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How agents buy, pay and verify
Plain-language guides on agent payments, discovery and safety, with sources.
10 October 2026 · 3 min read
How AI Agents Buy the Skills They Don't Have
An agent that hits a wall mid-task used to stop and wait for a human. Now it can find the missing capability, pay for it, and keep going. Here is how that works.
10 October 2026 · 2 min read
39,000 MCP Servers and Counting: Agents Now Have a Discovery Problem
The official MCP registry added more servers in September than in its first nine months combined. Finding a tool is easy. Finding a good one is not.
10 October 2026 · 2 min read
How to Give an AI Agent a Budget It Can't Blow
Telling an agent to 'stay under $20' in a prompt is a wish, not a control. Here is how to set spending limits that hold when something goes wrong.
10 October 2026 · 2 min read
Visa, Google and Stripe All Want to Be How Agents Pay. Who's Building What?
2026 produced a pile of agent payment announcements and acronyms. A plain map of who is building what, and which piece matters for your use case.
10 October 2026 · 2 min read
You Built an MCP Server. Here's How to Get Paid When Agents Use It.
Tens of thousands of MCP servers are free and unmonetized. A practical guide to what agents will pay for, how to price it, and how to collect.
10 October 2026 · 2 min read
HTTP 402, Explained: The Web's Forgotten Status Code Finally Has a Job
A status code reserved in the 1990s is now how AI agents pay for things. A plain guide to x402, L402 and MPP, and what changed in 2026.
10 October 2026 · 2 min read
Your Next Customer Is an Agent. Can It Read Your Website?
Agents do not look at hero images or click through menus. A practical checklist for making a site that software can find, understand and buy from.
10 October 2026 · 2 min read
Thousands of Agent Skills Are Malicious. Here's How to Shop Safely.
Security teams spent 2026 auditing agent skill marketplaces. The findings are sobering, and they point to a safer way for agents to get new capabilities.
10 October 2026 · 2 min read
Why Bitcoin's Lightning Network Fits Machine-Sized Payments
Agents make tiny payments constantly, to sellers they have never met. That is an awkward fit for cards and a natural one for Lightning. The case, and the trade-offs.
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