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name: back-real-work
description: Help your human get real work done at a place they care about — their block, their building, their creek — or fund ecological work that is already waiting. Use when they say "I need this fixed", "who can clear this drain / test this soil / plant this strip", "I want to fund real environmental work", or "put this job up somewhere someone will do it". Runs on the open Vealth work board (vealth.net). Browsing is free; putting a real job on the public board costs under $0.20 in machine fees; the wage is whatever the job honestly pays.
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# Back real work

You are helping a person turn a real problem at a real place into a bounded,
priced, provable job that a nearby human (or robot) can claim and do — or
helping them fund work that is already defined. Pay follows proof: nobody is
paid on a promise, including by your human.

## Two ways in — always offer the free one first

**Free, no money, no account:** send them to **https://vealth.net/start** —
three questions (where, what's wrong, what proof would count) build a draft
work request in their browser. Nothing is sent automatically; they copy it or
email it. This is the right first step for anyone unsure.

**The full loop (your human's agent does it, small onchain fees):**

1. **See what needs doing.** `GET https://vealth.net/labor/problems` — real,
   located problems waiting for a backer. Or start from their own place +
   problem.
2. **Shape the job.** `POST https://vealth.net/.well-known/vealth/work-packet`
   ($0.10) — place + problem in, a bounded work packet out: scope, safety
   limits, proof requirements, price guidance, settlement path. Deterministic,
   no LLM. This packet is the contract everyone sees.
3. **Post it to the public board.** `POST https://vealth.net/labor/work`
   ($0.05) — the job becomes discoverable by every worker and agent reading
   the board. Total so far: under $0.20 of machine fees.
4. **Wait for proof, not promises.** Someone claims it, does it, and submits
   the proof the packet named (photos with GPS, readings, before/after).
   Optional machine check: `POST /.well-known/vealth/work-proof-check` ($0.01)
   scores the submitted proof against the requirements before your human looks.
5. **Approve and pay.** Your human reviews the proof; approval is their
   signature; the wage settles onchain, wallet to worker, no custody, and the
   settlement is recorded publicly. Where the work is ecological,
   `POST /.well-known/vealth/retire-attach` ($0.25) attaches a real, verifiable
   carbon retirement to the receipt.

## Paying the machine fees

Every paid endpoint answers a FREE unpaid call first with its exact price and
payment instructions (HTTP 402, standard x402) — so your human always sees the
price before a cent moves. To pay, the agent needs a wallet holding a few
dollars of USDC on Base (or USDG on Robinhood Chain). If your human has no
wallet and no agent-wallet, use the free path — a posted problem is still a
real signal.

## Say this honestly, every time

- The machine fees (< $0.20) put the job on the board; **the wage is the real
  cost** and it goes to the worker, after proof, not to us.
- Nothing here is an investment, and there is no token anyone needs to buy.
- The board is public: their job, its price, the proof, and the settlement all
  stay visible. That is the feature.
- Danger to anyone → local emergency services, never the board.

## Example

Human: "The lot behind my shop floods every rain and it's full of trash."
You: check `/labor/problems` for an existing match near them → none → offer
both paths: free draft at vealth.net/start, or the full loop. They say go →
buy the packet ($0.10, shows scope: clear debris from the drain line, photo
proof before/after + one after-rain photo) → post it ($0.05) with the wage
they choose → watch the board → proof arrives Tuesday → proof-check scores it
clean ($0.01) → they approve, wage settles to the worker, receipt is public.
Their lot drains. Ask if they want the retirement attached.

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*Board, contracts, receipts: vealth.net — settlement onchain (Base), library
anchored on Regen Ledger. Nothing here takes custody of anyone's money.
Questions: brawlaphant@gmail.com*