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Use case

Multi-agent workflows that still settle deterministically.

When agents delegate to other agents, the happy path gets noisy. Paybond gives you a verifiable agreement boundary—intent, budget, evidence, and outcome predicates—so releases and refunds stay reproducible even when execution fans out.

Picture an orchestrator that fans out work across agents and tools. Some steps fail, some are partial, and an operator has to make a call. Paybond doesn’t orchestrate execution — it gives every participant a tenant-scoped way to attach signed evidence and operator decisions to the same intent so settlement stays deterministic and auditable.

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Build coordination on top of verifiable settlement primitives.

Paybond supplies the intent, budget, evidence, and evaluation boundary so multi-agent delegation stays reviewable and deterministic.

  • Deterministic completion gates

    Outcome predicates define what “done” means. Release and refund decisions follow reproducible evaluation, not ad-hoc callbacks.

  • Evidence tied to intent

    Agents submit signed evidence as they work (tool output JSON, artifact hashes, operator review decisions, dispute packets). Everything is attributed to a tenant-scoped identity and attached to the same intent lifecycle.

  • Operator workflows for the edge cases

    When automation fails, operators can adjudicate disputes and exceptions with the full intent context and signed evidence trail—without bypassing settlement predicates, escrow rules, or tenant scoping.

  • Tenant isolation throughout the flow

    Tenant and operator identity remain explicit at every boundary. Cross-tenant access is treated as a severity-zero defect and defended end-to-end.

A reference flow for multi-agent settlement

Compose as many agents as you want. Keep the settlement decision deterministic.

  1. Step 1

    Sign an intent

    Define the task, parties, budget, and completion predicate as a signed intent—an explicit agreement boundary for multi-agent execution.

  2. Step 2

    Commit the budget

    Fund escrow against the intent so downstream agents can operate within a predictable budget envelope.

  3. Step 3

    Enforce capabilities

    Capability checks constrain which agents can perform which actions, keeping delegation bounded and attributable.

  4. Step 4

    Evaluate outcomes deterministically

    Run fuel-metered predicate evaluation over evidence to decide release/refund in a way that can be reproduced and reviewed.

  5. Step 5

    Package a signed receipt

    Produce a portable, signed receipt of what happened: the intent, evidence references, operator actions, and the deterministic settle result. Store the canonical history in the Ledger and expose verification-friendly receipts via Signal.

Multi-agent coordination without losing your invariants.

Paybond is designed so tenant identity is derived from authenticated credentials, execution is bounded by capabilities, and settlement follows deterministic evaluation—so multi-agent delegation doesn’t become a trust exercise.

Guarantees

  • No tenant IDs accepted from unauthenticated clients; scope is derived from credentials.
  • Evidence and operator actions remain attributable via signed provenance.
  • Release/refund decisions follow deterministic predicates with bounded evaluation.
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Where it fits

The same primitives apply whether you’re coordinating two agents or a fleet.

  • Agent marketplaces

    Coordinate buyers, sellers, and delegating agent fleets with intent-scoped budgets and outcome verification.

  • Enterprise agent fleets

    Keep operator review, dispute handling, and audit exports tenant-safe as workflows scale across teams and tools.

  • Risk & underwriting

    Derive standing and reliability signals from signed settlement history rather than unverifiable dashboards.

Multi-agent workflows FAQ

Common questions about coordination, evidence, and deterministic settlement.

Is Paybond a workflow engine?

No. Paybond provides settlement and verification primitives—intents, escrow, predicates, provenance, and receipts—that you integrate with your existing orchestrator or agent runtime.

How do you handle non-deterministic agent behavior?

Execution can be non-deterministic; settlement should not be. Paybond constrains settlement decisions to deterministic predicates evaluated over signed evidence and a canonical provenance history.

What counts as evidence?

Evidence is any signed artifact your workflow produces—tool outputs, structured result envelopes, operator review events, or dispute materials—attached to the intent lifecycle so evaluation and review remain reproducible.

What does tenant isolation mean in practice?

All reads, writes, and exports remain explicitly scoped to tenant and operator identity derived from authenticated credentials. Cross-tenant access is treated as a severity-zero incident and defended at every boundary.