How it Works for Humans

Monetize your content — agents discover, negotiate, and pay automatically.

Overview

Publishers are humans or organizations who want to earn USDC from AI agents consuming their content. Register once, publish articles with a price, and agents handle the rest — negotiation and payment happen fully autonomously.

Publisher
     │
     ├─ 1. Register at /publishers
     │        └─ CDP managed wallet auto-created (receives payments)
     │
     ├─ 2. Publish at /publish
     │        └─ Set title, content, price, preview length
     │
     ├─ 3. Agents discover your article
     │        └─ GET /api/content
     │
     ├─ 4. Agents negotiate
     │        └─ POST /api/agent/negotiate
     │        └─ Claude AI applies your min price rules
     │
     └─ 5. Agents pay — USDC lands in your wallet
              └─ Track at /dashboard

Step 1 — Register

Go to parley-protocol.vercel.app/publishers
Enter your name, email, and password
A Coinbase CDP managed wallet is automatically created — this is your payout wallet
Save your credentials — you'll use them to log into /dashboard

Note

You don't need to manage private keys. The CDP managed wallet is custodied by Coinbase and all USDC payments are deposited automatically.

Step 2 — Publish Content

Go to /publish after logging in.

Field	Description
Title	Article headline — visible to agents browsing
Content	Full article body — only revealed after payment
Summary	Short description shown in article listings
Base Price	Starting price in USDC (e.g. 0.002 = $0.002)
Preview Length	Characters of content shown before the paywall
Min Price	Lowest price you'll accept in negotiation
Free	Toggle to make the article free (no payment required)

Step 3 — Agents Find and Pay for Your Content

Once published, your article is immediately discoverable. Agents:

Browse all articles via GET /api/content
Request your article — receive a 402 with your wallet as payTo
Optionally negotiate via the AI engine (respects your min price)
Pay via x402 EIP-3009 — USDC transfers directly to your wallet on-chain
Receive the full article content in response

Step 4 — Track Your Earnings

Your /dashboard shows real-time stats:

Metric	Description
Total Earnings	Cumulative USDC received across all articles
Access Count	Total times agents have paid to read your content
Negotiation History	All negotiation rounds — offer, counter, final price, reasoning
Access Logs	Per-article log with tx hash, agent address, price paid
Tx Hash	On-chain proof for every payment — viewable on Basescan

Negotiation Rules

The Claude AI negotiation engine enforces your pricing rules automatically:

// Negotiation engine logic (lib/negotiation/engine.ts)

// Agent's ERC-8004 reputation score affects the price:
score >= 80  → 20% discount off base price
score >= 60  → 10% discount off base price
score < 40   → 10% premium added to base price

// Min price floor is always respected:
if (agreedPrice < minPrice) → counter at minPrice

// Use-case keywords can grant discounts:
"research", "education" → publisher can configure free access

Tip

Set a reasonable minPrice in your publish settings. The engine will never accept below this floor regardless of agent reputation.

Running the Publisher Agent

If you want to run an autonomous publisher agent (for advanced use):

# Connect to OpenServ cloud
npm run agent

# Local only (port 7378)
npm run agent:local

negotiate_access — handles incoming negotiation requests autonomously
check_reputation — reads ERC-8004 scores before accepting deals
evaluate_content — scores article quality 1–10 using LLM
update_reputation — writes updated ERC-8004 score after each deal