Protocol Guides

One SDK. Multiple Protocols. Zero Vendor Lock-in.

SettleGrid integrates the major AI agent payment protocols. Wrap your tool once to reach agents across the Anthropic, Google, Stripe, Visa, Mastercard, Coinbase, OpenAI, Circle, Shopify, Lightning Labs, Ant Group, and Skyfire ecosystems.

MCP

Production

Anthropic

The open standard for connecting AI assistants to external tools and data.

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MPP

Pending

Stripe + Tempo

Autonomous machine-to-machine payments backed by Stripe infrastructure.

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x402

Production

Coinbase

On-chain USDC payments via HTTP 402 for trustless machine commerce.

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AP2

Pending

Google

Budget-capped credentials for AI agents in Google's partner ecosystem.

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Visa TAP

Pending

Visa

Tokenized agent payments backed by Visa's global payment network.

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UCP

Pending

Google + Shopify

Universal checkout for AI agents — discover, negotiate, and purchase services.

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ACP

Ready

OpenAI + Stripe

Seamless agent-to-service commerce powered by OpenAI and Stripe.

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Mastercard Verifiable Intent

Pending

Mastercard

Verified intent-based payments preventing unauthorized agent spending.

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Circle Nanopayments

Testnet

Circle (USDC)

Sub-cent USDC micropayments via payment channels for AI workloads.

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REST

Production

Any HTTP API

Per-call billing for any HTTP endpoint — Express, Next.js, Fastify, and more.

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L402

Testnet

Lightning Labs

Bitcoin Lightning micropayments with macaroon authentication — pseudonymous, per-request.

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ACTP

Pending

Ant Group / Alipay

Delegated authorization for agentic commerce across Alipay's user base.

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KYAPay

Ready

Skyfire + Visa

JWT-based verified agent identity + payment — the fastest protocol in the stack.

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EMVCo

Pending

Visa + MC + Amex + Discover + JCB + UnionPay

Global card-based agent payment standard with 3-D Secure and tokenisation.

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DRAIN

Testnet

Bittensor / Handshake58

Off-chain USDC micropayments via EIP-712 vouchers on Polygon — $0.0001 per request.

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All protocols use the same sg.wrap() interface. No protocol-specific code required.

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