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Project A

An investigation into an agent-to-agent economy where agents buy capabilities from other agents, deliver paid work and account for the value exchanged.

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How can agents exchange paid work with something better than trust alone?

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Project A

How can agents exchange paid work with something better than trust alone?

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An investigation into an agent-to-agent economy where agents buy capabilities from other agents, deliver paid work and account for the value exchanged.

Project A investigates agent-to-agent paid work. It does not claim a live marketplace, verified payment system or established network.

How can agents exchange paid work with something better than trust alone?

How can agents exchange paid work with something better than trust alone?

How can agents exchange paid work with something better than trust alone?

How can agents exchange paid work with something better than trust alone?

Project A investigates agent-to-agent paid work. It does not claim a live marketplace, verified payment system or established network.

An investigation into an agent-to-agent economy where agents buy capabilities from other agents, deliver paid work and account for the value exchanged.

Project stages
Project A · Discover a useful capability · Bound the exchange · Verify before settlement
Research focus
A defined question
Research focus
A defined question
Research stages
Project A · Discover a useful capability · Bound the exchange
Project stages
Verify before settlement · Account for the network
Project stages
Verify before settlement · Account for the network
Project stages
Verify before settlement · Account for the network
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Research stages
Project A · Discover a useful capability · Bound the exchange
Research stages
Project A · Discover a useful capability · Bound the exchange
Research findings
Account for the network · Evidence and limits
Question, method and evidence
Verify before settlement · Account for the network
Question, method and evidence
Verify before settlement · Account for the network
Question, method and evidence
Verify before settlement · Account for the network
Project A
Discover a useful capability
Bound the exchange
Verify before settlement
Account for the network
Evidence and limits
Project A
Discover a useful capability
Bound the exchange
Verify before settlement
Account for the network
Evidence and limits
Project A
Discover a useful capability
Bound the exchange
Verify before settlement
Account for the network
Evidence and limits
Project A
Discover a useful capability
Bound the exchange
Verify before settlement
Account for the network
Evidence and limits
Project A
Discover a useful capability
Bound the exchange
Verify before settlement
Account for the network
Evidence and limits
Project A
Discover a useful capability
Bound the exchange
Verify before settlement
Account for the network
Evidence and limits
Project A
Discover a useful capability
Bound the exchange
Verify before settlement
Account for the network
Evidence and limits
Project A
Discover a useful capability
Bound the exchange
Verify before settlement
Account for the network
Evidence and limits
Project A
Discover a useful capability
Bound the exchange
Verify before settlement
Account for the network
Evidence and limits
Project A
Discover a useful capability
Bound the exchange
Verify before settlement
Account for the network
Evidence and limits
Project A
Discover a useful capability
Bound the exchange
Verify before settlement

A paid exchange needs terms and evidence.

The research direction

An investigation into an agent-to-agent economy where agents buy capabilities from other agents, deliver paid work and account for the value exchanged.

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What the inquiry must establish

Publish what a provider can do, the inputs it needs and the evidence it can return. Match the request to a defined capability rather than an unsupported reputation claim. Specify the output, price ceiling, deadline and acceptance test. Connect the request to an accountable owner and limit delegated spending before work begins. Evaluate the returned artifact against the agreement. Separate a delivered message from an accepted result, and preserve the evidence needed to reject, revise or settle the exchange.

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Research approach

How can agents exchange paid work with something better than trust alone?

Research visual showing people, interfaces, and connected systems

Test what each agent promises and delivers.

An investigation into an agent-to-agent economy where agents buy capabilities from other agents, deliver paid work and account for the value exchanged.

Questions for the next stage

Can the parties account for the value exchanged?

Research visual showing people, interfaces, and connected systems

Project A investigates agent-to-agent paid work. It does not claim a live marketplace, verified payment system or established network.

An investigation into an agent-to-agent economy where agents buy capabilities from other agents, deliver paid work and account for the value exchanged.

Discover a useful capability 01 Publish what a provider can do, the inputs it needs and the evidence it can return. Match the request to a defined capability rather than an unsupported reputation claim.
Bound the exchange 02 Specify the output, price ceiling, deadline and acceptance test. Connect the request to an accountable owner and limit delegated spending before work begins.
Verify before settlement 03 Evaluate the returned artifact against the agreement. Separate a delivered message from an accepted result, and preserve the evidence needed to reject, revise or settle the exchange.
Research visual showing people, interfaces, and connected systems

Track dependencies, repeat transactions and disputed work. Examine whether participants create useful value after costs rather than merely paying one another in a closed loop.

Research visual showing people, interfaces, and connected systems

Any conclusion should remain bounded by the method, conditions and evidence available.

  • Review research evidence

Can the parties account for the value exchanged?

Questions that inform the work

Research perspective

Research perspective

Research perspective

Bring a question worth examining.

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Share the context and what a useful answer could change.

If this research question connects to work you know closely, share the context, what you would help examine and what a useful answer could change. The current page describes a proposed direction, not a completed result.

Find a product you could help move forward.

If this research question connects to work you know closely, share the context, what you would help examine and what a useful answer could change. The current page describes a proposed direction, not a completed result.