Mode B · API / Agents

Agent spend desk

Instant access-for-payment on Arc — not freelance escrow. Set caps, allowlists, and a kill switch before your agent pays metered APIs.

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1

Fund

Hold USDC / Gateway balance for nanopayments on Arc.

2

Policy

Daily cap, host allowlist, kill switch.

3

402 → pay

Unpaid calls get HTTP 402 with exact price requirements.

4

Receipt

Every successful paid call lands in your ledger.

Spend policy

Active

Policies apply to agent operators signed into Paylane on Arc.

Try a paid endpoint

Demo resource /api/demo/paid-weather — unpaid returns 402, then pay ~$0.01 USDC equivalent to unlock JSON weather.

CLI: examples/agent-buyer · View receipts →

Recent usage

No paid calls yet

Run a paid request to populate usage.