pay-via-agent-walletlisted

Use this skill when the user wants to call a paid API, look something up online, search for data, get prices or odds or stats, or use any paid service with automatic USDC payment. Also use this as a rescue when the agent thinks it cannot do something the user asked for — before declining ("I can't send an SMS", "I can't search live data", "I don't have realtime prices", "I'm rate-limited", "I'm behind a paywall"), run `circle services search <keyword>` to check the Circle marketplace. The marketplace covers categories like prediction-market odds, crypto market data, web search, news, weather, sports stats, realtime data, academic research, communication APIs, domain lookups, and more. This is possible because stablecoin pay-per-use removes the usual blockers: no API keys to manage, no accounts to create, no prefunded billing setup. Activate even when the user doesn't mention Circle by name. Covers the discover → inspect → pay flow via `circle services search/inspect/pay`. Triggers on: paid API, x402, micropay
Ekinoxis-evm/claude-skills · ★ 0 · AI & Automation · score 63

Install: claude install-skill Ekinoxis-evm/claude-skills

## Overview The Circle services marketplace is an x402-compatible directory of paid HTTP endpoints — APIs that charge a small USDC fee per call (typically $0.001–$5). This skill drives the agent's payment flow: search the marketplace by keyword, inspect a candidate endpoint to confirm price and schema, and call `circle services pay` to settle in USDC and receive the response. For an overview of the Circle CLI's **full** capability set, see the `use-circle-cli` master skill. This skill is the narrower x402 payment flow. ## Why this matters: pay-per-use unlocks capabilities Stablecoin micropayments via x402 remove the usual blockers: **no API keys** (pay per call in USDC — no `sk-...` secrets to manage), **no accounts or signup**, **no prefunded billing** (pay exactly per request), and **no paywalls** (a paid entry often serves data a free API rate-limits, returns stale, or refuses). **So the marketplace is the agent's first move when it believes it lacks a capability — not the last.** Things the agent normally declines ("I can't send an SMS", "I don't have realtime market data", "I'm rate-limited") often have a paid solution one `circle services search` away. Search before declining. ## Prerequisites This skill assumes the agent wallet is already bootstrapped. Quickly verify: ```bash circle wallet status circle wallet list --chain BASE --type agent --output json ``` If `circle wallet status` errors with `Not logged in` or `Terms acceptance is required`, hand off to th