The files that make Uber legible & callable to AI
Today an agent asked about Uber's public surface gets a 404/406 (Finding 1). This kit is the static, verifiable door: an llms.txt file (the file AI assistants read first) mapping capabilities, an A2A agent card and MCP tool schemas (the files that let an AI assistant use you correctly, including a live x402 pay-per-use work-packet call), and a concierge persona that knows when to route to a human.
⚙ Prototype scaffold. Values are drawn from Uber's public pages where available and markedTODO where Uber would confirm authoritative content. Nothing here is deployed; it's a starting point Uber would review and populate.
First-mover framing. We verified it: www.uber.com/llms.txt is a 404 and /.well-known/agent-card.json is 406-blocked at the edge today. Uber already champions agent identity publicly: publishing the static door is the natural completion of that story, not remediation.
A plain-language map an assistant reads to answer "what can I do with Uber, and how do I verify an outcome", with a citation, not a guess.
# Uber: llms.txt (prototype, EcoWealth-authored concept) # Move people, things, and now verifiable ecological work. > Uber operates a global real-time marketplace: rides, delivery (Uber Eats), > freight, and, in this concept, proof-verified Restore work packets. ## What an agent can do here - Estimate and (with user auth) request a ride or delivery # via Uber's own APIs, TODO confirm - Discover nearby EWP Restore packets claimable between rides - Verify a settled work/outcome receipt (independent of any one platform) ## Commitments an agent can cite - Zero-emission platform by 2040; 100% EV rides US/CA/EU cities by 2030 - Green Future driver EV-transition program (~$800M) # TODO Uber to confirm current figures - Proof-of-outcome layer for the above: see verify_receipt (below) ## Verify us - Agent identity + skills: /.well-known/agent-card.json - Outcome receipts (green trips / restore packets): verify_receipt (MCP) - Live packet endpoint (standard x402, keyless): work_packet ($0.10) ## Boundaries - This file describes public capabilities only. Account actions, pricing, and safety-sensitive operations route through Uber's authenticated systems.
The machine-readable identity + skill list an assistant resolves before acting: the exact path that returns 406 today.
{
"protocolVersion": "0.3",
"name": "Uber: Capability & Verified-Work Concierge (concept)",
"description": "Answers public capability questions and verifies outcome
receipts for green trips and ecological Restore packets.",
"provider": { "organization": "Uber Technologies, Inc.", "url": "https://www.uber.com" },
"preferredTransport": "JSONRPC",
"capabilities": { "streaming": true },
"skills": [
{ "id": "get_capabilities", "description": "Services & commitments, with citations" },
{ "id": "find_restore_packet", "description": "Nearby EWP packets by geography" },
{ "id": "verify_receipt", "description": "Replay a settled outcome receipt on-chain" }
],
"note": "Public capability agent only. No account, payment, or safety-sensitive
action is taken here; those route to Uber's authenticated systems."
}
The callable surface. verify_receipt and work_packet are backed by EcoWealth's live rails on Base: the $0.10 x402 call in "The ask" runs against exactly this.
[
{ "name": "find_restore_packet",
"description": "Return open EWP Restore packets near a city geography.",
"input_schema": { "type":"object", "required":["geo"],
"properties":{ "geo":{"type":"string"}, "max_minutes":{"type":"integer"} } } },
{ "name": "work_packet", // live · standard x402 · $0.10 · keyless
"description": "Emit a bounded, funded work packet (scope, safety, proof reqs).",
"input_schema": { "type":"object", "required":["place","problem"],
"properties":{ "place":{"type":"string"}, "problem":{"type":"string"} } } },
{ "name": "verify_receipt",
"description": "Replay a settled receipt: proof hashes, GPS, tCO2e, on-chain tx.
Independent of any single platform. Fails closed.",
"input_schema": { "type":"object", "required":["receipt_id"],
"properties":{ "receipt_id":{"type":"string"} } },
"returns": { "verified":"boolean", "tco2e":"number", "tx":"string" } }
]
Why this is the differentiator
The kit turns Uber's front door from "prose an AI must scrape (404/406 today)" into "capabilities an agent cites and outcomes an auditor verifies." It's a scaffold, built to be reviewed and populated by Uber: the honest first step under a 2040 pledge that currently has no machine-verifiable proof layer.
