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Agent spend you can prove.
Wire a framework, run a task recipe, compare approaches, or go deep on settlement — every path ends in evidence you can audit.
Framework integrations
15 guides
Spend-control recipes for OpenAI Agents, Claude, LangGraph, CrewAI, Pydantic AI, Google ADK, Vercel AI, MCP hosts, and other runtimes.
Next.js agent checkout with bounded spend
Build a Next.js App Router agent with Vercel AI SDK and Paybond — request-scoped bind, toolApproval, and spend-guarded checkout tools.
Spend controls for any agent tool surface
spend verify before { name, execute } tools run, auto-evidence after success — Claude tool-use, Gemini, queue workers, and custom orchestrators.
Spend controls for Claude Agent SDK tools
spend verify before in-process MCP tool() handlers run, auto-evidence after success, and policy budgets for Claude Agent SDK — TypeScript and Python.
Spend controls for Cloudflare Agents tools
spend verify before getTools AI SDK execute, auto-evidence after success, and policy budgets for Cloudflare Agents — TypeScript.
Spend controls for CrewAI tools
spend verify before @tool / BaseTool handlers run, auto-evidence after success, and policy budgets for CrewAI — Python.
Spend controls for Express and Fastify agent routes
Wrap paybond.instrument() in Express or Fastify route handlers — request-scoped bind, spend verify before execute, and auto-evidence over HTTP.
Spend controls for Google ADK tools
spend verify before FunctionTool execute, auto-evidence after success, and policy budgets for Google ADK — TypeScript and Python.
Spend controls for LangGraph ToolNode calls
spend verify via awrapToolCall before ToolNode runs, auto-evidence after success, and policy budgets for LangGraph — TypeScript and Python.
Spend controls for Mastra createTool handlers
spend verify before createTool execute, auto-evidence after success, and policy budgets for Mastra — TypeScript.
Spend controls for MCP hosts
Authorize agent spend through paybond-mcp-server — spend verify before paid tools, evidence submit after, for Claude Desktop, Codex, and stdio MCP hosts.
Spend controls for Microsoft Agent Framework tools
spend verify via MAF function middleware before tools run, auto-evidence after success, and policy budgets for Microsoft Agent Framework — Python.
Spend controls for OpenAI Agents SDK tools
spend verify before FunctionTool.invoke, auto-evidence after success, and policy budgets for OpenAI Agents SDK — TypeScript and Python.
Spend controls for OpenAI Responses API tools
Guard OpenAI Responses API function tools with Paybond agent-agnostic middleware — Harbor authorize at the tool execute boundary before side effects.
Spend controls for Pydantic AI tools
spend verify before Tool / callable handlers run, auto-evidence after success, and policy budgets for Pydantic AI — Python.
Spend controls for Vercel AI SDK tools
spend verify via toolApproval before execute, auto-evidence after success, and policy budgets for Vercel AI SDK — TypeScript.
Task recipes
04 guides
Copy-paste smokes for Stripe, Shopify, AWS, shopping, and other paid-tool scenarios.
Approve AWS spending with agents—without unbounded cloud cost
Cap EC2 and cloud operator tools with the aws policy preset — spend verify before side effects, auto-evidence after, and defaultDeny for unregistered calls.
Charge customers from agents—without unbounded Stripe spend
Give agents spending limits, PaymentIntent binding, and signed stripe_charge evidence for Stripe tools — without rewriting your payment stack.
Let agents buy groceries—without unbounded checkout spend
Multi-tool shopping agent with the shopping preset — search products, spend-guarded checkout, and automatic evidence for agent commerce.
Safely let AI agents complete Shopify purchases
Give agents spending limits, audit trails, and approval controls for Shopify UCP checkout — without rewriting your storefront.
Compare approaches
06 guides
Paybond versus card spend controls, LiteLLM budgets, payment APIs, and other agent-spend alternatives.
Agentic escrow vs agent payments
The difference between agent payments and agentic escrow, and why many production systems need both.
Paybond vs agent spend alternatives
A decision guide for choosing Paybond, provider usage limits, payment rails, policy engines, or observability tools for agent spend control.
Paybond vs card spend controls
When to use Paybond Kit for agent tool-call spend governance and when card or issuing spend-control planes are the better fit for MCC, vendor, and expense limits.
Paybond vs LiteLLM budgets
When to use Paybond Kit for delegated paid tool-call governance and when LiteLLM budgets are the better fit for LLM token spend.
Paybond vs PayGraph
When to use Paybond Kit instead of, or alongside, PayGraph for agent spend policies, audit logs, evidence, settlement, refunds, and disputes.
Paybond vs Payman AI
When to use Paybond Kit for agent spend-governance middleware and when Payman AI is a better fit for wallet-based payments and approvals.
Settlement & product
27 guides
Intent funding, rails, evidence, middleware, receipts, and how Paybond product surfaces connect.
Agent middleware
Model-agnostic run binding, tool registry, interceptors, and automatic evidence for multi-tool agent integrations.
Agent policy-as-code
Versioned paybond.policy.yaml for GitOps-friendly spend authorization, CI validation, and org policy inheritance.
Agent Receipt Standard (ARS)
A verifiable receipt for autonomous actions—not just payments. A signed receipt anyone can verify—even without Paybond.
Agent spend controls SDK
How to choose and implement an SDK for delegated agent spend controls, tool-call budgets, evidence, settlement, audit-ready receipts, MCP hosts, and LangGraph workflows.
Agent spend governance SDK
Use Paybond Kit when you do not want to build your own delegated agent spend-governance middleware for paid tool calls across MCP, LangGraph, OpenAI, Claude, and Gemini.
Agentic banking infrastructure
The infrastructure view behind agentic banking: payment rails, APIs, settlement controls, tenant isolation, evidence checks, and receipts.
Agentic banking infrastructure API
What an API for agentic banking infrastructure should expose: signed intents, escrow funding, evidence submission, settlement checks, and receipts.
Configure Adyen settlement
Tenant-admin guide: save BYO Adyen Checkout credentials, enable adyen_manual_capture, and wire HMAC webhooks for async capture and cancel finality.
Configure Flutterwave settlement
Tenant-admin guide: save BYO Flutterwave secret key and webhook secret per market (NGN, GHS) in Console Settlement, register Paybond Gateway webhook URLs, and enable the flutterwave_virtual_account rail.
Configure Paystack settlement
Tenant-admin guide: save your BYO Paystack secret key in Console Settlement, register the Paybond Gateway webhook URL, and enable the paystack_nip rail for NGN Dedicated Virtual Accounts and Transfers (NIP).
Configure Plaid bank verification
Tenant-admin guide: enable Plaid Auth as bank verification under stripe_ach_debit, link banks in Console Settlement, and confirm readiness with paybond plaid ready|doctor.
Configure settlement rails
Set up Paybond settlement rails in the operator console: Stripe Connect, ACH debit, Stripe MPP, x402 USDC on Base, Shopify, Adyen, and Flutterwave before production intents can fund.
Configure Shopify settlement
Tenant-admin guide: link a Shopify shop to Paybond, enable manual capture, and prepare the shopify_authorized_order rail for conditional settlement.
Disputes and evidence evaluation
How Paybond evaluates signed evidence with predicates, when disputes freeze settlement, and how Stripe vs Adyen chargebacks differ from Harbor disputes.
Fund intents by rail
Production guide to creating Paybond intents and funding them on Stripe Connect, ACH debit, or x402 USDC — then using capability tokens with spend guard middleware.
Fund intents on Stripe MPP
Guide to funding Paybond intents on stripe_mpp: charge vs Tempo session selection, Payment Auth header flow, sandbox behavior, and tenant-isolation boundaries.
How agent settlement works
A practical guide to agent settlement: intents, escrow, evidence, deterministic evaluation, and portable receipts.
How intent funding works
Understand Paybond intent funding: signed spend agreements, settlement rails, capability tokens, and how funding differs from platform billing.
Middleware performance and latency
Honest overhead model for Paybond agent middleware — serial Gateway/Harbor hops per guarded tool call, what dominates latency, dev trace limits, and production observability.
Middleware trace
Visual trace for Paybond agent middleware — local dev dashboard, timeline UI, event model, CLI trace, and hosted replay.
Org agent stack
Map org policy inheritance, SSO and SCIM identity, spend authorization, multi-framework agent fleets, and audit export compliance into one org rollout workflow.
Paybond with Stripe agentic commerce
How Paybond complements Stripe Agentic Commerce Suite, ACP, UCP, and machine payments — checkout execution on Stripe rails, conditional settlement and signed receipts in Paybond.
Product surfaces overview
A map of Paybond’s public site, documentation, demo, and tenant-scoped console surfaces, and how they fit together.
Security checklist for agentic banking infrastructure
How to evaluate secure agentic banking infrastructure: authenticated tenant scope, signed intent boundaries, approved rails, evidence-based settlement, and verifiable records.
Settlement with existing payment providers
How Paybond uses Stripe Connect, ACH, Coinbase x402, and Stripe MPP alongside your existing payment stack — webhooks, capture timing, and stuck-intent recovery.
What is agentic banking?
A careful explanation of what people mean by agentic banking, and where settlement, escrow, payments controls, and bank services actually differ.
What is agentic commerce?
A clear definition of agentic commerce, how it differs from simple chat checkout, and where Paybond fits in the stack.
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