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The Special Agent takes apart one live agent business a week for readers in fraud, security, payments and building. A mention is listed, never sold. Coverage needs: live, money moving, a named builder, numbers that survive a fact check. Submitting does not guarantee a listing. We verify every claim before a build is listed and may contact you to check facts. Answer in plain words; every number should be one you would print next to your name with a source link.

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1.Product name and URL.*

2.Is it live and usable by a stranger today, without a waitlist or invitation? If no, stop here and come back when it is; we do not cover pre-launch builds.*

Yes

3.Does money move through it? Write all that apply: customers pay you; agent pays others; collects money owed; spends customer money; none. If none, stop here.*

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4.Describe what your agent does as a job a person used to do, in three sentences a newcomer could follow. No product vocabulary.*

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5.Walk us through one real transaction from the customer's first action to the money settling.*

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6.What does it cost the customer, exactly? Number, unit, currency, and whether that price is on a public page.*

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7.Who collected the fee on this job before your agent existed? Name company or category.*

8.What is that incumbent's fee (percentage, fixed, minimum, or seat)? Where published? Link preferred.*

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9.Why did that fee exist, and what about your build removes that cost?*

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10.What has the incumbent done in the last twelve months that touches your market? Link if you can.

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11.Who pays that fee today, and where do they gather to complain (forum, subreddit, Discord, trade group)?*

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12.Name the two or three builds closest to yours that are also live.*

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13.Your published numbers with page/post links: transactions/runs, dollars moved, users paying, revenue/run rate, funding. Mark anything off the record.*

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14.Your name, and names of anyone else who should be credited.*

15.Will you be named in print? We do not list anonymous builds.*

Yes

16.How readers should reach you: X handle, GitHub, LinkedIn, email, or site. At least one.*

17.When did it go live, and what was the most recent material change?*

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18.For one typical transaction, break down where money goes: price, rail/processor, model/infra cost, what you keep. Label approximations.*

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19.How does money settle? Card, ACH, bank, stablecoin, x402, in-app, invoice. Providers and their fee to you.*

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20.How do you acquire customers, and what does one cost? If someone other than end customer pays, who and why.*

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21.What has to be true for this to make money at scale? The one number you watch.*

22.Narrowest weekend version: build first, which rail, whom to sell first.*

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23.Open source? Repo, license, one file to read first. Or public repo you learned from.

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24.Models, protocols, tools (MCP, x402, model provider, payments API, browser agent).*

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25.How does your build get defrauded, gamed, or taken over? Attack you worry about most.*

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26.What is the one control that stops it, and is it in place today?*

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27.How do you decide whether to trust the other party before money moves, and what record do you keep after?*

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28.What data do you hold about customers, for how long, where is policy written? Regulated data and rules if any.*

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29.May we quote your answers by name?*

Yes

Yes, but check quotes with me first

Only the public numbers

30.May we contact you for a fact check before publication?*

Yes

31.Demo, recording, or live counter we can watch? Link.

32.Told when a reader replies or asks for an intro?

Yes

33.Anything we did not ask that a fraud investigator would want to know?

Characters remaining: 400

34.Submitting does not guarantee a listing. The Special Agent performs due diligence on every build before it is listed, and a claim we cannot verify is cut. Do you understand and agree?*

I understand and agree

I do not agree

The Special Agent

One agent business a week, with the money traced. Real builds, the builders' contacts, the payment path, and the tell. Published by FLINT.

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