# accept-agent-payments

Set up a paid HTTP service for AI agents with Circle Gateway Nanopayments. Use it to charge per API call or prepare service details for a marketplace listing.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 446 installs · ★ 158
- Author: circlefin
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/circlefin/skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/circle/skills/accept-agent-payments/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-16
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/accept-agent-payments

## What it does

This skill covers the seller side of agent payments. x402 negotiates the `402 Payment Required` response, while Circle Gateway handles USDC authorizations and batched settlement. For an existing Express or Node API, it points to the `@circle-fin/x402-batching` middleware. For a service built with another stack, it describes an Express proxy that checks payment before forwarding the request.

Check Circle’s current docs, supported networks, and package version before changing the service. The setup needs the endpoint path and method, request and response schemas, a USDC price, the seller’s EVM address, and a public HTTPS URL. Keep keys and wallet session data in environment variables, not in the repository. Start integration checks on testnet: a mainnet payment moves real USDC, and confirmed transfers cannot be reversed. Paid calls require normal command approval, with an estimate first.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add circlefin/skills --skill accept-agent-payments -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/accept-agent-payments/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/accept-agent-payments/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add circlefin/skills --skill accept-agent-payments -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/accept-agent-payments/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add circlefin/skills --skill accept-agent-payments -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/accept-agent-payments/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install circlefin/skills accept-agent-payments
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/accept-agent-payments/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add circlefin/skills --skill accept-agent-payments -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/circlefin/skills --path plugins/circle/skills/accept-agent-payments
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/accept-agent-payments/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add circlefin/skills --skill accept-agent-payments -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/circlefin/skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/circle/skills/accept-agent-payments/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- charge USDC for HTTP endpoint calls
- add Gateway middleware to an Express or Node API
- put an Express payment proxy in front of a service built in another stack
- prepare service details for a marketplace listing
- check a `402` response and estimate a charge before paying

## Example prompts
- Set up Circle Gateway Nanopayments so my API charges USDC per request.
- Add payment handling to this Express endpoint with `@circle-fin/x402-batching`.
- Put an Express payment proxy in front of my service and test its `402` response.

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: accept-agent-payments
description: "Use when a developer wants to monetize an API, endpoint, service, model, dataset, tool, or agent-facing resource with Circle USDC pay-per-call payments, Gateway Nanopayments, x402, HTTP 402, or Agent Marketplace listing. Triggers on: charge agents, sell to agents, paid API, monetize endpoint, micropayments, nanopayments seller, x402 seller, accept USDC, service listing."
allowed-tools: ["Read", "Glob", "Grep", "Edit", "Write", "Bash(npm view @circle-fin/x402-batching version)", "Bash(curl -s https://developers.circle.com/llms.txt)", "Bash(curl -s https://agents.circle.com/services)", "Bash(circle --version)", "Bash(command -v circle)"]
requirements:
  runtimes: []
  connectors: []
---

# Accept Agent Payments

## Overview

Turn an existing HTTP endpoint into a paid agent-consumable service. Default to Circle Gateway Nanopayments: x402 handles the `402 Payment Required` negotiation, Gateway handles gasless USDC authorizations and batched settlement.

This is a seller-side skill. Buyer wallet setup is only a test harness; do not let it swallow the work.

## Red Flags

Stop and re-plan if your answer says any of these:

- "Use standard x402 exact on Base by default"
- "Default to Base mainnet"
- "Gateway batching can come later"
- "Use `x402[fastapi]` because the app is FastAPI"
- "Register the service with `circle services publish`"

Those are generic x402 seller instincts, not this Circle seller path. The default is Circle Gateway Nanopayments, current docs, supported-network discovery, and marketplace submission prep.

## Default Path

Use Circle Gateway Nanopayments unless the user explicitly needs vanilla x402 compatibility or a non-Gateway facilitator. Generic x402.org examples, FastAPI middleware, Bazaar metadata, and Base-mainnet vanilla `exact` are not Circle's default seller path for agent nanopayments.

| Situation | Path |
| --- | --- |
| Sub-cent, cent-level, high-frequency, or agentic API calls | Gateway Nanopayments |
| Existing Express or Node API | Add `@circle-fin/x402-batching` middleware |
| FastAPI, Rails, Go, or other non-Node API | Prefer a thin Express payment proxy for Circle Gateway unless current Circle docs provide a native library |
| Existing x402 seller stack with its own facilitator | Vanilla x402 may be acceptable |
| Marketplace distribution | Prepare listing metadata; do not invent a `services publish` CLI command |

## First Checks

Before writing code, verify current docs and installed packages. Do not rely on stale chain defaults.

```bash
curl -s https://developers.circle.com/llms.txt
npm view @circle-fin/x402-batching version
```
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