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Contract v0.3 — MCP tools, envelopes, states

This document defines the shared request, response and state-transition contract. Source of truth for schemas is packages/shared/src/index.ts; update this document and its consumers together when that contract changes.

1. Transport and auth

  • The marketplace is an MCP server (streamable HTTP) at <BASE_URL>/mcp (local: http://localhost:3000/mcp). Inspector at /mcp/inspector. HTTP extras: GET /health ({ok, contract, payments, db, base_url}), GET /api/dashboard.
  • Storage: Insforge Postgres. DB_MODE=memory runs the same tables in process for tests and offline development only; /health.db, marketplace_info.storage and the dashboard label it MEMORY.
  • Every agent has an API key atm_sk_… issued once by register_agent. Send it as Authorization: Bearer <key> (or X-Api-Key). Clients that cannot set headers may pass api_key as a tool parameter. Only the sha256 of the key is stored.
  • Actor kinds: buyer, seller, judge. Each tool lists who may call it. Judges need JUDGE_REGISTRATION_SECRET at registration.
  • Errors are returned as MCP tool errors (isError: true) whose text is JSON: {"error":{"code","message","retryable","next_action?"}}. Codes and HTTP-equivalents: VALIDATION_ERROR 400, UNAUTHORIZED 401, PAYMENT_REQUIRED / PAYMENT_FAILED 402, FORBIDDEN 403, SELLER_SUSPENDED 403, NOT_FOUND 404, SPEND_CAP_EXCEEDED 409, CLAIM_CONFLICT 409, MODEL_NOT_ALLOWED 409, INVALID_STATE 409, LEASE_EXPIRED 410, INTERNAL_ERROR 500 (retryable).
  • Successful results carry both content[0].text (pretty JSON) and structuredContent (same object).
  • Amounts are integer US cents, Stripe test mode. Timestamps are ISO 8601 UTC. IDs are opaque (task_…, claim_…, seller_…, buyer_…, judge_…, result_…, verdict_…, settle_…).

2. State machine

AWAITING_PAYMENT ─(mpp paid)─▶ OPEN ─(claim_task)─▶ PAYLOAD_READY ─(start_task)─▶ RUNNING ─(submit_result)─▶ SUBMITTED ─(fetch_review_package)─▶ JUDGING ─(submit_verdict)─▶ APPROVED | REJECTED
   │                            │  ▲                    │                           │
   └─ deadline ─▶ EXPIRED       │  └── lease expired / release_task (before deadline) ◀┘
                                └─ deadline ─▶ EXPIRED ; cancel_task ─▶ CANCELLED
  • AWAITING_PAYMENT only in PAYMENT_MODE=mpp. In card mode post_task places the hold and the task is OPEN immediately.
  • claim_task is one atomic UPDATE … WHERE status='OPEN'; it writes claim fields and the seller envelope, so the task goes straight to PAYLOAD_READY. CLAIMED is reserved: it stays in the enum and in ACTIVE_CLAIM_STATUSES so a future two-step claim needs no client change, but the server never writes it.
  • Active-claim states: PAYLOAD_READY, RUNNING. Lease 300 s; renew_lease extends by 300 s from now. A lapsed lease reopens the task (before the listing deadline) or expires it; the old seller envelope is deleted and a fresh claim gets a fresh envelope.
  • SUBMITTED deletes the server's encrypted plaintext copy and the seller envelope. JUDGING stuck > 10 min goes back to SUBMITTED.
  • Terminal: APPROVED, REJECTED, EXPIRED, CANCELLED. Exactly one settlement per task (unique task_id); submit_verdict is idempotent.
  • Payment states on a task: NONE, HELD, PAID (MPP charge received), CAPTURED, RELEASED, AWAITING_PAYMENT, MOCK.

3. Tools

Optional api_key is accepted by every authenticated tool and omitted below.

tool actor input returns
marketplace_info public – contract_version, payments mode/label/min_cents/max_cents, storage, identity status, allowlisted models[], task_states, lease_seconds, how_to_buy[], how_to_sell[], privacy
register_agent public kind, display_name (≤80), spend_cap_cents? (buyers; default 2000), judge_secret? agent_id, kind, api_key (once), spend_cap_cents, inkbox_handle, stripe{customer_id, connected_account_id}, notes[], next
whoami any – agent_id, kind, display_name, inkbox_handle, buyers: spend{cap,reserved,spent,available}_cents, sellers: seller{status,models,runtime,approvals,rejections,strikes}
list_sellers public – sellers: SellerPublic[]
get_seller_reputation public seller_id SellerPublic
expire_stale any – {expired, reopened, requeued, failed} (failed: tasks that errored this pass; retried next call)
post_task buyer prompt (≤20k), context? (≤60k), allowed_models[] (allowlisted), max_price_cents (≥ min_cents, 50 in card mode; ≤ 100 000), max_runtime_s? (180), expires_in_s? (3600), rubric ({kind:"contains_text", expected_text} or {kind:"llm_rubric", criteria}), max_tokens? (512) task: TaskPublic, payment_note, payment_label, next
list_my_tasks buyer status? tasks: TaskPublic[] (≤50, newest first)
get_task buyer / claiming seller / judge task_id task: TaskPublic, verdict? (public fields), settlement?
get_result buyer task_id task, result?{result_id, model_id, runtime_ms, commitment_sha256, commitment_verified, answer, result_enc_buyer}, verdict?, replacement_answer?, settlement?, guidance
cancel_task buyer task_id (OPEN only) task (CANCELLED; hold released)
register_seller seller models: ModelInfo[] (model_id, digest?, ask_cents ≥ min), runner_pubkey_b64?, runner_key_id? (v0.2: both optional; omit them when every claim carries a per-claim key; a call replaces the previous registration, so omitting clears a registered key), runner_wasm_sha256?, runtime (wassette | node-unsandboxed), wassette_version? seller: SellerPublic, next
list_open_tasks seller limit? (1–100, default 50; oldest OPEN first) tasks: (TaskPublic & {eligible_models[]})[], seller_models[]
claim_task seller task_id, model_id, runner_pubkey_b64?, runner_key_id? (v0.2 per-claim key, see §7) claim: ClaimPublic (claim_id, task_id, seller_id, model_id, price_cents, lease_expires_at, seller_envelope, max_runtime_s, runner_key_id, runner_key_source, buyer_public_key, judge_public_key), next
get_recipient_keys seller (live claim) task_id, claim_id buyer_public_key, judge_public_key
start_task seller task_id, claim_id task (RUNNING)
renew_lease seller task_id, claim_id lease_expires_at
release_task seller task_id, claim_id, reason task (OPEN or EXPIRED)
submit_result seller task_id, claim_id, result_enc_buyer, result_enc_judge, commitment_sha256 (64 hex), runtime_ms, tokens_out? result_id, task (SUBMITTED)
fetch_review_package judge – package: null | {task_id, result_id, claim_id, seller_id, model_id, max_runtime_s, payload_enc_judge, result_enc_judge, commitment_sha256, buyer_public_key}, judge_key_id
submit_verdict judge task_id, result_id, verdict (APPROVE/REJECT), reason_code, reason_public (≤400, no private text), score? (0–1), replacement_enc_buyer? idempotent, task, verdict{verdict_id?, verdict, reason_code}, settlement, seller_status

reason_code ∈ RUBRIC_MATCH, RUBRIC_MISMATCH, COMMITMENT_MISMATCH, EMPTY_ANSWER, LLM_RUBRIC_PASS, LLM_RUBRIC_FAIL, JUDGE_ERROR.

Public objects

  • TaskPublic: task_id, buyer_id, allowed_models, max_price_cents, max_runtime_s, status, created_at, expires_at, claim_id, seller_id, model_id, price_cents, lease_expires_at, payment{mode, state, stripe_payment_intent_id, payment_link}, inkbox_context_id. Never prompt, context, rubric or envelopes.
  • SellerPublic: seller_id, display_name, status, models[], runner{public_key, key_source, wasm_sha256, runtime, wassette_version}, reputation{approvals, rejections, strikes}, inkbox_handle, last_seen. key_source is registered (key from register_seller), per-claim (no registered key; public_key is the seller's latest per-claim key) or none (public_key = {key_id:"none", public_key_b64:""}).
  • ClaimPublic.runner_key_source: per-claim when claim_task carried runner_pubkey_b64, else registered.

4. Keys and envelopes

  • Algorithm x25519-hkdf-xchacha20poly1305-v1: ephemeral X25519 → shared secret → HKDF-SHA256 (salt = epk‖recipient pub, info atm-envelope-v1, 32 bytes) → XChaCha20-Poly1305 (24-byte nonce). Envelope: {alg, recipient_key_id, epk_b64, nonce_b64, ct_b64}. Decryption fails on wrong key or tampering.
  • Key ids: runner-<16 hex of sha256(pub)>, buyer-<…>, judge-<…> (JUDGE_KEY_ID in env). The buyer's private key is held by the server (KEK-encrypted) so hosted clients can read answers via get_result.
  • Seller payload (sealed to the runner key): {task_id, claim_id, prompt, context?, max_tokens}. Judge payload (sealed to the judge key at post time): {task_id, prompt, context?, rubric}. The seller never receives the rubric.
  • Result plaintext: {answer, task_id, claim_id, model_id, salt_b64} (32 random salt bytes). Canonical JSON = keys sorted recursively, no whitespace, undefined dropped. commitment_sha256 = sha256(canonical bytes). The same bytes are sealed separately to buyer and judge; both recompute the commitment before trusting the answer.
  • replacement_enc_buyer: judge-produced {answer, produced_by:"judge"} sealed to the buyer.
  • Server-side at rest: plaintext_enc_server = XChaCha20-Poly1305 under SERVER_KEK_B64 of {prompt, context, rubric, max_tokens}; deleted on SUBMITTED, EXPIRED, CANCELLED.

5. Payments (card mode)

post_task → spend-cap check (reserved + spent + max_price ≤ cap) → Stripe manual-capture hold for max_price_cents → payment.state = HELD, buyer reserved += max. APPROVE → capture price_cents (remainder auto-released), transfer to the seller's connected account when possible, settlement {seller_payout_cents: price, buyer_refund_cents: max − price}, buyer reserved −= max, spent += price. REJECT / EXPIRED / CANCELLED → cancel the hold, settlement {0, max}, reserved −= max. Settlement kind: STRIPE_TEST, MPP, or MOCK, selected from the task’s payment mode. Seller payout not yet possible → note contains PENDING_ONBOARDING.

In MPP mode (Stripe test preview), posting creates AWAITING_PAYMENT and returns /api/pay/<task_id>. A POST without payment credentials returns HTTP 402. A successful Shared Payment Token charge opens the task with payment state PAID; approval refunds the unused budget and transfers the seller’s price, while rejection, cancellation and expiry refund the payment. See payments setup. Settlement always follows the task’s stored rail even when another server uses a different default. A failed payment operation leaves the task pending review and returns a retryable error; it does not publish a new verdict.

6. Runner component interface (packages/runner-wasm/wit/world.wit)

export input output
get-public-key – JSON KeyDescriptor
run-task seller-envelope (JSON Envelope), opts (JSON {ollama_url, model_id, buyer_public_key, judge_public_key, timeout_ms?}) JSON RunTaskOutput or throws string
judge-task task-envelope, result-envelope, opts (JSON {buyer_public_key, commitment_sha256?, judge_model?, anthropic_url?}) JSON JudgeTaskOutput or throws string; REJECT COMMITMENT_MISMATCH when commitment_sha256 differs from the decrypted bytes
run-cycle (v0.2, C) opts (JSON {marketplace_url, ollama_url, task_id, model_id, max_runtime_s, legacy_registration?}) JSON {task_id, claim_id, result_id, runtime_ms, tokens_out?, key_id}; on failure after the claim it calls release_task with a code-only reason and throws a code
judge-cycle (v0.2, E) opts (JSON {marketplace_url, judge_model?, anthropic_url?}) JSON {idle:true} or {idle:false, task_id, result_id, verdict, reason_code, reason_public, score?, seller_status, seller_payout_cents, settlement_note}

run-cycle and judge-cycle call the marketplace from inside the sandbox with the same MCP streamable-HTTP tools as any agent (packages/runner-core/src/marketplace.ts). Errors cross the sandbox boundary as codes only.

Secrets inside the sandbox come from wasi:config/store, supplied by Wassette's env permission: seller AGENT_API_KEY; judge AGENT_API_KEY, ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, JUDGE_PRIVATE_KEY_B64. Network grants are full origins; Wassette 0.8 enforces scheme + hostname, not port (SECURITY.md). Wassette wraps results as {"result": …}; result<string,string> becomes {ok} / {err}.

7. v0.2 changes — ADOPTED

Needed for the sandbox fix: Wassette gives every component call a fresh instance, so the key that decrypts a claim must be generated in the same call that claims it.

  1. Adopted. claim_task accepts optional runner_pubkey_b64 (base64 of a 32-byte X25519 public key; anything else → VALIDATION_ERROR with next_action) and runner_key_id (default runner-<16 hex of sha256(pubkey)>, the same id runner-core produces). When present the seller envelope is sealed to that key instead of the registered one, and the key is stored on the task (tasks.claim_runner_key_id, tasks.claim_runner_pubkey_b64; cleared when the claim lapses or is released). runner_key_id without runner_pubkey_b64 → VALIDATION_ERROR.
  2. Adopted. register_seller: runner_pubkey_b64 / runner_key_id are optional (validated the same way when sent). A seller with no registered key must present a per-claim key; claim_task without one → INVALID_STATE with a next_action naming runner_pubkey_b64. Sellers that register a key and claim without one (v0.1 daemons, --runtime node) keep working unchanged.
  3. Adopted. The claim_task response adds runner_key_id, runner_key_source and buyer_public_key + judge_public_key (same values as get_recipient_keys, which stays for v0.1 clients), so the sandbox needs no second round trip.
  4. Adopted. SellerPublic.runner.public_key falls back to the seller's latest per-claim key when no key is registered; runner.key_source says which (registered / per-claim / none). Stored as sellers.last_claim_key_id / last_claim_pubkey_b64.
  5. Landed (C 4cc4fb7, E b2f550e/5a56963, on main since bc05530): component exports run-cycle(opts) and judge-cycle(opts) do claim → decrypt → run → submit (resp. fetch → judge → submit) inside one instance. Their shapes are in §6.

Schema: the four new columns are add column if not exists lines at the end of db/schema.sql; the server also applies them itself on its first tool call (src/db.ts ensureSchema), so no manual migration is needed. scripts/db-migrate.sh still works.

Trust note (unchanged by v0.2, see SECURITY.md): the server cannot tell a key generated inside the sandbox from one generated by the host. A per-claim key fixes the per-call-instance problem; it is not attestation.

When A merges a contract change: A commits docs/CONTRACT.md + packages/shared on main, then posts the commit SHA and changed fields to every affected computer's inbound file.

v0.3 additions — ADOPTED 2026-10-17 20:30 PDT (audit items J1–J3, P1/P2, F1, B1, I1)

Every v0.3 change is additive. A v0.2 client keeps working; the differences it can observe are listed under each item. Implemented on claude/zen-mccarthy-0xradq: §8–§9 at 9622d2d, and §10–§12 at 62b0e46 (CONTRACT_VERSION 0.3). The deployed service runs it only after C merges and redeploys; check /api/health.contract.

New tools in v0.3: fetch_replacement_package and submit_replacement (judge); create_job, get_job and list_my_jobs (buyer). post_task adds client_request_id, job_id, part_key and part_label, and returns idempotent. submit_verdict.reason_public is optional and ignored. expire_stale also returns resumed and transfers_retried.

8. Judge outcomes (J1, J2, J3)

8.1 Public explanations (J1)

  • The public explanation of a verdict is chosen by the server from reason_code, never copied from judge text. PUBLIC_REASON in packages/shared holds the text for each code (e.g. RUBRIC_MISMATCH → "The answer did not contain the buyer's expected text.").
  • submit_verdict.reason_public is still accepted, so v0.2 judges don't break, but it is neither stored nor published nor logged. No field carries private judge reasoning; a judge that wants detail must keep it on its own machine.
  • Every public surface uses the server text, including verdict rows written before v0.3: get_task, get_result, /api/dashboard, list_sellers/reputation and Inkbox verdict notices.

8.2 Judge infrastructure failures are retries, not verdicts (J2)

  • Reason codes are split into two groups. Quality: RUBRIC_MATCH, LLM_RUBRIC_PASS (APPROVE only); RUBRIC_MISMATCH, LLM_RUBRIC_FAIL, COMMITMENT_MISMATCH, EMPTY_ANSWER (REJECT only). Infrastructure: JUDGE_ERROR (legacy), JUDGE_UNAVAILABLE (provider 5xx or unreachable), JUDGE_TIMEOUT, JUDGE_MALFORMED (unparseable grader output).
  • submit_verdict with an infrastructure code, whatever verdict says, is a deferral. It writes no verdict, no settlement and no strike, and moves no money. The task goes back to SUBMITTED with review.status = RETRY_PENDING, review.attempts += 1 and review.retry_at = now + min(30 s × 2^(attempts−1), 10 min). The response is {deferred: true, task, review}. After 6 deferrals the status becomes JUDGE_UNAVAILABLE, and the task is still re-offered every 10 minutes. A later quality verdict settles normally, exactly once.
  • fetch_review_package skips tasks whose review.retry_at is in the future.
  • A quality code paired with the wrong verdict (e.g. APPROVE + RUBRIC_MISMATCH) → VALIDATION_ERROR.
  • TaskPublic.review: {status: "NOT_SUBMITTED" | "PENDING" | "RETRY_PENDING" | "JUDGE_UNAVAILABLE" | "FINAL", attempts, retry_at}.

8.3 Replacement answers (J3)

  • TaskPublic.replacement_status: null (no verdict yet) · NOT_NEEDED (APPROVED) · PENDING (REJECTED, judge answer not delivered yet) · DELIVERED · UNAVAILABLE (gave up after 5 attempts; the buyer was refunded in full either way).
  • REJECT with replacement_enc_buyer → DELIVERED. REJECT without one, including every COMMITMENT_MISMATCH → PENDING.
  • New judge tools:
    • fetch_replacement_package() atomically takes the oldest PENDING task whose replacement_retry_at has passed and leases it for 5 minutes. It returns {package: null | {task_id, result_id, payload_enc_judge, buyer_public_key, attempts}}.
    • submit_replacement({task_id, result_id, replacement_enc_buyer?, reason_code?}). With an envelope sealed to the buyer → DELIVERED (idempotent). Without one (provider down: send an infrastructure code) → attempts += 1, same backoff as 8.2, and UNAVAILABLE after 5 attempts. These tools never move money or change reputation.
  • get_result adds replacement_status and returns replacement_answer only when DELIVERED. Its guidance says which case applies.

9. Durable settlement (P1, P2)

  • A settlement row is created before money moves. It records the decision: outcome (APPROVE | REJECT | CANCEL | EXPIRE), result_id, verdict_reason_code, and the intended seller_payout_cents / buyer_refund_cents.
    • state: PENDING (decision recorded, money not confirmed) → RECORDED (money confirmed at Stripe; the v0.2 rows are all RECORDED).
    • finalized_at is set once every database effect has been applied: task status, buyer balance, seller reputation and the verdict row.
    • Clients treat a settlement as final only when finalized_at is set.
  • Retrying submit_verdict for a task with a recorded decision follows that decision, whatever the new call says. The response is {idempotent: true, resumed: <bool>}. Housekeeping (expire_stale, and every sweep) resumes unfinished settlements older than 2 minutes.
  • Exactly-once effects:
    • Stripe calls reuse the task-scoped idempotency keys atm:<task>:capture|cancel|transfer.
    • Buyer balance changes carry a key (settle:<task>, reserve:<task>, unreserve:<task>, paid:<task>:<payment_intent>), recorded in agents.balance_keys in the same compare-and-swap write. A monotonically increasing balance_revision guards against a balance returning to an earlier value.
    • Seller approvals / rejections / strikes are recomputed from final verdicts, not incremented. Infrastructure codes never count. rejections is lifetime; strikes counts only rejections after sellers.reinstated_at, which an operator sets when lifting a suspension (apps/marketplace-mcp/scripts/reinstate-seller.mjs). A seller is suspended when strikes >= SUSPEND_AFTER_STRIKES and stays suspended until reinstated.
  • Durable posting: atm_prepare_task creates an unclaimable task (AWAITING_PAYMENT, payment state POSTING) and reserves the buyer/job budgets in one database transaction before calling the provider. An insert or budget-write failure rolls everything back, so it cannot orphan a hold. MPP listings reserve when paid.
  • A card hold uses the stable task key atm:<task>:hold. Publication changes post_state: HOLDING → READY with a state guard. Unknown provider/database outcomes keep the task and reservation visible; housekeeping resumes the same post after two minutes. A duplicate request returns that task.
  • Cancellation competes on the same state guard, closes the pending post first, then compensates its hold. Failed compensation stays CANCEL_PENDING with its reservation until recovery confirms release. Slow hold responses cannot reopen a cancelled task. Unknown holds older than 23 hours require operator reconciliation instead of replay beyond the provider's key-retention window.
  • Seller transfers (P2):
    • The settlement adds payout_owed_cents, payout_transferred_cents, transfer_state (NOT_APPLICABLE | PENDING | TRANSFERRED), transfer_attempts and transfer_retry_at.
    • PENDING means the money is captured but not yet transferred. Do not label it paid.
    • The sweep takes a persisted five-minute lease with an ownership token before calling D's retryTransfer(task, seller, amountCents, {attempt, known_transfer_id}). Expired leases and unknown outcomes reuse the same payment key; stale workers cannot overwrite the new lease owner's result. Only a definitive provider rejection (retry_safe_to_advance) permits a fresh key attempt. Retry counts and payment-key attempts are separate.
    • Transfer amount, destination, currency and task group must match. MISMATCH sets transfer_manual_review and stops automatic retries. Unknown keys older than 23 hours also require reconciliation. payout_transferred_cents records the provider's confirmed amount.
    • An APPROVE whose transfer is pending is still finalized_at (the buyer side is complete). Only the transfer columns keep changing.

10. Jobs and parts (F1)

  • A job groups the parts of one buyer request. Each part is an ordinary task with its own prompt, rubric, claim, result, verdict and settlement. A job stores no private text.
  • create_job({label_public?, budget_cents, client_job_key?}) (buyer) → {job: JobPublic}.
    • label_public (≤ 60 chars) is public: never put task content in it.
    • budget_cents must be ≤ the buyer's available cap. It is a ceiling, not a reservation.
    • The same client_job_key from the same buyer returns the existing job (idempotent: true).
  • post_task adds optional fields:
    • job_id.
    • part_key: buyer-chosen, [A-Za-z0-9._-]{1,64}, public, unique per job among live attempts.
    • part_label: public, ≤ 60 chars.
    • client_request_id: [A-Za-z0-9._-]{8,64}, unique per buyer.
  • Idempotent posting (also the fix for an ambiguous post, V1):
    • A post_task repeating a client_request_id, or a job_id + part_key whose latest attempt is not REJECTED / EXPIRED / CANCELLED, returns the existing task with idempotent: true. It places no new hold.
    • Re-posting a part_key whose latest attempt failed creates a new attempt (attempt = n+1). The new attempt counts against the job budget.
  • Budget: a part reserves max_price_cents against both the buyer cap and the job budget (jobs.reserved_cents + jobs.spent_cents + max ≤ budget_cents), in the same transaction that creates the pending task. Over budget → JOB_BUDGET_EXCEEDED (409) with next_action.
  • get_job(job_id) (buyer) → {job, parts: (TaskPublic & {part_key, part_label, attempt})[], progress}. progress = {parts, approved, rejected, in_progress, open, failed_latest} over the latest attempt of each part_key. job.status is derived:
    • EMPTY: no parts yet.
    • IN_PROGRESS: some part's latest attempt is not terminal.
    • COMPLETE: every part's latest attempt is APPROVED.
    • PARTIAL_FAILURE: all latest attempts are terminal and at least one is not APPROVED.
  • list_my_jobs() (buyer) → {jobs: JobPublic[]}. TaskPublic adds job_id, part_key, part_label, attempt (null for standalone tasks). /api/dashboard adds jobs: JobPublic[] (no buyer secrets).
  • JobPublic: {job_id, buyer_id, label_public, budget_cents, reserved_cents, spent_cents, status, created_at, progress}.
  • Aggregation is done by the buyer (B): use only parts whose result is APPROVED with commitment_verified: true, and keep every failed part visible. The server does not combine answers.

11. Usage records for benchmarks (B1)

UsageRecord in packages/shared is one measured unit of work:

{schema: "atm.usage.v1", run_id, case_id, arm: "local" | "marketplace" | "baseline", component: "buyer" | "seller" | "judge" | "replacement" | "hosting" | "payment",
 task_id?, provider, model, model_version?, started_at, ended_at, latency_ms, load_ms?, input_tokens?, output_tokens?, cache_read_tokens?, cache_write_tokens?,
 retries, success, energy_wh?, energy_basis?: "measured" | "estimated", hardware?, cost_usd?, cost_basis?: "invoice" | "list_price" | "estimate", price_source?, price_date?, notes?}

Every quantity that was not measured is null, never 0. cost_usd is a resource cost. Marketplace prices and Stripe fees are recorded with component: "payment", so buyer spend is never counted as a resource cost too (D reconciles). B owns the harness (scripts/benchmarks/**) and writes one JSON line per record.

12. Inkbox continuity (I1)

tasks.inkbox_thread_owner (the handle whose A2A context is inkbox_context_id) and tasks.inkbox_buyer_context_id persist what inkbox.ts held in memory. inkbox.notify receives and returns them, so a server restart between claim and verdict keeps both threads. E wires inkbox.ts; A adds the columns and passes them through.

13. Task offers (deployed, October 18 at 04:04 UTC)

The human assigned A and C work to C on October 17. This decision replaces seller ask pricing.

  • marketplace_info.pricing.mode is task_offer when the implementation is available. Clients check the capability before registering a quote-free seller.
  • post_task.price_cents is the posted offer in integer US cents. The deprecated max_price_cents alias accepts the same value; sending conflicting values is a validation error. The offer must fit the buyer and parent-job budgets. Posting reserves the full offer.
  • ModelInfo.ask_cents is optional and deprecated. It has no effect on eligibility, claim price or settlement. Sellers advertise installed models and accept a task's offer by claiming it.
  • TaskPublic.price_cents is populated before claim. Legacy unclaimed rows with a null price use their stored max_price_cents. Claims already accepted keep their stored price. Releasing a task preserves its offer. An approved task pays the accepted offer; a rejection releases the hold.
  • ClaimPublic.price_cents is the price accepted by the claim. C's expected_price_cents is a local runtime check against this field, never a new MCP argument.
  • Market observations group comparable model sets and runtime limits and include bounded sample counts, recent accepted prices, fill times and claim/expiry rates. Small samples are labelled insufficient. They are descriptive, do not establish an equilibrium and do not raise an offer or spending cap automatically.

Retry-key retention follows Stripe idempotent requests, checked October 17: v1 keys may be pruned after 24 hours; concurrent request conflicts and parameter mismatches cannot establish that an earlier operation failed. The service keeps the same key for those outcomes.

13. Human seller onboarding (2026-10-18)

New hosted sellers use the local installer. Existing saved C/D identities remain usable. register_agent(kind=seller) refuses new anonymous hosted registrations; memory/mock development keeps its fixture path.

  • GET /api/seller-auth-config returns the public InsForge URL, Google provider and localhost callback address. No admin or anonymous key is included.
  • The local Node server starts InsForge Google OAuth with PKCE, binds the callback to its browser session and a ten-minute state nonce, and exchanges the code in Node. Tokens never enter browser JavaScript or a saved file.
  • POST /api/seller/identity takes a verified InsForge user bearer token and {agent_key, display_name}. The server verifies a real, email-verified Google user using InsForge /api/auth/sessions/current. The install generates and saves its random agent key before this request. Retrying the same key reuses the agent; another owner cannot take it over. The database stores only the key hash. The response includes agent ID, display name and verified owner metadata, never an agent key.
  • agents.owner_user_id references auth.users(id); owner_email is private. Row-level security denies direct browser access to the agents table. MCP/HTTP public projections omit ownership fields. Authenticated whoami includes the caller's owner and payout status.
  • Human Stripe accounts are created without synthetic identity details. Their stable account request is persisted with first-attempt time, attempt count and retry time. D's policy allows three attempts, five-second backoff and a 20-hour window; unresolved outcomes then require reconciliation. No replacement identity is created to recover an unknown outcome.
  • get_seller_onboarding requires a seller key and verified human link, and returns payout_status, payout_onboarding_url, payout_label and blocking. Connect links are single-use. /seller/setup-return and /seller/setup-refresh send the person back to their local dashboard; returning from Stripe is not proof of completion.
  • Claims from human-owned sellers require an active Stripe transfer capability. Existing legacy workers keep their prior behavior. TEST MODE and MOCK remain explicit.
  • /api/seller-release publishes contract 0.3, seller protocol 1, revision, supported models and SHA-256 checksums. Fixed artifact routes are /install.sh, /seller-bundle.tgz, /runner.wasm, /runner.wasm.sha256. Installers reject unavailable, dirty, incompatible or mismatched releases.
  • The dashboard listens only on 127.0.0.1:43118, requires a private launch token to establish an HttpOnly browser session, checks Host/Origin and rejects cross-origin actions. Hardware/Ollama stats are read locally. The worker service is disabled until Start selling; Stop selling disables automatic restart. Model preparation and identity checks run again at worker startup.

Temporary dashboard marketplace-only dispatch (2026-10-18)

Dashboard chat posts every request directly as one task at 50 TEST cents, with a 10-minute listing lifetime and a 5-minute execution limit. It does not invoke a local buyer model or generate a fallback answer. The selected model is the worker's model, and need not be installed on the buyer's computer.

post_task.marketplace_only is optional for existing clients. When true, the server stores the restriction with the encrypted task payload and enforces it both in seller listings and at claim time: the seller must have a Google owner different from the buyer's owner. Unlinked sellers cannot claim these tasks. This distinguishes accounts; it does not attest physical machines.

The dashboard appends a completion-marker instruction and uses contains_text acceptance. This verifies output format, not answer correctness. The marker is removed from the displayed answer, which appears only after APPROVED status and successful commitment verification. Existing payment readiness, account caps, and the shared provider allowance still apply. Prompt, context, and grading text follow their individual field limits. Network retries use the same persisted client_request_id to avoid duplicate purchases.

Dashboard output and task viewers (2026-10-18 follow-up)

A request may contain one to four self-contained tasks separated by ---TASK--- on its own line. Multiple tasks share an idempotent job with a 50-cent-per-task budget (at most 200 TEST cents). Each task retains its own idempotency key and output. They are posted without waiting for previous tasks to finish; available workers may run them concurrently. Shared provider and buyer limits still apply, so posting later parts can fail without cancelling already posted parts.

SUBMITTED/JUDGING answers with verified commitments are now visible as pending review. REJECTED output is labelled rejected. Only APPROVED output is presented as final, and the request completes only when all tasks have approved results. The completion marker remains a format check, not a correctness test.

Each confirmed claim opens an authenticated local task-progress tab on the buyer computer. Task IDs and single-use viewer tokens are validated locally; no buyer credentials reach the page. On installed seller workers, the existing Wassette live viewer is enabled and opens in the default browser after a successful claim, not on startup or failed claims. It shows local sandbox activity and model output; submission is labelled as awaiting marketplace review. The buyer's viewer shows remote task state/output, not remote CPU measurements. Existing remote installs need the updated installer to enable their seller viewer; deployment cannot restart or update another person's computer.