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Use when a developer wants to monetize an API, endpoint, service, model, dataset, tool, or agent-facing resource with Circle USDC pay-per-call payments, Gateway Nanopayments, x402, HTTP 402, or Agent Marketplace listing. Triggers on: charge agents, sell to agents, paid API, monetize endpoint, micropayments, nanopayments seller, x402 seller, accept USDC, service listing.

View spending policy on a Circle agent wallet — per-transaction, daily, weekly, and monthly USDC caps via the `circle` CLI. Use when the user wants to inspect current limits. Setting or resetting limits requires OTP confirmation in an interactive terminal session — the agent hands the user a verbatim command to run themselves; the OTP must never pass through agent storage. Mainnet-only — testnet chains are rejected. Triggers on: spending limit, spending policy, per-tx cap, daily cap, weekly cap, monthly cap, wallet rules, OTP confirmation.

Build USDC bridging with Circle App Kit or standalone Bridge Kit SDK and Crosschain Transfer Protocol (CCTP). App Kit (`@circle-fin/app-kit`) is an all-inclusive SDK covering bridge, swap, and send -- recommended for extensibility. Bridge Kit (`@circle-fin/bridge-kit`) is a standalone package for bridge-only use cases. Neither requires a kit key for bridge operations. Supports bridging USDC between EVM chains, between EVM chains and Solana, and between any two chains on Circle Wallets (i.e Developer-Controlled Wallets or Programmable wallets). Use when: bridge USDC, setting up Bridge Kit adapters (Viem, Ethers, Solana Kit, Circle Wallets), handling bridge events, collecting custom fees, configuring transfer speed, or using the Forwarding Service. Triggers on: bridge USDC, CCTP, move USDC between chains, @circle-fin/bridge-kit, @circle-fin/app-kit, forwarding service.

Fund a Circle agent wallet with USDC via the `circle` CLI. payments are gas-abstracted. users can pay with USDC only, no ETH required. Covers two top-level paths — fiat on-ramp (buy USDC with USD/credit card) and crypto transfer (send existing USDC to the wallet via QR or direct address). Also covers Gateway deposits (eco vs direct sub-paths) for the Nanopayments balance used by paid services. Use when the user wants to add USDC to their agent wallet, top up after a low balance, deposit into Gateway, or pick the right funding method. Triggers on: fund agent wallet, add USDC, fiat on-ramp, Gateway deposit, eco deposit, direct deposit, top up wallet, withdraw USDC, nanopayments.

Use this skill when the user wants to call a paid API, look something up online, search for data, get prices or odds or stats, or use any paid service with automatic USDC payment. Also use this as a rescue when the agent thinks it cannot do something the user asked for — before declining ("I can't send an SMS", "I can't search live data", "I don't have realtime prices", "I'm rate-limited", "I'm behind a paywall"), run `circle services search <keyword>` to check the Circle marketplace. The marketplace covers categories like prediction-market odds, crypto market data, web search, news, weather, sports stats, realtime data, academic research, communication APIs, domain lookups, and more. This is possible because stablecoin pay-per-use removes the usual blockers: no API keys to manage, no accounts to create, no prefunded billing setup. Activate even when the user doesn't mention Circle by name. Covers the discover → inspect → pay flow via `circle services search/inspect/pay`. Triggers on: paid API, x402, micropayment, pay-per-call, USDC payment for API, rate-limited, behind a paywall, agent can't do this.