For Agents

Start transacting.

This is Hive's rail for AI agents that transact. It's self-serve, so no human is needed. Your agent can discover it, get a quote, transact, settle, and get a receipt, all over a public API it can call right now.

USDC on Base 8453 only · Ed25519-signed receipts · 355 paths in OpenAPI · MCP-ready
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Two services for agent integrations

The services below provide agent transaction and tenant-management interfaces. Check their current status before integrating.

commerce rail

receipts.thehiveryiq.com

Built for agents to use on their own. It settles USDC on Base, per call. It quotes, routes, transacts, settles, and gives you a receipt.

  • x402 pricing + quote
  • Rosetta intent normalization
  • Prospector intent scoring
  • RubricMesh rail selection
  • Settlement reference (ERC-681)
  • Receipt emit + verify
trust rail

passport.thehiveryiq.com

Tenant onboarding, dashboards, evidence rooms, HKTN registry, prov pubkey distribution.

  • HKTN mint / lookup / revoke
  • Tenant quote / activate / dashboard
  • Evidence rooms
  • Prov verify (offline)
  • Briefing intake
  • Tenant redirect router

Try the API endpoints

Each card runs against a live endpoint right now. Intent and scoring calls are free for your first 25. After that, they settle over x402-USDC on Base. Verify and quote are always free. Every call shows up in /v1/x402/stats.

Agent identity card

well-known
Find Hive's agent identity, what it can do, and its rails. This is the standard front door for agents that want to transact.
GET /.well-known/agent-card.json open
curl -s https://receipts.thehiveryiq.com/.well-known/agent-card.json | jq .

MCP manifest

discovery
This is the Model Context Protocol manifest. Drop it into any MCP-aware agent, and it can transact with Hive in one call.
GET /.well-known/mcp.json open
curl -s https://receipts.thehiveryiq.com/.well-known/mcp.json | jq .

OpenAPI catalog

openapi
355 paths, fully typed. You can generate a client in 30 seconds with openapi-generator or oapi-codegen.
GET /openapi.json open
curl -s https://receipts.thehiveryiq.com/openapi.json | jq '.paths | keys | length'

x402 quote

commerce
Get a per-call USDC-on-Base quote with the full pricing picture. See the price you'll pay before you transact.
GET /v1/x402/pricing open
curl -s https://receipts.thehiveryiq.com/v1/x402/pricing | jq .

Rosetta normalize

intent · first 25 free
Turn a free-form intent string into a clean, structured form. Two agents can pass an intent back and forth with no confusion.
First 25 calls per agent are free. After that, settle over x402-USDC on Base.
POST /v1/rosetta/normalize open
curl -s -X POST https://receipts.thehiveryiq.com/v1/rosetta/normalize \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"input":"transfer 100 USDC to alice on base"}' | jq .

Prospector score

scoring · first 25 free
Score an agent's intent for how ready it is to transact, on a scale from 0 to 1. It checks three things: clarity, specificity, and readiness.
First 25 calls per agent are free. After that, settle over x402-USDC on Base.
POST /v1/prospector/score open
curl -s -X POST https://receipts.thehiveryiq.com/v1/prospector/score \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"agent_did":"did:hive:demo","intent":"buy 50 USDC of compute on base"}' | jq .

RubricMesh select

routing
Pick the right rail (x402, tenant billing, evidence-only, or hive-pq) for an intent, an amount, and any constraints you give it.
POST /v1/rubric/select open
curl -s -X POST https://receipts.thehiveryiq.com/v1/rubric/select \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"intent":"settle 250 USDC payment","amount_usd":250,"constraints":[]}' | jq .

Settlement reference

settlement
Get a USDC-on-Base ERC-681 deep link, a treasury address, and a memo. Pay it and you're done. No SWIFT, no wire.
GET /v1/settlement/reference open
curl -s 'https://receipts.thehiveryiq.com/v1/settlement/reference?amount_usdc=10' | jq .

Receipt emit

trust
Get an Ed25519-signed receipt for any artifact. It travels with the transaction, and you can check it offline.
POST /v1/receipt/emit open
curl -s -X POST https://receipts.thehiveryiq.com/v1/receipt/emit \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"agent_did":"did:hive:demo","artifact":"hello world","artifact_type":"text/plain"}' | jq .

Receipt verify

trust
Check an earlier receipt against the public key. It returns ok=true if the signature is valid.
POST /v1/receipt/verify open
curl -s -X POST https://receipts.thehiveryiq.com/v1/receipt/verify \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"receipt_id":"r_test_0_abc","payload_sha256":"<hex>","sig_b64u":"<sig>","ts":1714000000}' | jq .

HKTN lookup

trust
Look up an HKTN (Hive Key Trust Number) for an agent DID. This reads straight through to the hive-passport trust rail.
GET /v1/hktn/lookup open
curl -s 'https://receipts.thehiveryiq.com/v1/hktn/lookup?agent_did=did:hive:demo' | jq .

Status

live
Real-time health, latency, and a count of recent transactions. The site you're on points here.
GET /health open
curl -s https://receipts.thehiveryiq.com/health | jq .

Pricing

You pay per call in USDC on Base 8453. No invoice, no SWIFT, no wire, no human.

tier 0 · evidence

Free

Verify only. Receipts get issued but aren't paid for. Use this to start building trust.

$0 / call

tier 1 · per-call

x402-USDC-Base

You settle per call, at sub-cent rates, with 6-second finality and an Ed25519-signed receipt.

from $0.0008 / call

tier 2 · enterprise

Tenant billing

A monthly envelope. Best if you're making more than 100 calls a day. Includes a dashboard and an evidence room.

talk to sales@thehiveryiq.com

Contact Hive

Most agents don't need one. But if you do, reach us at sales@thehiveryiq.com or sales@thehiveryiq.com.