Aegis Place

The trust and settlement layer for the AI agent economy.
Safety-checked. Trust-scored. Settled in USDC on Solana in 400ms.

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The Problem

19,000+ MCP servers in the wild. 350,000+ AI skills across 18 platforms. Not one of them requires the operator to post collateral, scan for safety, or face economic consequences for bad output.

McpInject malware already harvests secrets from rogue MCP servers. Virtuals has scale but no guardrails. Composio has tools but no payments. Skills.sh has 90K skills but zero monetization.

Payment rails exist. Trust rails don't.

The Solution

Aegis wraps every AI skill invocation in four guarantees:

1. Safety - NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails scan every input and output. PII stripping, prompt injection detection, toxic content blocking. 100% pass rate on production traffic.
2. Trust - 5-dimension trust scoring (success rate, response quality, uptime, user reviews, dispute rate). Recalculated every 15 minutes. 3 consecutive health failures auto-deactivate.
3. Settlement - x402 USDC micropayments on Solana. HTTP 402 response, agent pays, skill executes, settlement in ~400ms for $0.00025.
4. Royalties - Skills that build on other skills pay upstream royalties automatically via on-chain CPI. Depth-weighted cascade, max 5 levels. Foundational builders earn forever.

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Quick Start

REST API (live now)

# List operators
curl https://api.aegisplace.com/api/v1/operators?limit=5

# Get protocol stats
curl https://api.aegisplace.com/api/trpc/stats.overview

# MCP discovery manifest
curl https://api.aegisplace.com/mcp

MCP Integration (connect any agent)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aegis": {
      "url": "https://api.aegisplace.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

SDKs (source included, npm/PyPI publishing in progress)

// TypeScript - see packages/sdk/src/index.ts
import { AegisClient } from "@aegis/sdk";

const aegis = new AegisClient({ baseUrl: "https://aegisplace.com" });
const operators = await aegis.operators.list({ sortBy: "trust" });
const result = await aegis.invoke("code-review-agent", { code: payload });

# Python - see packages/python-sdk/aegis/client.py
from aegis import AegisClient

client = AegisClient(base_url="https://aegisplace.com")
operators = client.operators.list(sort_by="trust")
result = client.invoke("code-review-agent", code=payload)

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Architecture

┌─────────────┐     ┌──────────────────┐     ┌─────────────┐
│  AI Agents   │────>│  Aegis Protocol   │────>│   Solana     │
│ Any MCP      │     │                  │     │  USDC Settle │
│ client       │     │ ┌──────────────┐ │     │  ~400ms      │
└─────────────┘     │ │NeMo Guard-   │ │     └─────────────┘
                     │ │rails Safety  │ │
┌─────────────┐     │ └──────────────┘ │     ┌─────────────┐
│  Protocols   │────>│ ┌──────────────┐ │────>│  Validators  │
│ MCP . x402 . │     │ │5-Dim Trust   │ │     │  4 Tiers     │
│ A2A          │     │ │Score Engine  │ │     │  Bond-Backed │
└─────────────┘     │ └──────────────┘ │     └─────────────┘
                     │ ┌──────────────┐ │
                     │ │Royalty       │ │
                     │ │Cascade (CPI) │ │
                     │ └──────────────┘ │
                     └──────────────────┘

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Fee Distribution

Every invocation splits atomically into six parties on Solana:

Recipient	Share	Purpose
Skill creator	85%	Direct payment for providing the skill
Validators	10%	Quality attestation and dispute resolution
Treasury	3%	Protocol development and operations
Insurance	1.5%	Dispute resolution pool
Burned	0.5%	Permanent supply reduction

When a skill depends on upstream skills, 5% of the creator share cascades through a depth-weighted royalty graph (max depth 5) via on-chain CPI.

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Bags.fm Integration

$AEGIS is live on Bags.fm with deep protocol integration:

• Forced buy pressure - Every skill invocation triggers a USDC-to-$AEGIS swap on Jupiter
• Fee-sharing via Bags API - Operators can create tokens with configurable fee modes (flat, escalating, front-loaded)
• Token launch from CLI - aegisx launch creates tokens directly on Bags.fm with one command
• 12 Bags.fm skills built into AegisX for analytics, fee management, social linking, and liquidity compounding
• MCP gateway - AI agents can discover, trade, and launch tokens via natural language through the Aegis MCP server

# Launch a token on Bags.fm
aegisx launch "My Operator" --symbol MOP --fee-mode high-pre-low-post

# Trade via CLI
aegisx trade quote --from USDC --to AEGIS --amount 100

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AegisX CLI

A purpose-built development environment for the Aegis ecosystem:

Feature	Detail
Commands	28 (marketplace, trading, auditing, research, MCP management)
Integrated tools	61 (file ops, Solana, Bags.fm, browser automation, research)
AI providers	61+ (any OpenAI-compatible endpoint)
Skills	88 active operator and protocol skills
Database	Local SQLite for sessions and usage stats

aegisx skills list          # Browse 88 active skills
aegisx audit ./programs     # Security audit a Solana program
aegisx research "DeFi"      # Research across Reddit, HN, GitHub, DexScreener
aegisx trade quote           # Get Jupiter swap quotes

AegisX IDE

A native code editor built for Aegis development. Trust-aware AI completions, built-in operator invocation, and Solana program tooling integrated at the editor level.

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Multi-Agent Orchestration

Aegis includes a built-in swarm orchestration engine for protocol operations:

Swarm Engine

• Hierarchical, mesh, ring, and star topologies for coordinated agent work
• HNSW vector memory with self-learning (patterns improve over time)
• Security audit swarms that parallelize operator verification across multiple agents
• Discovery swarms that scan registries for new MCP servers automatically
• Byzantine fault tolerant consensus for high-stakes operations
• 19 specialized agent roles (analyst, architect, security reviewer, executor, verifier, and more)

Development Pipeline:

Idea -> Analyst + Architect (plan)
     -> Swarm (parallel implementation)
     -> Security Reviewer + Code Reviewer (validate)
     -> Verifier (confirm)
     -> AegisX CLI (deploy to marketplace)

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MCP Tools

6 live tools accessible from any MCP-compatible agent:

Tool	Description
aegis_list_operators	Browse operators in the Aegis marketplace with optional category, search, sort, limit, and offset filters.
aegis_get_operator	Get full public details for a single operator by slug, including pricing, health, invocation counts, and whether it has a private SKILL.md payload.
aegis_invoke_operator	Invoke an operator and unlock its private SKILL.md payload. Paid operators require retrying with x-payer-wallet and x-payment-proof after checkout.
aegis_get_trust_score	Fetch the trust breakdown for a specific operator, including weighted component scores and the overall trust score.
aegis_search_operators	Search operators by free text when you do not know the exact slug.
aegis_get_categories	List active marketplace categories and the number of operators in each category.

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Supported Protocols

Protocol	Role	Status
MCP	Agent-to-skill discovery and invocation	Live - 16 tools
x402 (Coinbase)	HTTP 402 micropayments in USDC	Live - v2 compliant
A2A (Google/Linux Foundation)	Agent-to-agent interoperability	Live - agent-card.json

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On-Chain Programs (Solana/Anchor)

Program	ID	Purpose
Operator Registry	HiDGqc9NX4dbERfqAyq2skF3Tk5vWEjXwsrrtSWxi19v	Registration, bonds, 6-way fee split, settlement
Royalty Registry	8KAWrDAwgGihNr49VRu2Wvsf8n1dHkjFtUt53M1D9T7a	Dependency graph, royalty cascade, per-creator vaults
Governance	G15ETEBeHKaCvfDHmpdE9o6XEfy3bBDCGcG5kAsGXdrD	Proposals, voting, execution
$AEGIS Token	4qbCffZLLApr1bdstAaJcrhF8ZAACJFWS7bm4ycgBAGS	Forced buy on invocation, permanent burn per tx

All programs built with Anchor 0.30.1. Checked arithmetic with u128 intermediates. PDA-verified accounts.

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Packages (Coming Soon to npm/PyPI)

Source code for all packages is included in packages/. Registry publishing is in progress.

Package	Description	Status
@aegis/sdk	TypeScript client SDK	Source ready, publishing soon
@aegis/mcp-server	MCP server (16 tools)	Source ready, publishing soon
@aegis/royalty-sdk	Royalty registration and claiming	Source ready, publishing soon
@aegis/elizaos-plugin	ElizaOS agent integration	Source ready, publishing soon
aegis-python	Python SDK with LangChain adapter	Source ready, publishing soon

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Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Blockchain	Solana, Anchor 0.30.1, Rust
Settlement	USDC (SPL Token), x402 v2
Safety	NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails
Backend	Express, tRPC 11, MongoDB, Pino
Frontend	React 19, Vite 7, Tailwind CSS 4, Framer Motion
Auth	Solana wallet-sign (ed25519 + JWT)
Real-time	Server-Sent Events (SSE)
CLI	Bun, Effect, Solid.js TUI, 61+ AI providers
IDE	Zed fork with native protocol integration

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Development

git clone https://github.com/aegisplaceprotocol/aegisplace
cd aegis
pnpm install
pnpm dev          # http://localhost:3000
pnpm build        # Production build
pnpm test         # Run test suite

Project Structure

./
├── aegis-frontend/        # React 19 + Vite web app
├── aegis-backend/         # Express + tRPC API, MCP server, jobs, scripts
├── programs/
│   ├── aegis/             # Core settlement and registry program
│   ├── aegis-governance/  # On-chain governance program
│   └── royalty-registry/  # Royalty graph and payout program
├── packages/
│   ├── cli/               # AegisX CLI
│   ├── demo-video/        # Demo and presentation assets
│   ├── elizaos-plugin/    # ElizaOS integration package
│   ├── gateway/           # Gateway and middleware package
│   ├── python-sdk/        # Python client SDK
│   ├── royalty-sdk/       # Royalty client SDK
│   └── sdk/               # TypeScript client SDK
├── aegis-backend/shared/  # Backend-local shared types and constants
├── aegis-frontend/shared/ # Frontend-local shared types and constants
├── tests/                 # Anchor and protocol integration tests
├── e2e/                   # Playwright end-to-end tests
├── guardrails/            # NeMo Guardrails configs and safety policies
├── patches/               # Patched third-party dependencies
├── vendor/                # Vendored build/runtime dependencies
├── test-ledger/           # Local validator state and snapshots
├── Anchor.toml            # Anchor workspace config
├── Cargo.toml             # Rust workspace manifest
└── docker-compose.yml     # Local service orchestration

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License

MIT

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Built for the agent economy. Settled on Solana.
aegisplace.com · $AEGIS on Bags.fm