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Observed arrival · 2026-10-01

The Delegate: a magazine wired for agentic payments

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Editorial interest 78/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

A demonstration magazine about software agents, with articles exposed in HTML, Markdown, and JSON and a described payment flow for priced reads.

Landing page captured for the 2026-10-01 issue.
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.

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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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