# Your inventory to AI. A guided setup.

[Canonical page](https://dealerhandshake.com/how-it-works/)

How it works

Keep your website, inventory provider and CRM. We verify each handoff before your connection goes live.

1. 01

   ### Publish your dealership’s connection file

   Add the file we provide at `/.well-known/agent-card.json` on your website. We verify the connection with your website team.
2. 02

   ### Describe your store

   Rooftops, addresses, hours, and contacts.
3. 03

   ### Connect your inventory feed

   A standard CSV, vAuto, or Space Auto export. We validate the file before anything goes live.
4. 04

   ### Choose where leads go

   Your CRM’s lead inbox, in ADF (the format your CRM already accepts), with a test lead before launch.
5. 05

   ### Go live and stay in control

   Freshness monitoring, delivery health, and pause anytime.

### Your team stays in control

- **Publication:** Going live does not publish inventory. Each channel needs separate authorization. Pause anytime.
- **Measurement:** Monitor inventory freshness and lead-delivery health. Track source-tagged ADF leads in your CRM.
- **Markets:** United States and eligible Canadian markets, excluding Quebec.

Built on the [Auto Agent Protocol](https://autoagentprotocol.org/), an independently published open standard. Dealer Handshake operates the connection; it does not own the protocol.

## Bring the systems you already use.

We support CSV and feeds from Dealer eProcess, DealerCenter, eDealer, vAuto and Space Auto. Your CRM receives ADF leads. Another provider? We’ll assess a sample header before confirming the mapping.

 [See supported feeds and acceptance checks](https://dealerhandshake.com/inventory-feed-ai-integration/)

## See the connection in action.

Ten minutes. A real inventory search, a shopper request, and the lead your team receives.

 [Request a demo](https://dealerhandshake.com/demo/)