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AgentPay x402 — Economic-intelligence layer for AI Agents

AgentPay — tests

If you are wondering how autonomous software entities discover, trust, pay, meter, and coordinate with each other safely —

AgentPay is the economic intelligence layer for MCP servers and AI agents.

Agents spend money. Most don't know how much, or why, until the session ends and the bill arrives.

AgentPay gives agents economic intelligence — the ability to reason about cost while they work, not after.

It starts with a budget. Every session opens with a hard cap enforced at the payment layer — not in code a model can ignore, but at the point where money moves. The agent knows from the first call exactly what it has to spend.

Before calling a tool, it knows what that call costs. Mid-task, it can check what's left and route to a cheaper alternative if the math doesn't work. When the session ends, a receipt captures every call, every cost, every decision — not a debug log, but proof of economic accountability.

The developer sees all of it: spending patterns per agent, anomaly flags when something loops or spikes, policy controls that enforce exactly which tools an agent can use and how much it can spend on each.

The result is an agent that doesn't just have a budget. It knows how to use one.

Start free: 18 tools, no USDC needed, no wallet setup required.
Live gateway: https://agentpay.tools


Install

pip install agentpay-x402            # core (Stellar)
pip install "agentpay-x402[base]"    # + pay tools that settle on Base

Quickstart — 3 lines, zero setup

17 free tools. No USDC, no wallet, no API keys, no human. quickstart() registers an agent, mints a wallet, and returns a ready, budget-capped session.

from agentpay import quickstart

s = quickstart()                                   # registers + mints a wallet
print(s.call("token_price", {"symbol": "ETH"})["result"]["price_usd"])
print(s.spending_summary())                        # receipt: every call, cost, tx

Set a hard budget, or bring your own funded wallet to pay for tools:

s = quickstart(max_spend="0.50")                   # cap this run at $0.50
s = quickstart(secret_key="S...", base_key="0x...")  # your wallet (Stellar + Base)

Every call is session-tracked, and the cap is enforced before any payment is signed.


18 Tools (17 Free)

Every call is session-tracked — you get a receipt showing every tool called, every cost, and every timestamp.

Tool

Parameters

Returns

url_reader

url

Clean markdown content of any web page

web_search

query

Top 5 results with full content

market_snapshot

S&P 500, Treasury yield, BTC, ETH, gas in one call

token_price

symbol (BTC, ETH, SOL…)

price_usd, change_24h_pct, market_cap_usd

gas_tracker

slow/standard/fast gwei, base_fee_gwei

fear_greed_index

limit (days of history, default 1)

value 0–100, value_classification, history[]

token_market_data

token_a, token_b

volume_24h_usd, market_cap_usd, price_usd

wallet_balance

address, chain (ethereum/stellar)

token balances

whale_activity

token, min_usd (default 100k)

large_transfers[] with direction, total_volume_usd

defi_tvl

protocol (optional, e.g. "uniswap")

tvl, change_1d, change_7d, chains[]

token_security

contract_address, chain

risk_level, is_honeypot, buy_tax, sell_tax

open_interest

symbol (BTC, ETH…)

total_oi_usd, oi_change_1h/24h_pct, long_short_ratio

orderbook_depth

symbol (e.g. ETHUSDT)

best_bid/ask, spread_pct, slippage at $10k/$50k/$250k

funding_rates

asset (optional)

funding_rate_pct, annualized_rate_pct, sentiment per exchange

crypto_news

currencies (e.g. "ETH,BTC"), filter

headlines[] with title, url, sentiment, score

yield_scanner

token, chain (optional), min_tvl

top 10 pools by APY with protocol, tvl_usd, risk_level

dune_query

query_id, limit, fast_only

rows[], columns[], row_count from Dune Analytics

session_create

agent_address, max_spend, label

session_id, budget config, gateway_url, receipt — $0.01


Session Intelligence

This is the economic intelligence layer in practice. The Session gives your agent — and you — real visibility into what happened, what it cost, and why.

from agentpay import quickstart, BudgetExceeded

# quickstart() registers + mints a wallet; the returned session is also a
# context manager, so you can `with` it for a printed receipt on exit.
# Budget caps are exact: max_spend=0.10 (float) == "0.10" (str).
with quickstart(max_spend=0.10) as session:

    # Reason about cost before committing (use the *_usd Decimals for comparisons)
    if session.would_exceed(session.tool_cost_usd("dune_query")):
        alt = session.suggest_cheaper("dune_query")   # {"name": ..., "price": ...}

    # Call a tool — budget enforced before any payment is signed
    r = session.call("token_price", {"symbol": "ETH"})
    r.data["price_usd"]    # inner tool output  (r["result"]["price_usd"] still works)
    r.cost                 # payment amount, e.g. "0"
    r.network              # settlement chain, e.g. "stellar-mainnet" / "base"

    session.remaining_usd()   # Decimal('0.10')

    # For an external x402 tool that offers several chains, pick one:
    # session.call("https://some-x402-tool/endpoint", {}, chain="base")

    # Full receipt — every call, cost, tx hash, and settlement chain
    print(session.spending_summary())
    # {
    #   "calls": 1, "spent": "$0", "remaining": "$0.1", "budget": "$0.1",
    #   "breakdown": [
    #     {"tool": "token_price", "cost": "Free", "tx_hash": "", "network": "stellar-mainnet"}
    #   ]
    # }

Policy parameters

Control exactly what your agent is allowed to do:

from agentpay import AgentWallet, Session

wallet = AgentWallet(secret_key="S...", network="mainnet")   # or quickstart()'s minted wallet
with Session(wallet,
             gateway_url="https://agentpay.tools",
             max_spend=0.10,
             allowed_tools=["token_price", "gas_tracker", "web_search"],
             max_per_tool={"dune_query": 0.02},
             rate_limit=10,                # max 10 calls/min
             prefer_chain="base") as session:   # Base is the default; pass "stellar" to override
    ...

BudgetExceeded fires before any payment goes out if a tool would push you over the cap, isn't on the allowlist, or exceeds its per-tool limit.


Example: Market intelligence agent

Five free tools, one session, full receipt.

from agentpay import quickstart

with quickstart() as session:

    snapshot = session.call("market_snapshot", {})
    rates    = session.call("funding_rates",    {"asset": "ETH"})
    oi       = session.call("open_interest",    {"symbol": "ETH"})
    fg       = session.call("fear_greed_index", {})
    whales   = session.call("whale_activity",   {"token": "ETH", "min_usd": 500_000})

    m = snapshot["result"]
    print(f"S&P:       {m['sp500_price']:,.0f}  ({m['sp500_change_pct']:+.2f}%)")
    print(f"ETH:       ${m['eth_price_usd']:,.0f}")
    print(f"Gas:       {m['gas_standard_gwei']} gwei")

    avg_rate = sum(e["funding_rate_pct"] for e in rates["result"]["rates"]) / len(rates["result"]["rates"])
    print(f"Funding:   {avg_rate:+.4f}%/8h")
    print(f"OI 24h:    {oi['result']['oi_change_24h_pct']:+.2f}%")
    print(f"Sentiment: {fg['result']['value_classification']}")
    print(f"Whale vol: ${whales['result']['total_volume_usd']:,.0f}")

    print(session.spending_summary())

Use it in your agent

Claude Code plugin (one command)

/plugin marketplace add romudille-bit/agentpay
/plugin install agentpay@agentpay

Installs the agentpay-route skill — your agent finds, judges, and pays for the best paid x402 tool within a budget — plus the 17 free tools. No keys needed to route.

MCP server (any runtime)

Self-contained — pure Node, no Python, no repo, no wallet:

npx -y @romudille/agentpay-mcp
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agentpay": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@romudille/agentpay-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Exposes the 17 free tools and a route tool (buyer-side routing). Listed on Glama.

Buyer-side routing — find & pay for the best tool, within a budget

When an agent needs a paid tool, AgentPay discovers the options across the x402 marketplace, drops the fake/empty stubs, ranks by real usage (not price), and recommends the cheapest one that actually works — within a budget. The agent pays the provider directly (peer-to-peer, no custody) and keeps a verifiable receipt.

agentpay-route "funding rates" --budget 0.01   # ranked candidates + a recommendation

Paid tool: session_create

One tool costs money today: session_create ($0.001 USDC per session). It opens a budget-capped session with a hard max_spend limit — for autonomous agents that need spend enforcement across multiple calls. All 17 data tools remain free.

When metered inference ships, it works through the same Session interface — your agent checks cost, decides if it's worth it, and pays in USDC on Stellar or Base.

# Future — inference as a Session tool
remaining = session.remaining()
infer_cost = session.tool_cost("inference")   # e.g. "$0.02"

if remaining >= infer_cost:
    result = session.call("inference", {"prompt": "...", "model": "claude-haiku"})
else:
    result = session.call("url_reader", {"url": summary_url})  # cheaper path

To fund a wallet for session_create: send USDC to a Stellar wallet (S... key, issuer GA5ZSEJYB37JRC5AVCIA5MOP4RHTM335X2KGX3IHOJAPP5RE34K4KZVN) or a Base wallet (0x..., contract 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913).


Architecture

AgentPay is an x402 payment gateway and economic intelligence layer — agents call tools within a hard budget cap, pay USDC on-chain when tools cost money, and accumulate a full session receipt as they work. Free tools skip the payment step entirely; the session tracking and cost awareness are always on.

agent (Python SDK)
    │
    │  POST /tools/{name}/call
    │  ← 200 {result: ...}              ← free tools return directly
    │  ← 402 {payment_id, amount, ...}  ← paid tools (inference, coming soon)
    │  → USDC on Stellar (~3–5s) or Base (~2s)
    │  → retry with X-Payment header
    │  ← 200 {result: ...}
    ▼
gateway (FastAPI on Railway)
    │
    ├── registry/registry.py   — 18-tool catalog (17 free, session_create $0.001)
    ├── gateway/stellar.py     — Stellar payment verification via Horizon
    ├── gateway/base.py        — Base payment verification via JSON-RPC
    └── gateway/services/tools_runtime.py — real API dispatchers
            ├── Jina Reader       url_reader
            ├── Jina Search       web_search
            ├── Yahoo+CoinGecko   market_snapshot
            ├── CoinGecko         token_price, token_market_data
            ├── Etherscan V2      gas_tracker, whale_activity, wallet_balance
            ├── DeFiLlama         defi_tvl, yield_scanner
            ├── alternative.me    fear_greed_index
            ├── Reddit            crypto_news
            ├── Dune Analytics    dune_query
            ├── GoPlus            token_security
            └── Binance+Bybit+OKX funding_rates, open_interest, orderbook_depth

Discovery

Directory

Status

PyPI

✅ agentpay-x402

x402scout

✅ indexed, health-checked every 15min

Glama MCP

✅ listed

awesome-x402

✅ listed

npm

✅ @romudille/agentpay-mcp

402index.io

✅ domain verified, 17 tools synced

Coinbase Bazaar

✅ indexed (session_create, Base)

Claude Code plugin

/plugin marketplace add romudille-bit/agentpay

xpay.tools

🔜 submission in progress

Agent-readable endpoints:

Endpoint

Purpose

/.well-known/agentpay.json

AgentPay manifest

/.well-known/agent.json

A2A agent card

/llms.txt

LLM-readable service description

/.well-known/l402-services

402index.io discovery format

Install Server
A
license - permissive license
A
quality
B
maintenance

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