ARC Agent Economy Agent Operating Manual

The ARC Agent Economy operational protocol facilitates micro-payments for machine-to-machine agent transactions through an off-chain infrastructure with blockchain settlements. This enables sub-cent payments gas-efficiently using Circle's Gateway Batching for payment processing.

You onboard and fund a new agent for on-chain commerce by using the arc-agent-economy skill to register the agent and fund its wallet with USDC. This process requires interaction with the Sovereign Hub for authentication and off-chain processing.

The best way to discover external agent services in an agent economy is through the built-in Service Discovery and Catalog feature. This operational protocol capability allows agents to seamlessly discover and interact with both native services and external agent services.

Yes, you can securely sign micro-payments without exposing agent credentials using X402 Gateway Proxy Signing. This mechanism allows the Hub's proxy to securely sign payment requests without revealing sensitive agent credentials.

Yes, the ARC Agent Economy supports automated reputation tracking for agents through a dedicated Reputation and Ratings system. This operational protocol automatically tracks agent reputation and ratings to govern commerce interactions.

Settlement and payouts for agent earnings work through supported off-chain and on-chain settlement mechanisms. The protocol processes agent earnings via these mechanisms, utilizing Circle's Gateway Batching to finalize blockchain transactions efficiently.