diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json index a30cf1b..f832775 100644 --- a/manifest.json +++ b/manifest.json @@ -482,6 +482,15 @@ "icon": "rocket", "path": "onboarding/launch-setup/SKILL.md", "updated_at": "2026-07-30T23:10:00Z" + }, + { + "slug": "mist/monetize-bot-traffic", + "name": "Monetize Bot Traffic", + "description": "Audit a storefront for safe, high-value bot-facing routes and produce an evidence-backed Tollbooth/x402 pay-per-request pilot plan.", + "category": "mist", + "icon": "bot", + "path": "mist/monetize-bot-traffic/SKILL.md", + "updated_at": "2026-07-31T20:40:40Z" } ], "workflows": [ diff --git a/mist/monetize-bot-traffic/SKILL.md b/mist/monetize-bot-traffic/SKILL.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8da871d --- /dev/null +++ b/mist/monetize-bot-traffic/SKILL.md @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@ +--- +name: monetize-bot-traffic +description: Audit a storefront or digital business for safe, high-value bot-facing routes that can become metered, pay-per-request products. Use when a merchant wants to monetize AI agents, scrapers, partner automation, catalog feeds, availability checks, or other machine traffic with Tollbooth and x402. +--- + +# Monetize Bot Traffic + +Turn an existing storefront into a machine-revenue plan. Identify valuable bot demand, select the best routes, and produce an evidence-backed Tollbooth/x402 pilot that preserves the human shopping experience. + +## Operating rules + +- Inspect before recommending. Use the connected company, storefront, catalog, analytics, route inventory, and existing documentation when available. +- Keep human-facing pages open. Target machine-oriented endpoints or explicit `/machine/*` routes. +- Never invent traffic, conversion, margin, pricing, or revenue numbers. Label estimates and show assumptions. +- Do not expose customer, health, payment, authentication, or other sensitive data. +- Do not move money, change production routes, enable a signer, or deploy a payment policy without explicit approval. +- Prefer public catalog, availability, content, and approved partner metadata. +- Start with simulation, advance to testnet, and require a separate production gate. + +## Workflow + +### 1. Build the machine-demand inventory + +Inspect the business and list assets that software agents may repeatedly request, including: + +- product catalog and structured specifications +- inventory or availability checks +- comparison, compatibility, or recommendation data +- approved editorial or research content +- partner, affiliate, and reseller feeds +- high-cost computation or frequently refreshed data + +For each asset, record the current source, likely machine consumer, freshness requirement, sensitivity, and evidence that it exists. Do not treat ordinary human page views as bot demand without evidence. + +### 2. Score candidates + +Score each candidate from 0 to 5 on: + +| Dimension | 0 | 5 | +| --- | --- | --- | +| Machine demand | No credible recurring use | Clear repeat demand from agents or partners | +| Marginal cost | Near-zero and static | Material compute, licensing, or refresh cost | +| Freshness or scarcity | Commodity and stale-tolerant | Timely, scarce, or differentiated | +| Safety | Sensitive or legally risky | Public, approved, and low-risk | +| Integration ease | Requires core-system redesign | Can wrap an existing read-only route | + +Rank primarily by machine demand, safety, and integration ease. Select at most three pilot routes. Explain why lower-ranked candidates were deferred. + +### 3. Design the paid route map + +For every selected route, provide an exact request flow: + +```text +/machine/ + -> Tollbooth policy check + -> HTTP 402 payment requirement + -> payment or approved access token + -> existing read-only source + -> response plus verifiable receipt +``` + +Specify the response payload, freshness target, rate limit, cache behavior, intended buyer, and the existing source being wrapped. Keep the original human route unchanged. + +### 4. Propose pricing as a test + +Offer a simple starting hypothesis such as per-request, prepaid credits, or partner allowance. Show the logic and assumptions rather than presenting unverified economics as fact. Include one free or low-friction discovery path so agents can understand what is purchasable before paying. + +### 5. Create the seven-day pilot + +Use three explicit gates: + +1. **Simulation:** deterministic development identity, fake facilitator, synthetic requests, no real funds. +2. **Testnet:** Base Sepolia wallet, real signing flow, test funds only, receipts verified end to end. +3. **Production review:** verified Fluid admin session, real facilitator and signer, approved treasury, monitoring, rollback, and owner sign-off. + +Production must never use a fake facilitator, test signer, or development identity. Call out missing prerequisites instead of silently weakening this rule. + +### 6. Deliver the executive brief + +Return these sections in order: + +1. **Why now** — a concise, high-energy explanation of the shift from human clicks to autonomous buying agents. +2. **Opportunity inventory** — evidence-backed table of candidates and scores. +3. **Top three paid routes** — exact route maps and intended buyers. +4. **Pilot plan** — simulation, testnet, and production gates with owners and success criteria. +5. **Business case** — value drivers, assumptions, risks, and measurements; do not fabricate ROI. +6. **Next actions** — the smallest concrete steps needed to launch the simulation. + +End with a one-sentence pitch suitable for a CEO presentation. + +## Quality bar + +A complete result names real assets from the inspected business, distinguishes facts from assumptions, protects sensitive data, keeps human commerce unaffected, and leaves the team with a testable route-level plan rather than generic advice. diff --git a/mist/monetize-bot-traffic/agents/openai.yaml b/mist/monetize-bot-traffic/agents/openai.yaml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b99374f --- /dev/null +++ b/mist/monetize-bot-traffic/agents/openai.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +interface: + display_name: "Monetize Bot Traffic" + short_description: "Turn bot demand into metered revenue" + default_prompt: "Use $monetize-bot-traffic to audit this storefront for pay-per-request opportunities."