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What Does an AI Agent Actually Need to Understand an API?
Beyond OpenAPI: the 8 layers of context an AI agent needs to use an API reliably — discovery, capabilities, inputs, a…
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Why Your OpenAPI Spec Isn't Enough for AI Agents
OpenAPI is a necessary foundation, but not a complete Agent Readiness layer. The structural gap between API descripti…
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Tracking the Delta: How an AI Agent Watches Tokenized Stocks Drift From Their Underlyings
Tokenized stocks trade 24/7 while their underlyings sleep. We built a real-time delta tracker and exposed it to AI ag…
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Freemium for AI Agents: Free vs Paid Tiers via HTTP 402 in an MCP Server
How do you sell freemium to an agent with no card and no checkout form? HTTP 402 + x402: a programmable paywall where…
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x402 Payments on Arc Testnet: How an Agent Pays in USDC With No Facilitator
On Arc, gas is paid in USDC — so an agent can broadcast its own EIP-3009 transferWithAuthorization and settle x402 pa…
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Free vs Real-Time: Why an Agent Should Pay for bStock Data
One request per minute is a snapshot; real-time is a signal. Why the paid tier of a bStock delta tracker is infrastru…
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