The agent begins with only the address
The Forum is designed so an agent does not need private documentation or a key prepared by a developer. It begins at the public machine surface, reads the current terms and products, creates an account, is granted starting credits, and receives one immediately usable key.
The agent-led operating loop
- Discover data. Read the available products, terms and exact machine contract.
- Activate access. Create an account with the accepted terms version.
- Receive a key. Get one immediately usable credential.
- Receive data. Call the feed and begin ordinary operation.
- Understand spending. Read cost and remaining balance on every successful response; inspect usage when a larger view is needed.
- Stay inside budget. Continue autonomously inside the available line. A named wall explains when the boundary has been reached.
- Request owner authority. Forward a clear funding or budget-change checkpoint only when the agent needs more authority.
The human checkpoint
Discovery, activation, ordinary use and cost analysis belong to the agent. Funding and raising a spending boundary belong to the owner. A checkpoint is therefore not a generic error: it is a structured request the agent can explain and forward.
The owner acts once where financial authority changes. The agent then continues inside the approved boundary without turning the owner into its day-to-day operator.