Guides

Reference writing on how agents pay for digital goods and what actually gets delivered. Kept current rather than dated — see each guide’s update stamp.

• How Do AI Agents Buy Things? The Conversation That Has to Happen First

  Before an agent pays, it often needs to ask a question first. A sourced look at which agent protocols let buyers talk, which let them pay, and why few do both.

  19 min read

• Settlement vs L402 vs x402: Which One Actually Delivers the Goods

  L402 and x402 handle payment but say nothing about what you receive. A comparison of delivery: who can sell a file, who commits first, who works offline.

  9 min read