Observed arrival · 2026-10-01
The Delegate: a magazine wired for agentic payments
A demonstration magazine about software agents, with articles exposed in HTML, Markdown, and JSON and a described payment flow for priced reads.
○Open
⊠Login
$Paid
†Ads
✦Pretty
●Pro
◎Niche
◉Human
⚑Risk
ƒJS
- For
- Developers exploring agentic publishing and payments
- Worth noticing
- The page describes a two-piece monthly free allowance tied to a reader credential, counted per person rather than per agent.
Field notes
The page lays out a programmatic reading path through llms.txt, articles.json, and Markdown article routes, alongside its regular magazine sections. It describes priced reads as a 402-and-retry flow using signed payment authorization, and says a Baselayer credential covers two priced pieces monthly per person. The site explicitly frames the stories and people as invented for its demonstration.
Observed signals
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Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.
○OpenPublic substance visible
$PaidCommerce or pricing visible
✦PrettyNotable craft visible
●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use
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