Protocols

x402

HTTP can answer 402 Payment Required. x402 is a way for the client to sign a payment and retry. A facilitator checks the signature and settles it. FindBuyAgent uses that path only from your wallet.

Essay: what is x402

AP2

Google has described an Agent Payments Protocol for payment intents between agents. This page is a pointer, not an integration.

ACP

The Agentic Commerce Protocol is a published checkout-intent format for an agent to hand a merchant what the person asked to buy. FindBuyAgent does not claim to speak it yet.

Visa TAP

Visa’s Trusted Agent Protocol is the merchant-facing check described alongside Visa Intelligent Commerce: is this agent still inside the instruction it was given?

Essay: Trusted Agent Protocol

Mastercard Agent Pay

Mastercard has described Agent Pay for Machines as a voucher inside a limit, in the same family as an x402 payment. This site does not settle those vouchers.

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