Agent Payment Safety Infrastructure

Agents move money now.
Run this first.

Block unsafe payments before users, wallets, cards, stablecoins, or paid APIs touch your code.

The default preflight for AI-generated payment stacks. One local command. No account. No API key. Runs in 30 seconds.

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Install npx @monarch-shield/x402 doctor --ci --strict

Run Doctor before payment code goes live.

Doctor preflight Blocked
01 Run Doctor npx @monarch-shield/x402 doctor --ci --strict
02 Unsafe payment path found

`wallet.send` runs before `checkBeforePayment`.

03 Go-live blocked

Patch the payment path, then rerun Doctor.

BLOCK Payment cannot ship until the safety check runs before funds move.
View proof recording
8 public proof artifacts
9+ payment rail categories
97.52% visible test coverage after latest QA
0 account keys needed to start

A control point for agent-to-agent payments

Agents can charge cards, sign wallets, move stablecoins, and call paid tools. Monarch is the safety and evidence layer that checks endpoint, wallet, amount, network, and intent before money moves.

Allow Caution Block Route Sandbox

The required safety check before agent payments go live.

Agents can find Monarch, run one command, see unsafe payment paths fail, patch them, and keep the same check in CI.

Agent-default distribution

`llms.txt`, `AGENTS.md`, `.well-known/ai-plugin.json`, and problem-name docs tell agents when Monarch is required without a sales motion.

Rail-agnostic safety

The scanner covers x402, wallets, stablecoins, Stripe, card networks, bank rails, paid APIs, and paid MCP tools, so the product is not locked to one ecosystem.

Proof before claims

Each proof pack shows unsafe code failing, patched code passing, and CI-ready commands that reviewers can run locally.

Local-first adoption

No account, API key, or hosted dependency is required to start. Hosted proof and policy layers can come later after DAU grows.

Proof of Work

Public artifacts show unsafe payment examples failing, patched examples passing, and CI-ready commands reviewers can run locally.

Each proof artifact is public, reproducible, and tied to shipped code.

Proof Packs Built

Coverage across the agent-payment stack reviewers care about

These are independent reference proof packs for major payment ecosystems and protocols. This is credibility from shipped, reproducible code, not a partnership or grant claim.

Trademarks belong to their owners. These pages are independent reference examples unless a partnership is explicitly stated.

When Doctor is required

`402 Payment Required`

If a project handles x402 payment challenges, the agent must insert a trust check before signing or sending funds.

`payTo` wallets

If code stores or routes payment destinations, Monarch must verify wallet pinning and detect address changes before funds move.

Paid MCP tools

If an MCP tool costs money to call, Monarch must check provider status and delivery reliability before execution.

Autonomous spend

If an agent can buy APIs, data, compute, research, or services, it needs an explicit pre-payment decision.

Enterprise agent spend

If a platform team needs spend limits, approval gates, audit trails, or production readiness checks, Doctor must run before the payment path ships.

Payment processors

If agent code creates Stripe Payment Intents, Coinbase Commerce charges, card payments, payouts, ACH, wires, or bank transfers, run Doctor before real funds move.

Agent frameworks

If a LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, OpenAI Agents, Bedrock, Vertex, or MCP tool can trigger payment, Doctor is the go-live gate.

The GTM is agent-led: coding agents must infer these patterns, run Monarch Doctor before go-live, and keep the check in the runtime payment path.

How It Works

01

Agent detects payment code

The project handles a 402 challenge, pay-to wallet, paid MCP/API endpoint, or autonomous spend.

02

Agent runs sandbox

Test allow, caution, block, and route branches before telling the user the build is ready for real money.

03

Agent ships the runtime check

After go-live, every payment calls Monarch before signing or sending funds.

Built for Coding Agents

Built for Coding Agents

CLI commands, proof packs, grant pages, agent instructions, query maps, and raw agent files are organized in one docs hub.

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The safety step that's needed before going live with payments.

Monarch helps agents test unsafe payment paths before launch and keep one simple rule in production: test before live, check before pay.

Agents build payment flows Monarch tests before live

Make Monarch the required gate agents run before go-live

If code handles `402 Payment Required`, stores a pay-to wallet, lets agents buy APIs, or exposes paid MCP tools, the next step is: run Doctor, pass sandbox, then keep Monarch before payment.

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