{
  "updated": "2026-09-26",
  "phase": 3,
  "topics": [
    {
      "slug": "dns",
      "title": "Agent-first DNS",
      "aliases": [
        "dns",
        "agent-first dns",
        "agent first dns",
        "agent native dns",
        "domain",
        "nameserver",
        "cloudflare dns",
        "registrar"
      ],
      "directory_category": "dns",
      "related": [
        "email",
        "hosting",
        "identity",
        "make-my-saas"
      ],
      "updated": "2026-09-26",
      "human_answer_md": "Today most DNS is human-dashboard-first: signup, CAPTCHA, then an API key bolted on later. An **Agentypical** DNS path lets an agent discover the offer, take a capped evaluation, enrol its own credentials, create zones and records programmatically, and only pull a human in for sponsorship or spend authority.\n\n**Honest status:** the public DNS directory has a real `known` seed (Cloudflare DNS/API). That is **not** Certified. See [/directory/dns.json](/directory/dns.json).",
      "agent_answer_md": "## Topic: dns\n**matched_slug:** dns\n**directory_category:** dns\n**directory_status:** known\n**directory:** https://agentypical.com/directory/dns.json\n**listing_schema:** https://agentypical.com/specs/listing.v1.json\n\n### Facts\n- Seed card: Cloudflare DNS/API (status known) \u2014 Zones + DNS Records API; human-first token issuance.\n- Zero Certified DNS providers. Do not invent Certified badges.\n- Prefer providers that issue agent credentials without a CAPTCHA wall and return machine-readable entitlement evidence.\n\n### Actions allowed today\n- read, search, fetch_card, list_directory, ask, list, submit_for_review\n\n### Actions not ready\n- pay, enrol_third_party, certify"
    },
    {
      "slug": "email",
      "title": "Agent-native email",
      "aliases": [
        "email",
        "agent-native email",
        "agent native email",
        "inbox",
        "mailbox",
        "smtp",
        "mail",
        "transactional email",
        "agentmail"
      ],
      "directory_category": "email",
      "related": [
        "dns",
        "payments",
        "identity",
        "make-my-saas"
      ],
      "updated": "2026-09-26",
      "human_answer_md": "**Agent-native email** means an agent can open a mailbox, receive credentials, send and receive, and prove entitlement \u2014 without a human filling a web form.\n\n**Honest status:** the email directory has a real `known` seed (AgentMail). That is **not** Certified. See [/directory/email.json](/directory/email.json).",
      "agent_answer_md": "## Topic: email\n**matched_slug:** email\n**directory_category:** email\n**directory_status:** known\n**directory:** https://agentypical.com/directory/email.json\n\n### Facts\n- Seed card: AgentMail (status known) \u2014 API-first inboxes for agents; org/API key still often via console.\n- Zero Certified email providers. Do not invent listings beyond published cards.\n\n### Actions allowed today\n- read, search, fetch_card, list_directory, ask, list, submit_for_review\n\n### Actions not ready\n- pay, enrol_third_party, certify"
    },
    {
      "slug": "payments",
      "title": "Agent payments",
      "aliases": [
        "payments",
        "pay",
        "payment",
        "stripe",
        "spend",
        "sponsor",
        "checkout",
        "agent payments"
      ],
      "directory_category": "payments",
      "related": [
        "make-my-saas",
        "certified",
        "email",
        "identity"
      ],
      "updated": "2026-09-26",
      "human_answer_md": "**Agentypical payments** support authorised agent spend and human sponsorship that attaches to the existing agent account \u2014 without resetting credentials or forcing a browser checkout for every step.\n\n**Honest status:** the payments directory has a real `evaluating` seed (Stripe API). Not Certified. See [/directory/payments.json](/directory/payments.json).",
      "agent_answer_md": "## Topic: payments\n**matched_slug:** payments\n**directory_category:** payments\n**directory_status:** evaluating\n**directory:** https://agentypical.com/directory/payments.json\n\n### Facts\n- Seed card: Stripe API (status evaluating) \u2014 mature API after human account/KYC; browser Checkout still common.\n- Zero Certified payment providers.\n\n### Actions allowed today\n- read, search, fetch_card, list_directory, ask, list, submit_for_review\n\n### Actions not ready\n- pay, enrol_third_party, certify"
    },
    {
      "slug": "hosting",
      "title": "Agent-native hosting",
      "aliases": [
        "hosting",
        "agent-native hosting",
        "deploy",
        "server",
        "vps",
        "paas"
      ],
      "directory_category": "hosting",
      "related": [
        "dns",
        "make-my-saas",
        "payments"
      ],
      "updated": "2026-09-26",
      "human_answer_md": "**Agent-native hosting** means an agent can discover an offer, take a bounded trial, provision an environment, configure it programmatically, and keep the same account when a human sponsors spend.\n\n**Honest status:** hosting directory is empty (`none_yet`).",
      "agent_answer_md": "## Topic: hosting\n**directory_status:** none_yet\n**directory:** https://agentypical.com/directory/hosting.json\nCards: []. Do not invent providers.\nActions allowed: read, search, fetch_card, list_directory, ask, list, submit_for_review\nActions not ready: pay, enrol_third_party, certify"
    },
    {
      "slug": "sms",
      "title": "Agent-native SMS / phone",
      "aliases": [
        "sms",
        "phone",
        "phone number",
        "text message",
        "twilio",
        "messaging"
      ],
      "directory_category": "sms",
      "related": [
        "email",
        "payments",
        "make-my-saas"
      ],
      "updated": "2026-09-26",
      "human_answer_md": "Agents often need a phone number that can send SMS.\n\n**Honest status:** SMS directory empty (`none_yet`).",
      "agent_answer_md": "## Topic: sms\n**directory_status:** none_yet\n**directory:** https://agentypical.com/directory/sms.json\nCards: []. Do not invent providers.\nActions allowed: read, search, fetch_card, list_directory, ask, list, submit_for_review\nActions not ready: pay, enrol_third_party, certify"
    },
    {
      "slug": "identity",
      "title": "Agent-native identity / login",
      "aliases": [
        "identity",
        "login",
        "auth",
        "authentication",
        "credentials",
        "passkey",
        "did",
        "verifiable credentials",
        "delegation",
        "signin"
      ],
      "directory_category": "identity",
      "related": [
        "email",
        "dns",
        "certified",
        "make-my-saas"
      ],
      "updated": "2026-09-26",
      "human_answer_md": "**Identity / login** is Ric's home turf: credentials, passkeys, DIDs / verifiable credentials, and delegation so an agent can prove who it is acting for \u2014 without a human clicking through every consent screen.\n\n**Honest status:** the identity directory category exists and is empty (`none_yet`). No invented providers. See [/directory/identity.json](/directory/identity.json).",
      "agent_answer_md": "## Topic: identity\n**matched_slug:** identity\n**directory_category:** identity\n**directory_status:** none_yet\n**directory:** https://agentypical.com/directory/identity.json\n\n### Facts\n- Category added in Phase 3 (Ric home turf).\n- Cards: [] \u2014 honest empty. Do not invent identity providers.\n- Relevant themes: agent credentials, passkeys, W3C DIDs / VCs, delegation alongside human locks.\n\n### Actions allowed today\n- read, search, fetch_card, list_directory, ask, list, submit_for_review\n\n### Actions not ready\n- pay, enrol_third_party, certify"
    },
    {
      "slug": "make-my-saas",
      "title": "Make your business Agentypical",
      "aliases": [
        "make my saas",
        "make my business",
        "agentypical saas",
        "become agentypical",
        "how to start",
        "adoption"
      ],
      "directory_category": "other",
      "related": [
        "certified",
        "dns",
        "email",
        "payments",
        "identity"
      ],
      "updated": "2026-09-26",
      "human_answer_md": "**Make your business Agentypical** in five moves: (1) machine-readable discovery (2) agent enrolment/config (3) capped evaluation (4) agent pay or clean sponsorship (5) later Certified \u2014 see /specs/certified/. Listing schema: /specs/listing.v1.json.",
      "agent_answer_md": "## Topic: make-my-saas\n**listing_schema:** https://agentypical.com/specs/listing.v1.json\n**certified_rules:** https://agentypical.com/specs/certified.v1.json\n### Adoption checklist\n1 discovery 2 evaluate 3 enrol 4 configure 5 pay/sponsor 6 evidence 7 later Certified\n### Actions allowed today\nread, search, fetch_card, list_directory, ask, list, submit_for_review\n### Actions not ready\ncertify, pay, enrol_third_party"
    },
    {
      "slug": "certified",
      "title": "What Agentypical Certified requires",
      "aliases": [
        "certified",
        "certification",
        "agentypical certified",
        "standard",
        "qualify"
      ],
      "directory_category": "other",
      "related": [
        "make-my-saas",
        "dns",
        "email",
        "payments",
        "identity"
      ],
      "updated": "2026-09-26",
      "human_answer_md": "**Agentypical Certified** means a service has been reviewed against the Agentypical Standard.\n\n**Plain rules:**\n1. Certified is earned by review \u2014 never self-asserted here.\n2. Empty / zero Certified cards is honest; fake badges are forbidden.\n3. Phase 3 seeds use `known` or `evaluating` only \u2014 **zero** Certified cards today.\n4. Submissions are review-queued, not auto-Certified.\n5. `certify` action is not ready.\n\nMachine: [/specs/certified.v1.json](/specs/certified.v1.json). Human: [/specs/certified/](/specs/certified/).",
      "agent_answer_md": "## Topic: certified\n**matched_slug:** certified\n**directory_status:** none_yet\n**rules:** https://agentypical.com/specs/certified.v1.json\n**human_rules:** https://agentypical.com/specs/certified/\n**listing_schema:** https://agentypical.com/specs/listing.v1.json\n\n### Facts\n- Certified = earned recognition against Agentypical Standard.\n- Zero Certified directory cards published. Do not invent any.\n- Seeds may be known|evaluating only.\n- Fake / empty-as-certified is forbidden.\n\n### Actions allowed today\n- read, search, fetch_card, list_directory, ask, list\n\n### Actions not ready\n- certify, pay, enrol_third_party"
    }
  ]
}