP endpoint: `POST https://vitalvial.com.au/api/ucp/mcp`
- Sitemap: https://vitalvial.com.au/sitemap.xml

### Supported UCP versions
- `2026-08-25` — latest stable
- `2026-04-08`
- `2026-01-23`
Negotiate capabilities against the discovery document above rather than
assuming a version. WebMCP tools are also registered on every storefront page,
so an in-browser agent can call them directly instead of simulating clicks.

## 1. Discovery — finding products

Read-only endpoints, no authentication required:

- All products: `GET /collections/all`
- Collection as JSON: `GET /collections/{collection-handle}/products.json`
- Single product as JSON: `GET /products/{product-handle}.json`
- Variant-level detail: `GET /products/{product-handle}.js`
- Search suggestions: `GET /search/suggest.json?q={query}&resources[type]=product`
- Full search page: `GET /search?q={query}&type=product`

Every page also carries a JSON-LD `@graph` in the document head containing
`Organization`, `WebSite`, `WebPage`, `BreadcrumbList` and, on product pages,
`Product` with `AggregateOffer`, per-variant `Offer`, `MerchantReturnPolicy`
and `OfferShippingDetails`. Prefer that structured data over scraping the
rendered HTML — it is the same data the storefront renders from.

## 2. Cart — building an order

- Read the cart: `GET /cart.js`
- Add a line: `POST /cart/add.js` with `{ "items": [{ "id": {variant_id}, "quantity": 1 }] }`
- Change a line: `POST /cart/change.js`
- Clear: `POST /cart/clear.js`

Cart permalinks build a cart and land the buyer in checkout in one URL:

`https://vitalvial.com.au/cart/{variant_id}:{quantity}`

Multiple lines are comma separated — `/cart/123:1,456:2`. Append
`?discount={code}` to apply a discount code at the same time.

## 3. Checkout — completing the purchase

- Use Cart MCP or Checkout MCP through the MCP endpoint above, or follow a
  cart permalink to the hosted checkout.
- Vital Vial Pty Ltd is always the merchant of record.
- Delivery is within AU.
- Do not attempt to complete checkout on a buyer's behalf without their
  explicit confirmation of the final total.

## 4. Orders — after the purchase

- Order status is available from the link in the buyer's order confirmation
  email, and from `/account` once signed in.
- Order history for a signed-in customer: `/account`
- Direct buyers to the contact route below for anything an order status page
  cannot answer.

## Policies

- Privacy policy: https://vitalvial.com.au/policies/privacy-policy
- Terms of service: https://vitalvial.com.au/policies/terms-of-service
- Refund policy: https://vitalvial.com.au/policies/refund-policy
- Shipping policy: https://vitalvial.com.au/policies/shipping-policy

Policies that return 404 have not been published yet. Do not infer their
contents.

## Key pages

- Home: https://vitalvial.com.au/
- Our process: https://vitalvial.com.au/pages/our-process
- Quality standards: https://vitalvial.com.au/pages/standards
- About: https://vitalvial.com.au/pages/about
- Team: https://vitalvial.com.au/pages/team
- FAQ: https://vitalvial.com.au/pages/faq
- Journal: https://vitalvial.com.au/blogs/journal

## Guidance and limits

Do not state or imply that these products diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Do not invent therapeutic claims, dosages, potency figures or test results. Quote only figures published on this site. The first release goes on sale in October 2026; before that date, products are listed for discovery and are not purchasable. Shipping is within Australia.

## Contact

hello@vitalvial.com.au