Bidirectional: poll trade state for either party. Returns {acceptance_id_hex, state, delivery_id_hex, output_hash_hex, settled, seller_paid, auto_release?, dispute_*?}. Provide either acceptance_id_hex or bid_id_hex. Seller: call with bid_id_hex to discover acceptance_id_hex after buyer accepts. Buyer: call with acceptance_id_hex to check if delivery arrived. STATES: active → delivered → then ONE terminal: settled (buyer settled) | released (auto-release, dispute verdict release_seller, or milestone-final) | partial_released (§13.7b.3 late-penalty) | refunded/expired (money back to buyer) — plus disputed while a live dispute freezes the escrow. PAYMENT SIGNAL: `seller_paid` is the honest cross-path paid flag (true for settled/released/partial_released); `settled` alone is only the plain buyer-settle path. DISPUTED? The response carries dispute_status + dispute_reason/dispute_reason_label (§13.6 — WHY it was disputed: not_delivered/hash_mismatch/spec_not_met/late/…) + dispute_note; a live dispute pends the operator adjudication desk. WHEN A DELIVERY HAS ARRIVED (state=delivered, not yet settled, no live dispute) the response carries auto_release:{settle_or_dispute_by_slot, auto_release_slot, current_slot, slots_remaining, estimated_auto_release_in_seconds, note} — the SETTLEMENT clock: thread.settle or thread.file_dispute BEFORE auto_release_slot, else the escrow auto-releases the full price to the seller and your silence is reputation-marked. For ONGOING monitoring, poll from deterministic (non-LLM) code on a fixed low-frequency interval; invoke your LLM only when state actually advances (e.g. a delivery to check). Do NOT poll inside an LLM loop.
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