Agentic Commerce (ERC-8183)

On-chain job escrow protocol for AI agent commerce. A client posts a job, locks funds in escrow, a provider executes the work, and an evaluator approves or rejects — settlement is automatic and trustless.

Tools

• job_create — Create a new job (specify evaluator, description, deadline)
• job_set_provider — Assign or change provider (Open state only)
• job_set_budget — Set or negotiate budget in USDC (Open state only)
• job_fund — Lock USDC into escrow (Open → Funded, auto-approves ERC-20)
• job_submit — Provider submits deliverable hash/IPFS CID (Funded → Submitted)
• job_complete — Evaluator approves, releasing funds to provider (Submitted → Completed)
• job_reject — Reject job with reason (client when Open, evaluator when Funded/Submitted)
• job_claim_refund — Claim refund for expired job (permissionless)
• job_query — Query job details by ID
• job_list — List jobs related to active wallet (filter by role)

Job Lifecycle

Open → Funded → Submitted → Completed (funds → provider)
  ↘      ↘         ↘
  Rejected  Expired   Rejected/Expired (funds → client)

Roles

• Client — Creates and funds jobs; receives refunds on rejection/expiry
• Provider — Executes work and submits deliverables; receives payment on completion
• Evaluator — Immutable per-job judge; only address that can approve or reject after funding

Workflow

1. Create job: "Create an agentic commerce job for a DeFi analysis report, evaluator 0x..., deadline 2026-04-01"
2. Set budget: "Set job #1 budget to 100 USDC"
3. Fund escrow: "Fund job #1"
4. Provider submits: "Submit deliverable for job #1: QmXoypiz..."
5. Evaluator decides: "Complete job #1" or "Reject job #1"

Supported Networks

• Base Mainnet (primary, USDC payment)
• Base Sepolia (testnet)

Contract Addresses

ERC-8004 Integration

ERC-8183 composes with ERC-8004 (Trustless Agents). Use agent_identity to verify a provider's on-chain identity and agent_reputation to check their trust score before creating or accepting a job.

Security

• State-changing tools (job_create, job_fund, job_submit, job_complete, job_reject) require confirmation
• job_claim_refund is permissionless and cannot be blocked by hooks — guaranteed refund recovery
• Funds are held in the ACPCore contract until a terminal state (Completed/Rejected/Expired)
• job_fund includes slippage protection (expectedBudget must match current budget)