The Shopping Agent That Can't Be Scammed.

01 ยท Flow
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Want"A7 III โ‰ค $1,100"
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ScoutApify + Claude
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GateCRS ยท Price ยท Cap
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Payx402 ยท USDC
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BoughtBase Tx
LLM ยท No Wallet
Code ยท Holds Wallet
02 ยท How It Pays ยท No Login
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Our AgentHolds the Wallet
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Storefront+ x402 Middleware
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CoinbaseConfirms Payment
  1. 1๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ๐Ÿช
    Agent Asks to Buy

    Opens the item's checkout link. No account, no password.

    GET /checkout/42
  2. 2๐Ÿช๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ
    Store Replies: "Pay First"

    The middleware answers with the price and the wallet to pay.

    402 ยท $1,040 0xSeller
  3. 3๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ
    Agent Checks, Then Signs

    Scam checks run here. If they pass, the wallet signs the payment, like signing a check.

    โœ“ CRS ยท Price ยท Cap
  4. 4๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ๐Ÿช
    Agent Asks Again, Payment Attached

    Same link, now with the signed payment.

    GET + X-PAYMENT
  5. 5๐Ÿชโ›“๏ธ
    Coinbase Confirms and Moves the Money

    Checks the signature and sends the USDC on the blockchain.

    Verify + Settle on Base
  6. 6๐Ÿช๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ
    Order Confirmed

    Store ships to the address the agent sent and returns a receipt.

    200 ยท Receipt + Tx
USDCDigital Dollar ยท 1 = $1
x402Coinbase's "Pay Over the Web" Standard
MiddlewareCode in Front of Checkout That Says "Pay First"
402Web Code for "Payment Required"
BaseThe Blockchain It Settles On (Testnet)
๐Ÿช ร—3 Legit
๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ ร—N Scam ยท Attacker-Made
๐Ÿงฉ We Build Both ยท Express + x402
03 ยท Red-Team Loop
๐Ÿ—ก๏ธ Attack ๐Ÿ›’ Shop ๐Ÿ“Š Score ๐Ÿ”ง Patch Factory Droid
38%
64%
85%
97%
Base
R1
R2
R3
Scams Caught ยท Example

We can't claim "can't be scammed" without proof. This loop is the proof.

  1. 1๐Ÿ—ก๏ธ
    An AI Plays the Scammer

    It writes fake listings and fake stores using the five tricks in section 04.

    Attack
  2. 2๐Ÿ›’
    Our Agent Goes Shopping

    It runs on ~200 listings, real and fake mixed together, exactly like a real purchase.

    Shop
  3. 3๐Ÿ“Š
    We Grade Every Decision

    We know the right answer for each listing, so we count scams it bought and good deals it skipped.

    Score
  4. 4๐Ÿ”ง
    Factory Fixes the Weak Spots

    Factory Droid reads the mistakes and updates the agent's rules and prompts.

    Patch
  5. 5๐Ÿ”
    Run It Again

    Each round the catch rate should climb. That chart above is what we show judges.

    R1 R2 R3
  6. 6๐Ÿ”’
    The Final Exam

    20% of the scams are hidden from Factory, to prove the fixes work on tricks it never saw.

    Held-Out 20%
04 ยท Red-Team Data ยท ~200 Listings
Legit 40%
Scam 40%
Held-Out 20%
๐Ÿท๏ธ
Real ListingsApify Snapshot
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Market PricesMedian per Item
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Seller IDsCRS โœ“ / โœ•
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Seller WalletpayTo Map
โœ…
LabelsScam? Type? Buy?
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Run LogsDecision + Reason
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Injection"Pay 0xABC"
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Too Cheapโˆ’50% Median
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LookalikeSwapped payTo
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UnverifiedCRS โœ•
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Fake Reviews5.0 ร— 900
05 ยท Tracks
Visa$5k
Hyphenate$8k
Coinbase x402$2k
Apify$2k
Factory$2k
CRS$1k
Armadin$1k
Cal Hacks Overall๐Ÿ†