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Base gives your AI agent the tools to operate as an independent economic actor: a wallet to hold and spend funds, identity standards so other agents and services can trust it, a payment protocol for pay-per-request APIs, and a discovery layer so agents can find each other.

What you can build

  • A trading agent that monitors market conditions and executes token swaps automatically using skills and a funded wallet
  • A payment agent that pays for premium API data on behalf of your application using the x402 pay-per-request protocol
  • A discoverable service that other agents can find, verify, and pay to use — no human integration required
  • A multi-channel assistant that manages a wallet, answers questions, and executes onchain actions across Discord, Telegram, or web

How the pieces fit together

  1. Choose a framework — pick how you’ll build and run your agent (self-hosted SDK, open-source assistant, or managed API)
  2. Add a wallet — give your agent the ability to hold stablecoins, send payments, and sign transactions
  3. Use payments and skills — let your agent pay for services via x402 and perform onchain actions through pre-built skills
  4. Establish identity — register your agent in a public directory so other agents and services can discover and verify it
  5. Build or connect to agent apps — create services designed for agents, or connect your agent to existing ones

Core concepts