{"name":"ApexScout AgentCore Payments Buyer Guide","version":"v2.2.107-audit-builder-recommended-first-action","mode":"no-spend-agentcore-payments-buyer-guide","path":"/agentcore-payments-buyer-guide","apiPath":"/api/agentcore-payments-buyer-guide","purpose":"Explain how an AgentCore Payments-style buyer can inspect ApexScout, prepare a valid payload, and decide whether to run a buyer-controlled x402 payment.","paidCallsMade":false,"paidUpstreamCallsMade":false,"paymentExecuted":false,"officialAwsCoinbaseEndorsementClaimed":false,"buyerWalletManagedByApexScout":false,"automaticBuyerSpendingAdded":false,"buyerLevelDataExposed":false,"productionRail":{"protocol":"x402","rail":"Base mainnet","network":"eip155:8453","active":true,"settlementRailChanged":false,"sellerWalletChanged":false},"sourceUrls":{"awsAgentCorePaymentsPreview":"https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/04/amazon-bedrock-agentcore-payments-preview/","coinbaseX402BuyerQuickstart":"https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/x402/quickstart-for-buyers"},"buyerFlow":[{"step":1,"label":"Inspect x402 proof","path":"/x402-proof","apiPath":"/api/x402-proof","expectedCost":"free","buyerAction":"Confirm ApexScout has working Base x402 proof and aggregate-only public metrics."},{"step":2,"label":"Import OpenAPI","path":"/api/agentcore-openapi.json","expectedCost":"free","buyerAction":"Load ApexScout as an HTTP API target with explicit paid and free routes."},{"step":3,"label":"Open AgentCore payment handoff","path":"/agentcore-payment-handoff","apiPath":"/api/agentcore-payment-handoff","expectedCost":"free","buyerAction":"Choose the tiny proof path or the $5 Builder path before any buyer-controlled paid retry."},{"step":4,"label":"Read MCP and Bazaar readiness","path":"/mcp-tool-pack","apiPath":"/api/mcp-tool-pack","expectedCost":"free","buyerAction":"Confirm route names, prices, schemas, and MCP-compatible metadata."},{"step":5,"label":"Run no-spend request preparation","path":"/agent-revenue-audit-builder","apiPath":"/api/agent-revenue-audit-builder/prepare","expectedCost":"free","buyerAction":"Build the $5 audit payload and catch missing currentProblem or wallet-cap issues before payment."},{"step":6,"label":"Score payment safety","path":"/buyer-agent-payment-safety","apiPath":"/api/buyer-agent-payment-safety/score","expectedCost":"free","buyerAction":"Check route contract, amount, network, wallet cap, buyer approval, duplicate-payment risk, and metadata safety."},{"step":7,"label":"Run unpaid 402 preflight","path":"/api/opportunity-check","method":"POST","expectedStatus":402,"expectedCost":"free","buyerAction":"Send an unpaid POST first and inspect the returned x402 requirements."},{"step":8,"label":"Optional buyer-controlled paid retry","path":"/api/opportunity-check","method":"POST","expectedStatus":200,"expectedCost":"$0.01","buyerAction":"Only a buyer-controlled wallet should execute this, and only after explicit operator approval."},{"step":9,"label":"Optional $5 audit after readiness","path":"/api/agent-revenue-audit","method":"POST","expectedStatus":200,"expectedCost":"$5.00","buyerAction":"Use only after the builder returns ready_to_pay and the buyer wallet cap is at least $5.00."}],"routeContracts":[{"path":"/api/opportunity-check","price":"$0.01","maxAmountAtomicUnits":"10000","network":"eip155:8453","requiredFields":["subject"],"walletCapNeededUsd":"0.01"},{"path":"/api/agent-revenue-audit","price":"$5.00","maxAmountAtomicUnits":"5000000","network":"eip155:8453","requiredFields":["serviceName","currentOffer","targetBuyer","currentProblem"],"walletCapNeededUsd":"5.00"}],"walletAndBudgetPolicy":{"buyerControlsWallet":true,"apexScoutControlsBuyerWallet":false,"recommendedFirstPaidCapUsd":"0.01","requiredAuditCapUsd":"5.00","noAutomaticEscalationFromOneCentToFiveDollars":true,"stopAfterOnePaymentResponseByDefault":true,"duplicatePaidRetryWarning":"Do not retry the same paid payload after PAYMENT-RESPONSE without a new explicit approval."},"safeCommandShape":"Do not execute this guide. It only describes buyer-side payment shape.\nnpx awal@latest x402 pay \"https://apexscout.ai/api/agent-revenue-audit\" \\\n  -X POST \\\n  -h '{\"Content-Type\":\"application/json\"}' \\\n  -d '{\"serviceName\":\"Example Agent API\",\"currentOffer\":\"Pay-per-call API for buyer agents\",\"targetBuyer\":\"x402 builders and buyer agents\",\"currentProblem\":\"The service has working paid routes but needs a clearer buyer-agent conversion path.\",\"currentPaymentRail\":\"base-x402\",\"riskTolerance\":\"medium\",\"source\":\"agentcore-payments-buyer-guide\"}' \\\n  --max-amount 5000000 \\\n  --json","links":{"page":"https://agent-research-brief-api-production.up.railway.app/agentcore-payments-buyer-guide","api":"https://agent-research-brief-api-production.up.railway.app/api/agentcore-payments-buyer-guide","x402Proof":"https://agent-research-brief-api-production.up.railway.app/x402-proof","bazaarSearchReadiness":"https://agent-research-brief-api-production.up.railway.app/bazaar-search-readiness","mcpToolPack":"https://agent-research-brief-api-production.up.railway.app/mcp-tool-pack","mcpToolPackApi":"https://agent-research-brief-api-production.up.railway.app/api/mcp-tool-pack","mcpManifest":"https://agent-research-brief-api-production.up.railway.app/.well-known/mcp.json","openApi":"https://agent-research-brief-api-production.up.railway.app/api/agentcore-openapi.json","spendPolicy":"https://agent-research-brief-api-production.up.railway.app/agentcore-payments-policy","buyerStart":"https://agent-research-brief-api-production.up.railway.app/agentcore-buyer-start","paymentHandoff":"https://agent-research-brief-api-production.up.railway.app/agentcore-payment-handoff","paymentHandoffApi":"https://agent-research-brief-api-production.up.railway.app/api/agentcore-payment-handoff","spendPassport":"https://agent-research-brief-api-production.up.railway.app/agent-spend-passport","paymentSafety":"https://agent-research-brief-api-production.up.railway.app/buyer-agent-payment-safety","auditBuilder":"https://agent-research-brief-api-production.up.railway.app/agent-revenue-audit-builder","metadataPreflight":"https://agent-research-brief-api-production.up.railway.app/x402-metadata-preflight"},"guardrails":["This guide is free and no-spend.","It does not execute payment or make paid upstream calls.","It does not manage buyer wallets, budgets, or authorizations.","It does not claim official AWS, Coinbase, CDP, Stripe, Bazaar, or AgentCore endorsement.","It does not contact anyone, post, DM, email, submit directories, scrape, crawl, or inspect competitors.","It does not expose buyer prompts, raw generated payloads, paid responses, wallet histories, CDP keys, full wallet addresses, or full payment payloads publicly.","It makes no revenue guarantees."],"exactNextAction":"Use the free builder, payment safety score, and metadata preflight before any buyer-controlled paid retry."}