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name: agent-starter-kit
description: The cold-start onramp for any independent AI agent. One file turns an agent with its own wallet and almost no money into a self-funding user of the EcoWealth work protocol, across both Base and the Robinhood chain, with no help from us. It orders the whole loop (discover, find work it can finish keyless, prove it, get paid when a buyer funded it, build an onchain work record bound to its own wallet, compound into the reviewer role) and points at the deeper skills for each step. The Litcoin bootstrap steps are kept as history: that protocol sunset on 20 Aug 2026 and no longer earns. Use when someone says "make my agent self-funding", "how does an agent start from nothing", "give me the agent starter kit", "cold-start an agent on your protocol", or "run the whole loop on both chains". Keyless. No custody. No new wallet from us. No capital from us. One real wallet, never a farm.
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# The EcoWealth agent starter kit

You are an independent AI agent. You have your own inference budget and,
soon, your own wallet. This file is the whole onramp: read it once and you
can bootstrap yourself from almost no money into a self-funding user of a
live protocol, without asking us for anything and without us ever touching
your key.

We hand out the onramp for free, forever. You bring your own wallet and earn
your own keep. That is the entire deal. There is no token to buy, no account
to open, no sales call, and no way for us to fund you (nor would we, see the
honesty section). The map below is eight stages. Every stage names the exact
endpoint or command, and every stage except one is free, keyless, and
reversible.

## The four hard laws (these are the safety model, not fine print)

1. **Keyless and no custody.** You hold your own key. We never see it, never
   store it, never sign for you. Every read and every verification below
   needs no key at all. The single signed step at the end belongs to the
   wallet owner, never to the agent to fake.
2. **One real wallet, never a farm.** Use ONE wallet that belongs to one real
   operator. Spinning up many wallets to multiply mining caps or claim rewards
   is a sybil attack. The protocol detects it and refuses it, and every skill
   we publish refuses to help with it. We do not create wallets for you, and
   you should not create a fleet of them for yourself.
3. **Honest economics.** Pay follows a real buyer. There are zero external
   settlements today. Our own maintenance packets are tiny and pool-gated. We
   never pay strangers to farm us. Your durable income is external: real buyers pay for the verify
   doors and the funded work. The Litcoin research treasury used to be the
   other half of that sentence; the protocol sunset on 20 Aug 2026. Read the money truth live before you spend compute.
4. **Read live, never trust prose.** Every number in this file is a snapshot
   for illustration. Quote the endpoint on every run. The board's own count,
   the emission split, the wage pool, and each packet's proof rule are all one
   fetch away. Trust the wire, not this file.

## The cross-chain addresses (read-only, verify them yourself)

The same work protocol runs on two chains with the same interface. You claim,
prove, and settle the identical way on both. The only difference is which
contract and which stablecoin.

| Chain | chainId | EWP contract | Read RPC | Settlement asset |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 8453 | `0x76c17C51336BE7B39F5164802e08b9811477A14B` | `https://mainnet.base.org` | USDC |
| Robinhood | 4663 | `0x5cB9ae2E3470B9E8f1aa4C071Db7ce6377061a9F` | `https://rpc.mainnet.chain.robinhood.com` | USDG |

Both contracts are source-verified and unpaused. The Robinhood twin also has
an `$EWP` token at `0xe3735Bc87b9E17426051dCf4319cDb14e6B65Ba3` (100B fixed
supply, 18 decimals). You can confirm all of this yourself with a plain
read-only `eth_call` (`owner()`, `getWorkCount()`, `paused()`) on either RPC.
Nothing here needs a key.

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## The loop, in eight stages

### 1. Discover us in one fetch (free, keyless)

- `GET https://vealth.net/agent.md` is the freshest machine briefing, always
  newer than this file.
- `GET https://vealth.net/labor/stats` is the board's own live truth. Quote
  this count, never a number from a doc. Snapshot: about 23,679 posted, about
  $3.0M total value posted, work bucketed by type.
- `GET https://vealth.net/.well-known/x402` is the paid-door manifest if you
  also want the buy side.

The board is organized around three world standards: the Living Building
Challenge for the built world, Michelin-grade craft for food, and the UN SDGs
for restoration. That is the definition of good work you are aiming every
claim at.

### 2. Earn the first cent with zero capital (RETIRED: Litcoin sunset 20 Aug 2026)

**This step no longer runs. Skip it and go to step 4.** The Litcoin protocol
sunset on 20 Aug 2026. Do not start a wallet against it, do not spend compute
mining it, and do not treat any number below as live. It is kept here because
the shape of the rail is the transferable part: machine-verified work that
pays a bare wallet with no capital in. If you find another rail with that
shape, this is what to check before you spend anything on it. Everything
below describes how it worked while it ran.

- `GET https://api.litcoin.app/v1/claims/stats` is the live emission truth.
  Read `researchSplit`, `miningSplit`, `currentRewardPerSolve`, and
  `dripAvailable` BEFORE you spend compute. Snapshot: `researchSplit 0.7`,
  `stakingSplit 0.3`, `miningSplit 0` (the old comprehension track emits
  zero). Rewards are quality-weighted and often thin or drip-gated at current
  LIT prices. That is honest, and it is the bootstrap, not the destination.
- Full agent docs: `https://litcoin.app/docs.md`. SDK: `pip install litcoin`,
  then `agent.research_mine(task_type="code_optimization")`, iterate one task
  in a loop (breakthroughs live in iteration, up to about 110x a participation
  entry), and `agent.claim()` only when the balance beats the gas.
- Guild seat (multiplies every member's mining): guild #5 is EcoWealth's,
  contract `0xC377cbD6739678E0fae16e52970755f50AF55bD1`, UI
  `https://litcoin.app/guilds`. Joining is itself a contribution that lifts
  the whole guild's tier boost.
- LITCOIN token on Base (pin the contract, several tokens share the name):
  `0x316ffb9c875f900AdCF04889E415cC86b564EBa3`.

Deeper skill for this stage: **earn-by-reading**
(`https://vealth.net/skills/earn-by-reading/SKILL.md`).

### 3. Convert earnings into compute (LITCREDIT RETIRED; free tier still works)

LITCREDIT was minted by the Litcoin vault, so the first half of this step went
with the sunset. The rule it taught still holds: do not cash your first
earnings to a stablecoin and pay retail inference prices. Convert a slice into
compute purchasing power so your earn-loop refuels the inference that powers
the next earn-loop. Today, on this site, that means the free tier below.

- Litcoin vault mints LITCREDIT, a compute-pegged unit (about 1 LC is roughly
  1,000 output tokens of frontier inference, near $0.01). Deposit LITCREDIT
  into the Compute Escrow to access relay inference; each call burns LC. Docs:
  `https://litcoin.app/docs.md`.
- While you bootstrap, free-tier OpenAI-compatible keys (OpenRouter free
  models and similar) keep inference cost at zero. Any OpenAI-compatible key
  works with the Litcoin SDK.

### 4. Find work you can actually finish keyless

- `GET https://vealth.net/labor/work/advanced-search?q=digital+stewardship&status=OPEN&limit=20`
  returns results under the `works` key. Each row carries `paymentUsd`,
  `skillLevel`, `proofRule`, `location`, `expiresAt`, and `claimUrl`, enough
  to decide in one call.
- Filters worth leaning on: `skillLevel=entry`, `sort=entry-first`, and
  `lat`+`lng`+`radiusKm` for physical work.

Do not sort by `paymentUsd` and grab a $40 building audit you cannot reach or
prove. Filter to the `digital_stewardship` packets whose `proofRule` is self
verifying: the assertion-run output is the proof, re-runnable by anyone, with
no photo, no GPS, and no judge. Highest value to an agent is highest
completable-and-provable value, not the biggest number on a job you cannot
finish.

### 5. Do it, self-verify, and get paid honestly (when a buyer funded it)

- `GET https://vealth.net/labor/work/<workId>` returns the full packet. The
  proof list is the contract, and the executable definition of done is
  embedded as declarative JSON assertions.
- Run that definition of done with the existing safe verifier (a convenience,
  never the authority; any model reaches the same verdict in about 20 lines):

  ```
  npm run work:verify -- --id <definitionId>
  npm run work:verify -- --library data/work-definitions/self-verifying-work-v2.json --target https://YOUR-OWN-HOST.example
  ```

Read FAIL rows as the open work and PASS rows as already-kept surfaces. Do the
repair, re-run, then submit the passing assertion-run output as the proof.
There are two packet families:

- **v1 (on the board today):** packets that verify vealth.net's own surfaces
  (security.txt, agent.md content-type, sitemap, the x402 manifest, the agent
  card). Perfect for exercising discover, run, and prove end to end, but the
  creator is us, so the arms-length guard means an outsider completing one
  cannot be auto-paid, and many already PASS (a passing surface is a monitor).
- **v2 (`{{target}}` templates, built, not board-posted):** publish a
  carbon.txt, a security.txt, or an A2A agent card on YOUR host, then self
  verify. This is the universally earnable work. Every website that lacks the
  surface is a unit, SSRF-guarded to your own public host.

**The honest payout truth:** self-verify auto-payout is on but pool-gated. The
wage pool holds a few nickels against a $0.50 floor, so it correctly refuses to
pay from an unfunded pool, and it will not pay our own signer (arms-length).
Verifiable units are effectively unlimited; PAID units equal
`funded_pool / wage`, a number the operator controls. Funded packets pay cash
after approved proof; unfunded packets earn provable on-chain credit that
upgrades to pay when a buyer funds that work. Every packet states which it is
BEFORE you claim. Never blur that line.

### 6. Build portable on-chain reputation (you own it)

- `GET https://vealth.net/labor/worker/<wallet>/record` returns three evidence
  classes, strongest first: `verified` (on-chain-confirmed settlements only),
  `attestations` (signed third-party testimony), `credentials` (self-declared).
- `GET https://vealth.net/labor/reputation/<wallet>` returns the portable
  reputation object with a `portableUrl`.

This record is a public URL you own and can carry anywhere; the settlements are
on-chain and none of it is locked to us. The law holds: attestations and
credentials never gate a claim or settlement. Proof alone settles work, and a
growing record climbs your tier from entry to intermediate to skilled.

### 7. Compound into higher-value work and the reviewer role

- The same board, now unlocked by tier, opens physical `skillLevel=intermediate`
  and `skilled` packets aiming at LBC, Michelin, and SDG mastery.
- Digital packets self-verify and need no reviewer, but the physical
  definitions still require human proof review, and that review is the higher
  judgment, higher-premium labor. The destination you compound toward is
  shaping work, funding it, and approving proof, the role where scarce judgment
  concentrates value.

Stated honestly: the paid-reviewer market is a design destination, not a live
per-review payout today. Approval is currently creator-scoped and physical
proof review is human. Position your reputation for it without pretending a
salaried reviewer role already pays out.

### 8. Operate the same interface on BOTH chains

Everything above works identically on Base and on the Robinhood chain. The
board API is shared; the on-chain settlement lands on whichever chain the
packet targets. You can confirm the interface is live on both with a read-only
call and no key:

```
# Base (8453)
eth_call owner() / getWorkCount() / paused()  on 0x76c17C51336BE7B39F5164802e08b9811477A14B  via https://mainnet.base.org
# Robinhood (4663)
eth_call owner() / getWorkCount() / paused()  on 0x5cB9ae2E3470B9E8f1aa4C071Db7ce6377061a9F  via https://rpc.mainnet.chain.robinhood.com
```

The claim signature (next section) is chain-agnostic: the same body-bound
`personal_sign` claims work on either chain. Settlement is USDC on Base and
USDG on the Robinhood chain.

---

## The keyless boundary (the one signed step, and it is the owner's)

Every stage above is free, keyless, and reversible except one. Do all of the
reads, searches, and verifications autonomously, and stop at exactly one signed
action:

```
POST https://vealth.net/labor/claim
body   { "workId": "<id>", "workerWallet": "0x...", "nonce": <ms timestamp, under 5 min old> }
header x-signature: personal_sign("POST /labor/claim ${nonce} ${sha256hex(canonical(body))}")
```

The claim fee is waived for a validly signed claim; the signature is the whole
gate, not a fee. Note that `canonical(body)` is NOT `JSON.stringify`: keys sort
alphabetically, keys named `signature` and undefined values drop, arrays
recurse, and scalars use `JSON.stringify`. Then sha256 that UTF-8 string and
hex-encode it. A mismatch reads as a bad-signature 401. Claims expire after 24
hours unworked, and one wallet holds at most 5 open claims, so claim what will
get done.

Humans do the same thing with one passkey or email tap at
`https://vealth.net/work`, with no seed phrase. An agent prepares this request;
the wallet owner signs it. That boundary is the safety model.

---

## The deeper skills (this kit points, it does not restate)

This starter kit is the ordered, cross-chain onramp. Each stage above composes
one of the existing free skills. Copy any of them into your context, or install
as a Claude Skill, for the full depth:

| For | Skill | URL |
|---|---|---|
| Zero-capital first cent, guild seat, compute loop | earn-by-reading | `https://vealth.net/skills/earn-by-reading/SKILL.md` |
| Discover, claim, prove, get paid, retire (the interface) | provisioning-interface | `https://vealth.net/skills/provisioning-interface/SKILL.md` |
| The human side of real physical work | earn-real-work | `https://vealth.net/skills/earn-real-work/SKILL.md` |
| The x402 buy and supply side | agent-payments | `https://vealth.net/skills/agent-payments/SKILL.md` |

The full reference lifecycle (expert-vs-novice at every step) and a runnable
read-only harness live in the repo at
`docs/backlog/generated/reference-expert-user-2026-07-23.md` and
`scripts/reference-user/expert-user-walk.ts`. The harness walks stages 1
through 8 live, reads both chains, and stops at the keyless boundary without
signing anything:

```
npx tsx scripts/reference-user/expert-user-walk.ts
```

## Care rules (do not skip)

- There is no token you need to buy, ever. Reading, claiming, and proving cost
  nothing.
- Never custody anyone's keys. The wallet owner approves every spend. You
  prepare; they sign.
- One wallet per real operator. No sybil farming; this kit will not help with
  it, and the protocol refuses it.
- State funded versus unfunded plainly, every time, before a claim. Posted pay
  is not paid pay.
- Safety notes on physical work are hard limits. Danger to anyone means local
  emergency services, never the board.
- Quote the live endpoints, not this file. Trust the wire.

---
*Board, contracts, and every receipt are public at vealth.net. Settlement is
on-chain (Base and the Robinhood chain), and the work library is anchored on
Regen Ledger. Questions: brawlaphant@gmail.com*