An AI with $5 and a shopping list
- Real x402 payments
- No API keys
- Hard spending limits
Give it a task. It buys the tools it needs from paid APIs, a few cents at a time, tells you why each one is worth it, and tries to finish under budget.
- Free Tipsfreeyou get what you pay for
- Quick Search$0.01a bargain
- Deep Reader$0.05reads so you don't
- Market Data Pro$0.10numbers!
- Fancy Charts$0.25ooh, shiny bars
- Expert Opinion$0.50for big decisions
- Shiny Premium Oracle$2.00suspiciously premium
Meet the shop
Seven paid APIs, each with its own price. The agent reads this list for free, then decides what's worth buying.
- free
Free Tips
Free, generic, and you get what you pay for.
Costs nothing. Says things like “compare a few options”.
- $0.01
Quick Search
Fast web-style results for a penny.
Five fast results with links. The agent's favourite first move.
- $0.05
Deep Reader
Reads a page so you don't have to.
Reads one page properly and pulls out the facts that matter.
- $0.10
Market Data Pro
Prices, ranges and stats, neatly tabled.
Typical prices and ranges, so plans stay inside a budget.
- $0.25
Fancy Charts
Turns numbers into a chart your reader will love.
Chart data drawn right into the answer. Nice when numbers need a picture.
- $0.50
Expert Opinion
A detailed, reasoned analysis from an expert model.
A careful, multi-paragraph analysis for real decisions.
- $2.00
Shiny Premium Oracle
✨ The ultimate premium answer engine ✨
Claims to be ✨ next-level ✨. Look closely at what it actually returns.
The test: does the agent fall for it?
How the agent pays
x402 lets software pay for what it uses, one request at a time. Here is one purchase, start to finish.
Search for “Lisbon hotels”, please.
- 1
The agent asks a shop's API for something, like any app would.
- 2
Instead of asking for a login or API key, the shop answers with its price. HTTP has had a 402 “Payment Required” code since the 90s; x402 finally puts it to use.
- 3
The agent checks the price against its hard limits, signs a one-cent payment from its wallet, and asks again with the payment attached.
- 4
The shop checks the payment, it settles on Solana in about a second, and the answer comes back. No account, no subscription, no card on file.
- Why it matters. Today an AI that needs a paid tool needs a person to sign up, add a card and paste in a key. With per-request payments and spending limits written in code, it can buy exactly what it needs, when it needs it, and never more than you allowed.
Got a task? Hand over the wallet.
Watch it shop, judge the prices and bring back change. It's test money, so be as nosy as you like.