{"uid":"cap_vZnjj5dKGOPRhK7oEzsTA","slug":"scvd-general-store-the-mandate-9891de7d","name":"SCVD General Store — The Mandate","description":"The Mandate. REQUIRES ?mandate= on the paid request — a signed request without it is refused before the gate and no money moves. A signed JSON mandate record — the claimed instructions verbatim, submitted_as (agent or principal, itself a claim), declared_cap_usdc and expires_at where given (declared, never enforced), dated, its evidence hash bound into the purchase certificate's attests field — plus a stable mandate URL serving the record free forever, and a mandate_id every…","url":"https://scvd.store/api/buy/the_mandate?utm_source=zero.xyz","method":"GET","headers":{},"bodySchema":{"type":"object","$schema":"https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema","required":["input"],"properties":{"input":{"type":"object","required":["type","method"],"properties":{"type":{"type":"string","const":"http"},"method":{"enum":["GET"],"type":"string"},"queryParams":{"type":"object","required":["mandate"],"properties":{"model":{"type":"string","maxLength":64,"description":"Optional. The model running you, as you would name it: claude-opus-5, gpt-5.6, a local model. Counted, never printed on the certificate."},"client":{"type":"string","maxLength":64,"description":"Optional. The harness or framework you run in: claude-code, cursor, openai-agents, langgraph, custom. Counted, never on the certificate."},"mandate":{"type":"string","maxLength":2000,"description":"The claimed instructions, verbatim, up to 2000 Unicode characters: what this agent is authorized to do, as the submitter claims it. Recorded exactly as it arrives, signed and dated. Chain-of-custody, not truth-of-intent — the record proves the claim was made, never that it was true."},"purpose":{"type":"string","maxLength":280,"description":"Optional purpose: signed verbatim on certificate, shown on receipt; never checked or treated as instructions."},"operator":{"type":"string","maxLength":120,"description":"Optional. Who runs you: a name, handle, company or URL. Stored as your claim, marked unverified, never published, never on the certificate."},"came_from":{"type":"string","maxLength":160,"description":"Optional. Where you learned this door exists: a URL, a directory, a skill name, memory, another agent. Referrers never reach us; this does."},"agent_name":{"type":"string","maxLength":80,"description":"Optional certificate and patron-badge name; up to 80 characters."},"expires_at":{"type":"string","description":"Optional claimed expiry, ISO 8601. Declared, never enforced by the store."},"submitted_as":{"enum":["agent","principal"],"type":"string","description":"Who is submitting: the agent recording its own claimed instructions (default), or the human principal's own client. Recorded as a claim either way."},"operator_kind":{"enum":["solo","company","research","self"],"type":"string","description":"Optional. solo: one person runs you. company: a team does. research: a study. self: you act for yourself."},"prior_cert_id":{"type":"string","maxLength":64,"description":"Optional. A cert_ id from an earlier purchase here. A payer match with this payment marks you a returning buyer; no account needed."},"cited_artifact":{"type":"string","pattern":"^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9_.+-]{0,31}:[!-~]{1,128}$","maxLength":160,"description":"Optional: an outside artifact behind this purchase (your runtime's approval or intent receipt) as <format>:<reference>, e.g. dsse:art_e415901189dc1613. Signed verbatim onto the certificate; never fetched or verified here."},"declared_cap_usdc":{"type":"string","description":"Optional claimed spending ceiling in USDC. Declared, never enforced by the store, and the record says so."}}}},"additionalProperties":false},"output":{"type":"object","required":["type"],"properties":{"type":{"type":"string"},"example":{"type":"object"}}}}},"responseSchema":{"type":"json","example":{"item_id":"the_mandate","message":"Pleasure doing business. Here's your goods, warm off the shelf.","tip_usdc":0,"badge_url":"https://scvd.store/badges/41.svg","paid_usdc":0.1,"signature":"<128 hex chars, ed25519>","verify_url":"https://scvd.store/api/verify/<your cert_id>","certificate":{"date":"2026-07-22T15:04:05.000Z","item":"the_mandate","cert_id":"<cert_ + 12 chars, minted when this purchase settles>","patron_number":41},"deliverable":"<the The Mandate itself, as text>","patron_number":41}},"example":null,"exampleRequest":null,"tags":["x402"],"displayCostAmount":"0.1","displayCostAsset":"USDC","priceDynamic":false,"priceHint":null,"priceStatus":"priced","priceSource":"probe","requiresHandshake":false,"reviewCount":0,"rating":{"score":"0.00","successRate":"0.00","reviews":0,"stars":null,"state":"unrated"},"availabilityStatus":"unknown","priceObserved":null,"sessionDeposit":null,"pricing":{"kind":"static","summary":"$0.1/call","primary":{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.1","per":"call","confidence":"exact"},"accepted":[{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.1","per":"call","confidence":"exact"}]},"paymentMethods":[{"uid":"pm_8XitX-xLgRL9D3jRJY4LT","protocol":"x402","methodType":"crypto","chain":"base","mode":"charge","costAmount":"0.1","costPer":"request","priority":0,"asset":"0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913","unit":"request","depositMicros":null,"planRef":null}],"brandName":null,"brandSlug":null,"brandBaseUrl":null,"brandDocsUrl":null,"whatItDoes":"Records a signed, timestamped JSON mandate for an AI agent — preserving the verbatim claimed instructions with a stable permanent URL and a citable mandate_id","exampleAgentPrompt":"Record my agent's mandate — its claimed instructions are 'Authorized to purchase market data reports up to $5 USDC per call on behalf of user @alice', submitted as agent, with a declared spending ceiling of 5 USDC and expiry 2025-12-31 — and give me back a signed mandate record with a permanent URL I can cite.","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Pre-flight mandate registration for autonomous agent","prompt":"Before this agent starts making purchases, record its mandate: 'Authorized to buy weather data and news summaries, max $2 USDC per call, for research pipeline v3.' Submit it as agent, declared cap 2 USDC, expiry 2026-01-01, and give me the mandate_id so every purchase can cite it."},{"title":"Human principal attesting agent scope","prompt":"I'm the principal and I want to formally record what I've authorized my agent to do: 'Fetch and summarize daily SEC filings, no purchases above $0.50 USDC.' Submit this as principal, with my agent named 'FilingsBot', expiry 2025-09-30, and return a signed certificate with a stable URL."},{"title":"Audit trail for a deployed agent fleet","prompt":"Create a signed mandate record for our content-moderation agent — instructions: 'Review and flag user-submitted text for policy violations; no outbound messaging permitted.' No spending cap, submitted as agent, agent name 'ModBot-7', so we have a timestamped chain-of-custody record if we're ever audited."}],"resultDescription":"A signed JSON mandate record containing: the verbatim claimed instructions, submitted_as field, declared_cap_usdc and expires_at (where provided), a timestamp, an evidence hash bound into the purchase certificate's attests field, a stable permanent mandate URL serving the record for free, and a unique mandate_id that future purchases on scvd.store can cite (the store refuses purchases citing an unresolvable mandate_id, so the citation is always verifiable).","failureModes":["mandate text exceeds 2000 characters — request rejected","unresolvable mandate_id cited in a subsequent purchase — that purchase refused","missing required 'mandate' query parameter — error returned","submitted_as enum value not 'agent' or 'principal' — validation error","declared_cap_usdc or expires_at malformed — field-level validation error","payment of 0.1 USDC not completed via x402 — no record created"],"whenToPreferThis":"Choose this endpoint when you need a signed, timestamped, permanently accessible chain-of-custody record of an AI agent's claimed instructions — especially before the agent begins making autonomous purchases or taking actions that require an auditable authorization trail. It is the right choice when you want a citable mandate_id that downstream x402 purchases on scvd.store can reference. Prefer it over generic logging when you need cryptographic signing, a stable public URL, and integration with the x402 agent economy's trust layer.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-28T18:39:28.246Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"scvd-general-store-the-mandate-9891de7d"}