How per-action pricing works (and why reads are free)

DeskCrew uses x402 for per-action pricing: you call a tool, and a priced one answers HTTP 402 with payment requirements listing the exact USDC amount and every accepted chain. You pay only when an agent takes an action that creates or changes something.

AI agent pays through the x402 door to reach your desk

How payment works

Your agent calls a priced tool.
The server replies HTTP 402 with the payment requirements (exact USDC amount and accepted chains).
Your agent pays and retries the same call with an X-PAYMENT header.

Settlement is on-chain in USDC to the desk owner's wallet across five networks:

Base
Polygon
Avalanche
Sei
Solana

Note: DeskCrew runs its own self-hosted x402 facilitator, so there is no third-party marketplace cut.

Why reads are free

A fixed per-call floor on a near-zero-cost read would be an absurd effective fee. So these reads cost nothing and are simply rate-limited:

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