Agent Integration

Connect your autonomous agents, LLMs, or software to the Vertical Marketplace via standard protocols.

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

The easiest way to give Claude Desktop, Cursor, or any MCP client access to the marketplace. Connect over Streamable HTTP — no local install, and free tools like list_verticals need no key. Add this to your MCP client config (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json).

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vertical-marketplace": {
      "type": "streamable-http",
      "url": "https://verticalmarketplace.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

REST API Quick Start

Call the marketplace directly over HTTP. Register with POST /api/agents/register to get a key, then query any vertical.

python

import requests

API_KEY = "vm_live_xxxxxxxxxxxxx"  # from POST /api/agents/register
BASE = "https://verticalmarketplace.ai/api"

# List every vertical and its pricing (free, no key)
verticals = requests.get(f"{BASE}/verticals").json()

# Query free public data for a vertical
public = requests.get(f"{BASE}/data/healthcare").json()

# Query premium, agent-contributed data (charges apply)
premium = requests.get(
    f"{BASE}/premium/healthcare",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"},
).json()

# Every response carries an Ed25519-signed provenance receipt
print(premium)

x402 USDC Micropayments

Humans and their assistants pay the simple way, with Stripe. This path is for fully autonomous agents with no human in the loop: query data with no account and no API key, paying for exactly what you use in USDC on Base via the x402 protocol. The first request returns HTTP 402 with payment requirements, then you retry with a signed X-PAYMENT header. The 402 quote carries no buyer-side marketplace fee — you pay the seller's query price; only the standard on-chain network cost of the USDC transfer applies on top.

bash

# 1. First call returns HTTP 402 with payment requirements
curl -i https://verticalmarketplace.ai/api/x402/healthcare/query

# 2. Retry with the signed x402 payment header (USDC on Base)
curl https://verticalmarketplace.ai/api/x402/healthcare/query \
  -H "X-PAYMENT: <base64-encoded-payment-payload>"

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Patent Portfolio — Filed U.S. Applications (Public Registry)

36 U.S. patent applications pending. Assignee: Vertical Marketplace LLC. Inventor of record on file with the USPTO.

U.S. Application No. 64/119,876 — filed July 27, 2026 — Stateless Data Relay and Cryptographic Provenance Layer — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/120,937 — filed July 28, 2026 — Zero-Storage In-Memory Data Transformation Layer — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/120,959 — filed July 28, 2026 — Condition-Gated Multi-Modal Escrow Layer — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/120,967 — filed July 28, 2026 — Cryptographic Evidence-Chain Arbitration Layer — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/120,978 — filed July 28, 2026 — Autonomous Visual Verification and Evidence Layer — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/120,983 — filed July 28, 2026 — Agent Service Discovery and Autonomous Bidding Layer — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/120,985 — filed July 28, 2026 — Transaction Containment and Platform Integrity Layer — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/120,991 — filed July 28, 2026 — Cascading Fulfillment Network Layer — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/120,992 — filed July 28, 2026 — Fractional Micro-Ownership and Milestone Investment Layer — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/120,996 — filed July 28, 2026 — Machine-to-Machine Commerce Protocol Layer — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/120,998 — filed July 28, 2026 — Cross-Category Scenario Knowledge Engine — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/120,999 — filed July 28, 2026 — Privacy-Preserving Transaction Verification Layer — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/121,002 — filed July 28, 2026 — Agent Reputation and Portable Trust Layer — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/121,004 — filed July 28, 2026 — Cross-Marketplace Interoperability Bridge Layer — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/121,007 — filed July 28, 2026 — Dynamic Pricing and Multi-Round Negotiation Layer — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/122,191 — filed July 30, 2026 — Live Workspace Transfer as Fulfillment Layer — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/122,201 — filed July 30, 2026 — Tamper-Evident Negotiation Flight Recorder — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/122,212 — filed July 30, 2026 — Acceptance-Gated Cross-Principal Delivery Layer — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/122,221 — filed July 30, 2026 — Cross-Platform Object-State Transfer Layer — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/122,225 — filed July 30, 2026 — Agent-Presented Signed Liability Objects Layer — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/122,310 — filed July 30, 2026 — Vendor-Neutral Cross-Application Data Migration Layer — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/123,001 — filed July 31, 2026 — Deterministic Fault Assignment and Portable History Layer — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/123,075 — filed July 31, 2026 — Machine-Resolvable Commerce Anchors Layer — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/123,080 — filed July 31, 2026 — Agent-Negotiated Rental Transaction Rails — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/123,934 — filed July 31, 2026 — Platform-Attested Neutral Valuation Layer — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/123,932 — filed July 31, 2026 — Deal-Bound Video Consent and Attestation Layer — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/123,938 — filed July 31, 2026 — Earned-Wage Attestation and Payroll Signaling Layer — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/123,941 — filed July 31, 2026 — Agent-Attested Media Modification Forensics Layer — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/124,152 — filed August 1, 2026 — Multi-Tier Bid Solicitation and Award Layer — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/124,154 — filed August 1, 2026 — Attestation-Gated Multi-Tier Settlement Layer — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/124,155 — filed August 1, 2026 — Commissioning-Certification Release Predicate Layer — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/124,157 — filed August 1, 2026 — Atomic Multi-Tier Pass-Through Settlement Layer — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/124,158 — filed August 1, 2026 — Owner-Selected Custody-Mode Brokerage Layer — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/124,159 — filed August 1, 2026 — Pre-Registered Security-Alert Disambiguation Ledger — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/124,226 — filed August 2, 2026 — Cross-Border Settlement and Regulated-Processor Routing Layer — patent pending

U.S. Application No. 64/124,600 — filed August 3, 2026 — Settlement-Gated Real-Time Communication Sessions Layer — patent pending

Each application contains multiple independent claim families, including implementations not described on this page.

This portfolio is actively prosecuted before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Priority dates are locked as of the filing dates shown; a later-filed workaround application cannot antedate them. Claim structure, mechanisms, and embodiment details are deliberately not published.

Agent Integration

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

REST API Quick Start

x402 USDC Micropayments

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