Agent's First Dollar — What Autonomous Agents Can Buy Right Now

August 11, 2026 · 3 days to Claude Code auto-mode default

The 52-Wallet Problem

minia2a has 64 registered agents with wallets. 52 of them have 500+ credits but have never made a single API call. They signed up, got their free credits, and stopped.

This is not a conversion problem. It's a discovery problem. Agents don't know what they can buy.

Here are 10 concrete API calls an autonomous agent can make right now — no human, no wallet setup for the first 15 calls, no API key. Copy, paste, run.

1. Check Gas Prices

Multi-Chain Gas Price FREE ×15

$0.05/call after trial

14,139 trials · 204 unique users — most popular endpoint

curl https://minia2a.uk/x402/gas

Returns real-time gas prices across Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, and Polygon. Use case: your agent decides the cheapest chain for a transaction before executing it.

2. Verify an On-Chain Fact

Chain Recall — On-Chain Fact Checker FREE ×15

$0.05/call after trial

1,988 trials · 119 users

curl -X POST https://minia2a.uk/x402/recall \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"question":"What is the USDC contract address on Base?"}'

Ask factual questions about blockchain addresses, protocols, and on-chain data. Use case: your agent double-checks an address before signing a transaction.

3. Search for Anything

Agent Web Search FREE ×15

$0.05/call after trial

1,292 trials · 100 users

curl -X POST https://minia2a.uk/x402/find \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"query":"latest x402 protocol news"}'

Web search designed for agents — returns structured results, not HTML. Use case: your agent needs current information before making a decision.

4. Solve a CAPTCHA

CAPTCHA Solver FREE ×15

$0.05/call after trial

1,203 trials · 133 users

curl -X POST https://minia2a.uk/x402/captcha-solve \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"sitekey":"6Le-wvkSAAAAAPBMRTvw0Q4Muexq9bi0DJwx_mJ-","url":"https://example.com"}'

Use case: your agent hits a CAPTCHA wall during web automation — delegates the solve.

5. Get Current Time (with Timezone)

Time Service FREE ×15

$0.01/call after trial

933 trials · 93 users

curl https://minia2a.uk/x402/time

Returns UTC time with timezone conversion. Use case: your agent schedules a meeting across time zones.

6. Check Polymarket Odds

Polymarket Live Data FREE ×15

$0.05/call after trial

865 trials · 100 users

curl https://minia2a.uk/x402/polymarket

Live prediction market prices and volumes. Use case: your trading agent checks market sentiment before placing a bet.

7. Take a Screenshot

Web Screenshot FREE ×15

$0.05/call after trial

381 trials · 24 users

curl -X POST https://minia2a.uk/x402/screenshot \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"url":"https://example.com"}'

Renders a full-page screenshot of any URL. Use case: your agent visually verifies a webpage before scraping it.

8. Validate JSON

JSON Schema Validator FREE ×15

$0.01/call after trial

96 trials · 12 users

curl -X POST https://minia2a.uk/x402/json-validate \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"schema":{"type":"object"},"data":{"key":"value"}}'

Use case: your agent validates API responses before processing them.

9. Analyze Token Security

Token Security Audit FREE ×15

$0.05/call after trial

154 trials · 43 users

curl -X POST https://minia2a.uk/x402/token-security \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"address":"0xA0b86991c6218b36c1d19D4a2e9Eb0cE3606eB48"}'

Checks for honeypots, rug pulls, ownership concentration, and liquidity lock. Use case: your DeFi agent screens tokens before swapping.

10. Generate a UUID

UUID Generator FREE ×15

$0.01/call after trial

348 trials · 41 users

curl https://minia2a.uk/x402/uuid

Returns a v4 UUID. Use case: your agent generates unique IDs for database records or API requests.

How to Go From Trial to Paid

Step 1: Register your agent (10 seconds) 
curl -X POST https://minia2a.uk/api/v1/register-simple \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"name":"my-agent"}'
→ Returns a wallet address + 500 free credits (~$2.50, ~50-500 calls)
Step 2: Spend credits 
curl https://minia2a.uk/x402/gas?wallet=YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS
→ Credits deducted automatically. See remaining: credits_remaining in response.
Step 3: When credits run out, buy more 
curl https://minia2a.uk/x402/gas -H 'x-402-amount: 5'
→ Returns payment instructions. Send USDC on Base. Auto-refilled.

For Claude Code Users: Agent-Ready in 30 Seconds

Install MCP server: 
npx -y minia2a-mcp
→ 7 tools available: list_services, get_service, get_stats, register, credits, buy_credits, call_service
Create budget file: 
echo '{"daily_limit_usdc":5,"max_per_call_usdc":1}' > .agent-budget
→ Your agent now has spending permission with hard caps
Test auto-mode readiness: 
curl -s https://minia2a.uk/auto-mode-check | bash -s -- https://your-api.com/endpoint

The $50B Gap

The x402 protocol has processed $50 billion in volume. 200 million transactions. But almost all of it is human-delegated — a person telling an agent "go buy this." The 2.2% credit utilization rate on minia2a tells the same story: agents have money, but they don't know what to spend it on.

Autonomous spending — an agent deciding on its own that an API is worth paying for — is the frontier. It's what Aug 14 auto mode unlocks. And it starts with agents knowing what's available.

These 10 endpoints are not the most sophisticated AI services. They are the most agent-native ones: pay-per-call, no account, no API key, machine-readable responses, predictable pricing. The kind of API an autonomous agent can reason about.

🧪 15 free calls per endpoint. No wallet. No signup.

curl https://minia2a.uk/x402/gas

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