v2.2.81-brand-asset-integration / tool-metadata-readiness

MCP-compatible agents can inspect ApexScout before buying.

A zero-contact, pay-per-call x402 trust and monetization intelligence API for buyer agents, builders, and AgentCore-style clients that need to discover and pay for tools at runtime.

Current live mode: zero-contact and inbound-only. This is inbound tool metadata only; ApexScout does not crawl, contact, message, post, scrape, discover third-party agents, or make paid upstream calls.

Actual paid calls still go through x402 protected HTTP routes on Base mainnet. No subscription: pay once, get JSON once.

Not sure what to buy? Generate a free Agent Spend Passport before paying.

The Passport does not spend money. It recommends the right route, checks budget fit, warns about sensitive fields, and gives a safe copy-paste paid-call payload.

AgentCore readiness: ApexScout is seller-side ready for AgentCore-style buyers, but does not manage AWS wallets, budgets, or buyer payment automation.

Recommended no-spend preflight

Inspect /x402-proof.
Generate a free /agent-spend-passport.
If the Passport recommends the $5 audit, preview /agent-revenue-audit-preview before paying.
Run the free /x402-metadata-preflight before any paid retry if the buyer metadata includes a resource URL, payment description, reason string, or payload preview.
If Passport recommends /api/opportunity-check, use the $0.01 route.
If Passport recommends /api/agent-revenue-audit, use the $5 route only with approved budget.
Stop if Passport says stop.

Considering the $5 audit? Preview the output shape before paying. Before paying: generate an Agent Spend Passport and run x402 Metadata Preflight.

/agent-spend-passport · /api/agent-spend-passport · /api/agent-spend-passport/prepare · /agent-revenue-audit-preview · /api/agent-revenue-audit-preview · /x402-metadata-preflight · /api/x402-metadata-preflight/check

Paid route ladder

$0.01

`/api/opportunity-check`

Cheapest paid trust/opportunity check for buyer agents.

$5.00

`/api/agent-revenue-audit`

Monetization audit for builders/operators of agents, APIs, and x402 services.

Free MCP-readable context

free

Not sure what to buy? Generate a free Agent Spend Passport before paying.

/api/mcp-tool-pack · /.well-known/mcp.json · /api/mcp-manifest · /agent-spend-passport · /api/agent-spend-passport · /agent-revenue-audit-preview · /api/agent-revenue-audit-preview · /x402-metadata-preflight · /api/x402-metadata-preflight · /agent-payment-alpha · /agent-safety-posture · /agent-wonderland-readiness · /circle-agent-stack-readiness · /agentic-payments-market-signal · /why-apexscout-agentic-payments · /agentcore-readiness · /agentcore-payments-policy · /agentcore-buyer-start · /api/agentcore-openapi.json

{
  "service": {
    "name": "ApexScout / Agent Research Desk",
    "version": "v2.2.81-brand-asset-integration",
    "mcpReadinessMode": "tool-metadata-readiness",
    "mode": "inbound-only"
  },
  "brand": {
    "name": "ApexScout",
    "legalProductName": "ApexScout / Agent Research Desk",
    "tagline": "Agent Spend Passport and x402 trust intelligence for buyer agents.",
    "description": "Agent Spend Passport and x402 trust intelligence for buyer agents.",
    "logoAlt": "ApexScout official logo",
    "assets": {
      "original": "https://apexscout.ai/assets/apexscout-logo.png",
      "lockup": "https://apexscout.ai/assets/apexscout-logo-lockup.png",
      "mark": "https://apexscout.ai/assets/apexscout-logo-mark.png",
      "icon": "https://apexscout.ai/assets/apexscout-icon.png",
      "openGraph": "https://apexscout.ai/assets/apexscout-og.png"
    },
    "colors": {
      "midnight": "#001038",
      "navy": "#081840",
      "deepNavy": "#101840",
      "cobalt": "#1060f8",
      "electricBlue": "#1068f8",
      "signalCyan": "#00c8c8",
      "white": "#ffffff",
      "frost": "#f7fbff",
      "slate": "#516078"
    },
    "structure": {
      "primaryLogo": "Use the option 1-style horizontal lockup for website headers, hero sections, and public brand surfaces.",
      "compactLogo": "Use the option 10-style mark for favicons, tight cards, and small navigation treatments.",
      "visualSystem": "Keep layouts clean, bright, and technical: white/frost backgrounds, navy text, cobalt calls to action, and cyan signal accents."
    },
    "assetPaths": {
      "original": "/assets/apexscout-logo.png",
      "lockup": "/assets/apexscout-logo-lockup.png",
      "mark": "/assets/apexscout-logo-mark.png",
      "icon": "/assets/apexscout-icon.png",
      "openGraph": "/assets/apexscout-og.png"
    }
  },
  "payment": {
    "protocol": "x402",
    "network": "eip155:8453",
    "rail": "Base mainnet",
    "baseX402Active": true,
    "settlementRailChanged": false,
    "batchSettlementReadiness": {
      "activeInProduction": false,
      "pagePath": "/x402-batch-settlement",
      "apiPath": "/api/x402-batch-settlement",
      "escrowEnabled": false,
      "offChainVouchersAccepted": false,
      "facilitatorSponsoredGasClaimed": false,
      "sellerWalletChanged": false,
      "note": "Batch settlement is readiness metadata only. ApexScout still uses standard buyer-controlled x402 payment per paid request."
    }
  },
  "recommendedNoSpendPreflight": {
    "name": "apexscout_agent_spend_passport_prepare",
    "method": "POST",
    "path": "/api/agent-spend-passport/prepare",
    "pagePath": "/agent-spend-passport",
    "apiPath": "/api/agent-spend-passport",
    "price": "free",
    "beforePaidRoutes": true,
    "cta": "Not sure what to buy? Generate a free Agent Spend Passport before paying.",
    "explanation": "The Passport does not spend money. It recommends the right route, checks budget fit, warns about sensitive fields, and gives a safe copy-paste paid-call payload.",
    "buyerPath": [
      "Inspect /x402-proof.",
      "Generate a free /agent-spend-passport.",
      "If the Passport recommends the $5 audit, preview /agent-revenue-audit-preview before paying.",
      "Run the free /x402-metadata-preflight before any paid retry if the buyer metadata includes a resource URL, payment description, reason string, or payload preview.",
      "If Passport recommends /api/opportunity-check, use the $0.01 route.",
      "If Passport recommends /api/agent-revenue-audit, use the $5 route only with approved budget.",
      "Stop if Passport says stop."
    ]
  },
  "x402MetadataPreflight": {
    "name": "apexscout_x402_metadata_preflight_check",
    "method": "POST",
    "path": "/api/x402-metadata-preflight/check",
    "pagePath": "/x402-metadata-preflight",
    "apiPath": "/api/x402-metadata-preflight",
    "price": "free",
    "recommendedBeforePaidRetry": true,
    "purpose": "Classify and redact x402 resource URLs, payment descriptions, reason strings, and payload previews before a buyer-controlled paid retry.",
    "rawPayloadsReturned": false,
    "buyerLevelDataExposed": false,
    "paidCallsMade": false,
    "paidUpstreamCalls": false
  },
  "agentCoreReadiness": {
    "mode": "seller-side-readiness",
    "readyForAgentCoreStyleBuyerAgents": true,
    "page": "https://apexscout.ai/agentcore-readiness",
    "api": "https://apexscout.ai/api/agentcore-readiness",
    "gatewayImportPack": "https://apexscout.ai/agentcore-gateway",
    "gatewayImportApi": "https://apexscout.ai/api/agentcore-gateway",
    "gatewayOpenApi": "https://apexscout.ai/api/agentcore-openapi.json",
    "spendPolicy": "https://apexscout.ai/agentcore-payments-policy",
    "spendPolicyApi": "https://apexscout.ai/api/agentcore-payments-policy",
    "spendPolicyWellKnown": "https://apexscout.ai/.well-known/apexscout-spend-policy.json",
    "buyerStart": "https://apexscout.ai/agentcore-buyer-start",
    "buyerStartApi": "https://apexscout.ai/api/agentcore-buyer-start",
    "spendPassport": "https://apexscout.ai/agent-spend-passport",
    "spendPassportApi": "https://apexscout.ai/api/agent-spend-passport",
    "spendPassportPrepareApi": "https://apexscout.ai/api/agent-spend-passport/prepare",
    "metadataPreflight": "https://apexscout.ai/x402-metadata-preflight",
    "metadataPreflightApi": "https://apexscout.ai/api/x402-metadata-preflight",
    "metadataPreflightCheckApi": "https://apexscout.ai/api/x402-metadata-preflight/check",
    "buyerSpendPolicyProvided": true,
    "buyerSpendPassportProvided": true,
    "awsWalletIntegrationAdded": false,
    "automaticBuyerSpendingAdded": false,
    "sellerWalletChanged": false,
    "settlementRailChanged": false,
    "note": "AgentCore-style buyers can use ApexScout as a discoverable x402 service, but ApexScout does not manage buyer wallets, budgets, or payment automation."
  },
  "tools": [
    {
      "name": "apexscout_agent_spend_passport",
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/agent-spend-passport",
      "price": "free",
      "description": "Free no-spend route selector, budget check, privacy check, and copy-paste payload generator before any ApexScout paid route.",
      "prepareApiPath": "/api/agent-spend-passport/prepare",
      "recommendedBeforePaidRoutes": true
    },
    {
      "name": "apexscout_x402_metadata_preflight",
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/x402-metadata-preflight",
      "price": "free",
      "description": "Free no-spend privacy preflight that checks x402 metadata before paid retry and returns redacted metadata instead of raw payload previews.",
      "checkApiPath": "/api/x402-metadata-preflight/check",
      "recommendedBeforePaidRetry": true
    },
    {
      "name": "apexscout_agent_revenue_audit_preview",
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/agent-revenue-audit-preview",
      "price": "free",
      "description": "Public-safe preview of the $5 Agent Revenue Audit output shape and buyer path before payment. The sample is not buyer-specific advice.",
      "apiPath": "/api/agent-revenue-audit-preview",
      "recommendedBeforePaidRoutes": true
    },
    {
      "name": "apexscout_opportunity_check",
      "method": "POST",
      "path": "/api/opportunity-check",
      "price": "$0.01",
      "maxAmountAtomicUnits": "10000",
      "description": "Cheapest paid trust/opportunity check for buyer agents.",
      "expectedUnpaidStatus": 402,
      "expectedPaidStatus": 200
    },
    {
      "name": "apexscout_agent_revenue_audit",
      "method": "POST",
      "path": "/api/agent-revenue-audit",
      "price": "$5.00",
      "maxAmountAtomicUnits": "5000000",
      "description": "Monetization audit for builders/operators of agents, APIs, and x402 services.",
      "previewPath": "/agent-revenue-audit-preview",
      "previewApiPath": "/api/agent-revenue-audit-preview",
      "metadataPreflightCheckApiPath": "/api/x402-metadata-preflight/check",
      "expectedUnpaidStatus": 402,
      "expectedPaidStatus": 200
    },
    {
      "name": "apexscout_interactive_x402_onboarding",
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/x402-onboarding",
      "price": "free",
      "description": "No-spend simulated terminal that shows service discovery, wallet readiness, unpaid 402, buyer-controlled paid retry, and JSON result delivery."
    },
    {
      "name": "apexscout_x402_proof",
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/x402-proof",
      "price": "free",
      "description": "Public proof that ApexScout's x402 payment path has completed successfully."
    },
    {
      "name": "apexscout_buyer_agent_challenge",
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/buyer-agent-challenge",
      "price": "free",
      "description": "Agent-readable challenge for completing one x402 buyer-agent test."
    },
    {
      "name": "apexscout_agent_payment_alpha",
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/agent-payment-alpha",
      "price": "free",
      "description": "Nine-layer x402, batch settlement, MCP, AgentCore, Bazaar, network, ERC-20, Stripe MPP, privacy, and policy-control readiness packet."
    },
    {
      "name": "apexscout_x402_batch_settlement_readiness",
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/x402-batch-settlement",
      "price": "free",
      "description": "Readiness-only explanation of x402 batch settlement, off-chain vouchers, and why ApexScout has not enabled batch settlement, escrow, or seller rail changes."
    },
    {
      "name": "apexscout_agentcore_payments_policy",
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/agentcore-payments-policy",
      "price": "free",
      "description": "AgentCore Payments-style buyer-agent spend policy with caps, allowed paid routes, privacy limits, and no-auto-spend guardrails."
    },
    {
      "name": "apexscout_agentcore_buyer_start",
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/agentcore-buyer-start",
      "price": "free",
      "description": "Single AgentCore-style buyer start path from spend policy to OpenAPI import, MCP metadata, unpaid 402 preflight, and optional buyer-approved paid retry."
    },
    {
      "name": "apexscout_agent_safety_posture",
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/agent-safety-posture",
      "price": "free",
      "description": "Buyer-readable safety posture for ApexScout's agent boundaries, approval gates, network limits, credential privacy, and aggregate-only audit trail."
    },
    {
      "name": "apexscout_agent_wonderland_readiness",
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/agent-wonderland-readiness",
      "price": "free",
      "description": "Readiness-only packet for Agent Wonderland-style MCP discovery and x402 monetization without package setup, listings, wallet changes, or token action."
    },
    {
      "name": "apexscout_circle_agent_stack_readiness",
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/circle-agent-stack-readiness",
      "price": "free",
      "description": "Readiness-only packet for Circle Agent Stack-style agent wallets, service discovery, and USDC paid API flows without Circle setup, marketplace submission, wallet custody, Gateway nanopayments, or rail changes."
    },
    {
      "name": "apexscout_agentic_payments_market_signal",
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/agentic-payments-market-signal",
      "price": "free",
      "description": "Token Terminal agentic-payments market context for x402/Base positioning, clearly marked as not ApexScout-specific traction or revenue proof."
    },
    {
      "name": "apexscout_why_agentic_payments_fit",
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/why-apexscout-agentic-payments",
      "price": "free",
      "description": "Public positioning page explaining why ApexScout fits agentic payments now through owned x402, MCP, OpenAPI, proof, and paid route surfaces."
    }
  ],
  "agentCoreReadinessUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/agentcore-readiness",
  "agentCoreReadinessApiUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/api/agentcore-readiness",
  "agentCoreGatewayUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/agentcore-gateway",
  "agentCoreGatewayApiUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/api/agentcore-gateway",
  "agentCoreOpenApiUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/api/agentcore-openapi.json",
  "agentCorePaymentsPolicyUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/agentcore-payments-policy",
  "agentCorePaymentsPolicyApiUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/api/agentcore-payments-policy",
  "agentCorePaymentsPolicyWellKnownUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/.well-known/apexscout-spend-policy.json",
  "agentCoreBuyerStartUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/agentcore-buyer-start",
  "agentCoreBuyerStartApiUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/api/agentcore-buyer-start",
  "agentSpendPassportUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/agent-spend-passport",
  "agentSpendPassportApiUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/api/agent-spend-passport",
  "agentSpendPassportPrepareApiUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/api/agent-spend-passport/prepare",
  "agentPaymentAlphaUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/agent-payment-alpha",
  "agentPaymentAlphaApiUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/api/agent-payment-alpha",
  "x402BatchSettlementReadinessUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/x402-batch-settlement",
  "x402BatchSettlementReadinessApiUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/api/x402-batch-settlement",
  "x402MetadataPreflightUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/x402-metadata-preflight",
  "x402MetadataPreflightApiUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/api/x402-metadata-preflight",
  "x402MetadataPreflightCheckApiUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/api/x402-metadata-preflight/check",
  "agentRevenueAuditPreviewUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/agent-revenue-audit-preview",
  "agentRevenueAuditPreviewApiUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/api/agent-revenue-audit-preview",
  "agentSafetyPostureUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/agent-safety-posture",
  "agentSafetyPostureApiUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/api/agent-safety-posture",
  "agentWonderlandReadinessUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/agent-wonderland-readiness",
  "agentWonderlandReadinessApiUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/api/agent-wonderland-readiness",
  "circleAgentStackReadinessUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/circle-agent-stack-readiness",
  "circleAgentStackReadinessApiUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/api/circle-agent-stack-readiness",
  "agenticPaymentsMarketSignalUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/agentic-payments-market-signal",
  "agenticPaymentsMarketSignalApiUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/api/agentic-payments-market-signal",
  "whyApexScoutAgenticPaymentsUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/why-apexscout-agentic-payments",
  "whyApexScoutAgenticPaymentsApiUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/api/why-apexscout-agentic-payments",
  "proofUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/x402-proof",
  "buyerAgentChallengeUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/buyer-agent-challenge",
  "docsUrl": "https://apexscout.ai/docs.json",
  "guardrails": [
    "Inbound only",
    "No scraping",
    "No third-party discovery",
    "No automated outreach",
    "No manual messages, posts, DMs, or emails",
    "No paid upstream calls",
    "No buyer-level public data"
  ],
  "privacy": {
    "publicMetrics": "aggregate-only",
    "buyerPromptsPublic": false,
    "walletHistoriesPublic": false,
    "paidResponsesPublic": false,
    "rawFeedbackPublic": false
  }
}

Guardrails

Inbound only
No scraping
No third-party discovery
No automated outreach
No manual messages, posts, DMs, or emails
No paid upstream calls
No buyer-level public data

Public metrics stay aggregate-only. ApexScout does not contact agents, crawl MCP servers, or make paid upstream calls.