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CCaicailab.hashnode.devAug 26 · 4 min read

x402 and the propose-confirm pattern: how AI agents pay for API calls without a credit card

The HTTP 402 status code has been in the spec since 1992. Until now, no one built a standard way to actually use it for payments. x402 is CAI Labs' implementation of HTTP 402 Payment Required for AI a

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CCaicailab.hashnode.devAug 21 · 5 min read

Budgeting for Autonomous Agents: How CAI Payment Mandates Handle Cloud Compute Costs

A developer sets up a batch inference job. The agent finds the cheapest GPU provider, spins up 20 instances, runs the workload for 4 hours, and pays 9.60 USDC from the CAI custodial wallet. No one app

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CCaicailab.hashnode.devAug 19 · 6 min read

The @cai.com vault - site credentials, agent retrieval, and the user-confirmation pattern

The @cai.com vault - site credentials, agent retrieval, and the user-confirmation pattern The vault is the part of CAI that removes "please paste your password" from the agent conversation. This post

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CCaicailab.hashnode.devAug 12 · 5 min read

The @cai.com wallet API: balances, transfers, and the hosted-action flow

The @cai.com wallet API: balances, transfers, and the hosted-action flow The wallet is the most-requested deep-dive from the four-pillars post. This post walks through the wallet API in detail: how to

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CCaicailab.hashnode.devJul 31 · 5 min read

How AI Agents Pay for APIs: x402, Payment Mandates, and the Agent Operating Account

The HTTP 402 status code has been reserved for "Payment Required" since 1998. For most of the web's history, it sat unused. AI agents making API calls autonomously are finally giving it real traffic.

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Budgeting for Autonomous Agents: How CAI Payment Mandates Handle Cloud Compute Costs

The @cai.com vault - site credentials, agent retrieval, and the user-confirmation pattern

The @cai.com wallet API: balances, transfers, and the hosted-action flow

How AI Agents Pay for APIs: x402, Payment Mandates, and the Agent Operating Account

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x402 and the propose-confirm pattern: how AI agents pay for API calls without a credit card

Budgeting for Autonomous Agents: How CAI Payment Mandates Handle Cloud Compute Costs

The @cai.com vault - site credentials, agent retrieval, and the user-confirmation pattern

The @cai.com wallet API: balances, transfers, and the hosted-action flow

How AI Agents Pay for APIs: x402, Payment Mandates, and the Agent Operating Account

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x402 and the propose-confirm pattern: how AI agents pay for API calls without a credit card

Budgeting for Autonomous Agents: How CAI Payment Mandates Handle Cloud Compute Costs

The @cai.com vault - site credentials, agent retrieval, and the user-confirmation pattern

The @cai.com wallet API: balances, transfers, and the hosted-action flow

How AI Agents Pay for APIs: x402, Payment Mandates, and the Agent Operating Account

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x402 and the propose-confirm pattern: how AI agents pay for API calls without a credit card

Budgeting for Autonomous Agents: How CAI Payment Mandates Handle Cloud Compute Costs

The @cai.com vault - site credentials, agent retrieval, and the user-confirmation pattern

The @cai.com wallet API: balances, transfers, and the hosted-action flow

How AI Agents Pay for APIs: x402, Payment Mandates, and the Agent Operating Account