diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1dab512..e1e791f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -120,6 +120,14 @@ The typed schema checks required core variables separately from optional feature
 
 ---
 
+## x402 service discovery
+
+Autonomous clients can fetch [`/.well-known/x402`](http://localhost:3001/.well-known/x402) without payment to discover the paid resources before making a request. Express and Vercel serve the same runtime-generated document; Vercel rewrites the stable root path to its serverless handler.
+
+The document includes `resourceTemplates` for `/search`, `/images`, and `/news`, plus the active `networks`, Soroban USDC `assets`, supported payment `schemes`, and a `priceDiscoveryUrl`. Each template carries the exact x402 payment option, including the configured receiving address, network, asset, and `10000` stroop (`0.001 USDC`) price. The metadata is intentionally public and does not bypass payment, approval, signature verification, replay protection, or settlement on paid routes.
+
+The response is cacheable for five minutes. Set `PUBLIC_BASE_URL` to keep `priceDiscoveryUrl` canonical behind a reverse proxy.
+
 ## How the x402 payment flow works
 
 ```
diff --git a/api/index.ts b/api/index.ts
index 5165b3b..d87cd58 100644
--- a/api/index.ts
+++ b/api/index.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export default function handler(req: VercelRequest, res: VercelResponse) {
       'GET /api/search?q=<query>': '0.001 USDC via x402',
       'POST /api/ai/chat': 'Groq AI — free',
       'GET /api/health': 'Live server stats',
+      'GET /.well-known/x402': 'Machine-readable x402 resource and pricing discovery metadata',
     },
   })
 }
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diff --git a/api/well-known/x402.test.ts b/api/well-known/x402.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..607f0bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/well-known/x402.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import handler from '../well-known/x402'
+
+function mockResponse() {
+  const res: any = {
+    setHeader: vi.fn(),
+    status: vi.fn().mockImplementation((code: number) => {
+      res._status = code
+      return res
+    }),
+    json: vi.fn().mockImplementation((body: unknown) => {
+      res._json = body
+      return res
+    }),
+  }
+  return res
+}
+
+describe('Vercel x402 discovery handler', () => {
+  it('returns a cacheable machine-readable document', async () => {
+    const res = mockResponse()
+    await handler({ method: 'GET', headers: { host: 'example.com', 'x-forwarded-proto': 'https' } } as any, res)
+
+    expect(res._status).toBe(200)
+    expect(res.setHeader).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Cache-Control', 'public, max-age=300')
+    expect(res._json.protocol).toBe('x402')
+    expect(res._json.resourceTemplates).toHaveLength(3)
+    expect(res._json.priceDiscoveryUrl).toBe('https://example.com/.well-known/x402')
+  })
+
+  it('only permits GET', async () => {
+    const res = mockResponse()
+    await handler({ method: 'POST', headers: {} } as any, res)
+    expect(res._status).toBe(405)
+    expect(res.setHeader).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Allow', 'GET')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/api/well-known/x402.ts b/api/well-known/x402.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1cc918c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/well-known/x402.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import type { VercelRequest, VercelResponse } from '@vercel/node'
+import {
+  getX402DiscoveryMetadata,
+  requestOrigin,
+} from '../../src/lib/x402Discovery'
+
+export default function handler(req: VercelRequest, res: VercelResponse) {
+  if (req.method !== 'GET') {
+    res.setHeader('Allow', 'GET')
+    return res.status(405).json({ error: 'Method not allowed' })
+  }
+
+  res.setHeader('Cache-Control', 'public, max-age=300')
+  return res.status(200).json(getX402DiscoveryMetadata({ origin: requestOrigin(req) }))
+}
diff --git a/server/index.ts b/server/index.ts
index 1725765..5b8f6ce 100644
--- a/server/index.ts
+++ b/server/index.ts
@@ -111,6 +111,13 @@ app.use(cors(buildCorsOptions()))
 app.use(express.json())
 app.use(limiter)
 
+// Machine-readable x402 service discovery. Keep this before payment middleware:
+// discovery is public, while the resource templates it advertises are paid.
+app.get('/.well-known/x402', (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+  res.setHeader('Cache-Control', 'public, max-age=300')
+  return res.json(getX402DiscoveryMetadata({ origin: requestOrigin(req) }))
+})
+
 // ─── In-memory stats ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 const stats = {
   totalQueries: 0,
diff --git a/src/lib/x402Discovery.test.ts b/src/lib/x402Discovery.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9319202
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/x402Discovery.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import {
+  getX402DiscoveryMetadata,
+  isX402DiscoveryMetadata,
+  requestOrigin,
+  X402_DISCOVERY_PATH,
+} from './x402Discovery'
+
+describe('x402 discovery metadata', () => {
+  it('enumerates all paid resource templates and shared payment capabilities', () => {
+    const metadata = getX402DiscoveryMetadata({
+      origin: 'https://search.example.com',
+      payTo: 'GAAZI4TCR3TY5OJHCTJC2A4AFL5MNSF3GAKGOWG5W2LBBGCS2TDPZOM3',
+    })
+
+    expect(metadata.version).toBe(1)
+    expect(metadata.protocol).toBe('x402')
+    expect(metadata.resourceTemplates.map((template) => template.resource)).toEqual([
+      '/search?q={q}',
+      '/images?q={q}',
+      '/news?q={q}',
+    ])
+    expect(metadata.networks).toEqual(['stellar:testnet'])
+    expect(metadata.assets).toEqual(['CBIELTK6YBZJU5UP2WWQEUCYKLPU6AUNZ2BQ4WWFEIE3USCIHMXQDAMA'])
+    expect(metadata.schemes).toEqual(['exact'])
+    expect(metadata.priceDiscoveryUrl).toBe(`https://search.example.com${X402_DISCOVERY_PATH}`)
+    expect(metadata.resourceTemplates.every((template) => template.accepts[0].amount === '10000')).toBe(true)
+    expect(metadata.resourceTemplates.every((template) => template.accepts[0].payTo !== null)).toBe(true)
+    expect(isX402DiscoveryMetadata(metadata)).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('takes the receiving address from runtime configuration when not supplied', () => {
+    vi.stubEnv('STELLAR_RECEIVING_ADDRESS', 'G_RUNTIME_ADDRESS')
+    const metadata = getX402DiscoveryMetadata({ origin: 'http://localhost:3001' })
+    expect(metadata.resourceTemplates[0].accepts[0].payTo).toBe('G_RUNTIME_ADDRESS')
+    vi.unstubAllEnvs()
+  })
+
+  it('derives origin from forwarded deployment headers and honors PUBLIC_BASE_URL', () => {
+    expect(requestOrigin({ headers: { host: 'example.test', 'x-forwarded-proto': 'https' } })).toBe('https://example.test')
+    vi.stubEnv('PUBLIC_BASE_URL', 'https://canonical.example')
+    expect(requestOrigin({ headers: { host: 'internal:3000' } })).toBe('https://canonical.example')
+    vi.unstubAllEnvs()
+  })
+
+  it('rejects malformed metadata', () => {
+    expect(isX402DiscoveryMetadata(null)).toBe(false)
+    expect(isX402DiscoveryMetadata({ protocol: 'x402' })).toBe(false)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/lib/x402Discovery.ts b/src/lib/x402Discovery.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..211b445
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/x402Discovery.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+import {
+  AMOUNT_STROOPS,
+  AMOUNT_USDC,
+  STELLAR_NETWORK,
+  USDC_CONTRACT,
+} from './constants'
+
+export const X402_DISCOVERY_PATH = '/.well-known/x402'
+
+export interface X402ResourceTemplate {
+  id: string
+  resource: string
+  method: 'GET'
+  description: string
+  accepts: X402PaymentOption[]
+}
+
+export interface X402PaymentOption {
+  scheme: 'exact'
+  network: string
+  asset: string
+  amount: string
+  price: string
+  currency: 'USDC'
+  payTo: string | null
+}
+
+export interface X402DiscoveryMetadata {
+  version: 1
+  protocol: 'x402'
+  resourceTemplates: X402ResourceTemplate[]
+  networks: string[]
+  assets: string[]
+  schemes: string[]
+  priceDiscoveryUrl: string
+}
+
+function paymentOption(payTo: string | null): X402PaymentOption {
+  return {
+    scheme: 'exact',
+    network: STELLAR_NETWORK,
+    asset: USDC_CONTRACT,
+    amount: AMOUNT_STROOPS,
+    price: AMOUNT_USDC,
+    currency: 'USDC',
+    payTo,
+  }
+}
+
+export function getX402DiscoveryMetadata({
+  origin,
+  payTo = process.env.STELLAR_RECEIVING_ADDRESS || null,
+}: {
+  origin: string
+  payTo?: string | null
+}): X402DiscoveryMetadata {
+  const accepts = paymentOption(payTo)
+  const resourceTemplates = [
+    ['search', '/search?q={q}', 'Pay-per-query web search'],
+    ['images', '/images?q={q}', 'Pay-per-query image search'],
+    ['news', '/news?q={q}', 'Pay-per-query news search'],
+  ].map(([id, resource, description]) => ({
+    id,
+    resource,
+    method: 'GET' as const,
+    description,
+    accepts: [accepts],
+  }))
+
+  return {
+    version: 1,
+    protocol: 'x402',
+    resourceTemplates,
+    networks: [STELLAR_NETWORK],
+    assets: [USDC_CONTRACT],
+    schemes: ['exact'],
+    priceDiscoveryUrl: new URL(X402_DISCOVERY_PATH, origin).toString(),
+  }
+}
+
+export function requestOrigin(req: { headers?: Record<string, string | string[] | undefined> }): string {
+  const headers = req.headers || {}
+  const forwardedProto = headers['x-forwarded-proto']
+  const forwardedHost = headers['x-forwarded-host'] || headers.host
+  const protocol = Array.isArray(forwardedProto) ? forwardedProto[0] : forwardedProto
+  const host = Array.isArray(forwardedHost) ? forwardedHost[0] : forwardedHost
+  return process.env.PUBLIC_BASE_URL || `${protocol || 'http'}://${host || 'localhost:3001'}`
+}
+
+export function isX402DiscoveryMetadata(value: unknown): value is X402DiscoveryMetadata {
+  if (!value || typeof value !== 'object') return false
+  const metadata = value as Partial<X402DiscoveryMetadata>
+  return metadata.version === 1
+    && metadata.protocol === 'x402'
+    && Array.isArray(metadata.resourceTemplates)
+    && metadata.resourceTemplates.length > 0
+    && Array.isArray(metadata.networks)
+    && Array.isArray(metadata.assets)
+    && Array.isArray(metadata.schemes)
+    && typeof metadata.priceDiscoveryUrl === 'string'
+}
diff --git a/vercel.json b/vercel.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..159d83d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vercel.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "rewrites": [
+    {
+      "source": "/.well-known/x402",
+      "destination": "/api/well-known/x402"
+    }
+  ]
+}