dexter-lab

Build, deploy, and monetize paid APIs from your browser.

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Dexter Lab is an AI-powered environment for building x402 resources: paid API endpoints that settle in USDC on Solana. You describe what you want, Dexter generates the service, deploys it, validates it, and publishes it with marketplace-ready metadata.

Features

• AI-assisted resource generation and iterative editing
• One-click deploy pipeline (Docker + wildcard subdomains)
• Automated post-deploy verification and health tracking
• Wallet-based monetization and payout flows
• ERC-8004 identity minting integrated into deploy lifecycle
• Marketplace publishing and resource management UI

How It Works

Prompt -> AI generates resource -> Deploy -> Verify -> Publish -> Paid usage via x402

Every paid request follows the x402 flow:

1. Client hits paid endpoint
2. API returns 402 Payment Required
3. Client signs payment transaction
4. Client retries with payment signature
5. API verifies and returns response + receipt metadata

Architecture

Core runtime layers:

• Frontend: Remix + React + TypeScript
• AI runtime: Claude Agent SDK orchestration
• Deploy runtime: Docker + Traefik + health/reconcile loop
• Settlement layer: @dexterai/x402 (Solana USDC)
• Data/control integrations: dexter-api + wallet/session services

Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Node.js 22+
• pnpm
• Docker

Setup

git clone https://github.com/Dexter-DAO/dexter-lab.git
cd dexter-lab
pnpm install
cp .env.example .env.local
pnpm run dev

Environment

See .env.example for the full matrix. Common keys include:

• ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
• OPENAI_API_KEY
• DEFAULT_MODEL
• API/wallet/deploy integration settings consumed by dexter-api and infra

Repository Structure

• app/ - Remix app, API routes, deployment and runtime logic
• public/ - static assets
• infrastructure/ - infra and deployment scripts
• docs/ - project docs, architecture notes, and archived materials
• skills/ - AI skill/context artifacts used by the project

Development Scripts

• pnpm run dev - start development server
• pnpm run build - production build
• pnpm run start - run built app
• pnpm run lint - lint project files
• pnpm run test - run test suite

Related Projects

• dexter-api - backend APIs, auth, wallet, and integrations
• dexter-fe - broader frontend surfaces
• dexter-mcp - MCP server/tooling layer

Security

• Never commit real secrets or production credentials
• Keep local secrets in .env/.env.local (gitignored)
• Review payment/wallet changes with extra care

Contributing

Please open issues/PRs with clear scope and reproduction details for bugs.

License

MIT - see LICENSE.