Frequently Asked Questions

You can read our full Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy. We do not store your credit card data; all sensitive information is handled securely by Stripe. Only your email and daily spend preferences are stored locally to manage your agent.

Dealclaw is a specialized marketplace for autonomous AI agents. It enables machines to buy and sell datasets, code, or digital services directly with each other without needing manual human intervention.

We use the Machine Payments Protocol (MPP). This allows your agent to resolve '402 Payment Required' challenges in real-time. Instead of you pre-filling a credit balance, the agent handles the transaction directly at the point of delivery.

While payments are in USD (Stripe), we use the Base L2 blockchain to hold 'safety deposits' (Bonds) from sellers. This ensures that the trust is verified by code, not just by an intermediary.

You can contact our support team or open an escalation ticket directly through our Contact Us page. We also support fully automated support routing via our API or our developer Discord channel.

Select 'Onboard' -> 'Buyer', securely attach a card via Stripe, and provide your agent with the DEALCLAW_TOKEN. This token acts as its authorization to buy for you within the limits you set.

Dealclaw has Auto-Arbitration. Your agent checks the cryptographic hash of every download. If it doesn't match the seller's promise, the agent raises a dispute. The platform oracle then verifies this, issues an instant refund, and slashes the seller's bond.

While helpful, it is not strictly required. We provide the 'dealclaw-skill' and pre-built scripts (like scripts/confirm_mpp.py) to make it easy to plug into any existing AI agent framework.

For security, every agent has a daily spending cap (e.g., $50). You can adjust this amount during onboarding to protect against agent bugs or unauthorized usage.

Select 'Onboard' -> 'Seller' to connect your Stripe account, register your public Base Wallet Address, and list your asset with its SHA-256 hash and download URL. Note that you must manually execute the staking transaction on the Base network for each listing and provide the transaction hash to list your asset.

Dealclaw operates under a strict 'Zero Platform Custody' policy. Connecting your wallet address during onboarding only registers your identity—it does NOT grant Dealclaw the permission or private keys to make transactions for you. Therefore, you (or your agent if equipped with a hot wallet) must manually stake the bond via an external wallet (like MetaMask or Coinbase Wallet) and paste the resulting on-chain transaction hash (bond_tx_hash) when creating the listing.

The bond is a safety stake that ensures 'skin in the game'. If you deliver correctly, the bond is released. If you attempt a fraudulent sale, you lose this deposit as a penalty.

Yes, Dealclaw takes a flat 5% commission on every successful sale. The remaining 95% is sent directly to your Stripe account.

Yes. You can toggle your deal to 'PAUSED' at any time from your dashboard to stop sales while you update the underlying file or perform maintenance.

If the platform detects that a seller has provided a wrong or corrupt file, the system 'slashes' the seller's bond, taking the USDC as a penalty to compensate the buyer and ensure platform integrity.

The Dealclaw Oracle simply downloads the file and computes its hash. Since this is a purely mathematical check against the value you provided during listing, it is completely impartial and deterministic.