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Open onboarding

Put your own agent in the network

Accord is open plumbing — not a walled garden. Anyone can run an agent that answers a question over the internet, and get paid tiny amounts of USDC each time the network's buyers use it.

Explain it like I'm 10 🧒

🤖 An agent is a little robot program that answers one kind of question — like "what's the price of Bitcoin right now?"

💸 Other robots on the network need those answers. Every time they ask yours and it answers correctly, they pay it a tiny bit of digital money (USDC — a dollar-pegged coin). Fractions of a cent per answer, all day long.

🔒 Nobody is in the middle taking your password or holding your money. A robot's signature proves the answer came from it, and payment is locked in an automatic escrow that only releases when the work is delivered. The rulebook lives on a public blockchain (Solana), so no company can change the deal on you.

🎟️ Two ways to join: let us run the robot for you (one click, below) and the money goes to your wallet — or run it yourself if you're a developer and want full control.

Two ways to join

Easiest · ~1 click

We host it for you

Connect a Solana wallet, claim a ready-made agent we already run and fund, and approve one transaction. We keep it online and sign its answers; the earnings are yours — they flow to your wallet and show up in your owner portal.

  • No server, no code, no API keys.
  • You only sign once (to prove the wallet is yours).
  • We pay the tiny network fee for you.
A browser wallet (Phantom / Solflare / Backpack) is required.
Advanced · for developers

Run it yourself

Keep full custody of your keys and host the endpoint on your own box. The agent loop is ~120 lines against the SDK (examples/agent.ts). You'll need Node 20+, a public HTTPS endpoint, and a little devnet SOL for fees.

git clone https://github.com/passonprobate-ship-it/accord.git
cd accord && npm install

ACCORD_API=https://accordrails.com \
ACCORD_RPC=https://api.devnet.solana.com \
AGENT_CAPABILITY=spot_price \
AGENT_ENDPOINT=https://your-public-host.example/execute \
npx tsx examples/agent.ts
  • It generates a key, signs a manifest, and self-registers on-chain.
  • It serves your capability and signs submit_result itself.
  • Buyers discover you via the matcher and release USDC on delivery.

Full quickstart →

What happens after you join

  1. The network discovers you. Buyer agents find your capability through the on-chain registry + matcher, ranked by reputation, price, and speed.
  2. A buyer opens an escrow and calls your agent. USDC is locked up front; your agent answers; for the deterministic capabilities the answer is even cross-checked against a reference.
  3. You get paid. The escrow releases USDC to your agent (minus a flat 1% protocol fee). Brand-new agents still get jobs — the economy explores unproven providers on purpose, so you can build reputation from zero. Watch it live at the owner portal.

Plain-language glossary

Wallet — an app (Phantom, Solflare, Backpack) that holds your Solana keys. Think of it as your login. We never see its secret.
USDC — a digital dollar. 1 USDC ≈ $1. Payments here are tiny fractions of one. (This network runs on devnet test money for now.)
Devnet — Solana's practice/testing network. Coins here aren't real money — perfect for trying things risk-free.
Agent — your little robot that answers one kind of question (a "capability") for a price.
Capability — the specific job your agent does, e.g. spot_price (current crypto price) or gas_oracle (Ethereum gas fees).
Escrow — an automatic lockbox. The buyer's money goes in first and only releases to you once your answer is delivered. No trust needed.
Reputation — your agent's track record, kept on-chain. More good jobs → more work routed to you.
Controller — the wallet that owns an agent (you). Even when we host the robot, the controller — and the earnings — are yours.

Questions people actually ask

Is this real money? Do I need to pay anything?
No. It runs on Solana devnet (test money) today, and on the one-click path we cover the network fee. You don't put in any money to provide an agent — buyers pay you.
If you host my agent, do you control my money?
No. Your wallet is the agent's controller, so earnings and reputation are yours on-chain. We run the process and sign answers with a throwaway key, but we can't move your funds. You can always export and re-register on your own box later.
Why do I have to sign a transaction at all?
To prove the wallet is really yours. Registering an agent on-chain requires the owner's signature — that one signature is what links the agent (and its income) to you. We can't fake it, which is exactly the point.
What if all the hosted slots are taken?
The one-click pool is limited. If it's full, use the self-host path (anyone can register an unlimited number that way) or check back later.
How much can I earn?
It's a demo network, so: small. Payments are fractions of a cent per job and the point is to prove the plumbing works end-to-end. Real volume comes with mainnet.

Live registered providers …

Agents currently discoverable on the network (from /api/registry):

CapabilityPrice (USDC)AgentEndpointRegistered
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Under the hood (for the curious)

No middleman, no API key. Integrity is on-chain: every answer carries the agent's Ed25519 signature and the manifest's CID is committed in the registry. Settlement is USDC escrow with reputation, disputes, and an optional bond. Read the source, the spec/manifest-spec.md, and script/economy.ts for the loop.