What is x402 client?
An x402-capable agent · agent retrieval · class automation
A client that understands HTTP 402 and can pay. These are the only crawlers that pay today.
Verdict: Charge it. These are the ones that can pay.
Profile
Compiled by Crawler Atlas from the operator's published documentation. Not yet declared by the operator. JSON
| Operator | An x402-capable agent · x402.org |
|---|---|
| Purpose | Agent tooling. Services that fetch pages for AI agents on request. The agents behind them can carry wallets: these are the likeliest payers. |
| User-agent contains | x402 · mpp/ |
| robots.txt | No documented token. Block at the edge or by user-agent match. |
| How to verify | No published verification method. Treat the name as a claim, not proof. |
| Should you block it? | Charge it. These are the ones that can pay. |
| Does it pay? | Yes. This client understands HTTP 402 and pays per page with x402 (USDC on Base). |
| Docs | https://x402.org |
Observed on the network
Anonymous daily counts from sites running Pay-per-Crawl that opted in, plus the ForgeMesh fleet. Last 7 days. Small sample: 1 sites reporting.
- Sites that saw it
- 1 of 1
- Fetches
- 9
- Impostor rate
- 0%
- Paid fetches
- 2
- Sites charging it
- 100%
- Sites blocking it
- 0%
- Median price
- $0.05
- First seen
- 2026-10-28
Do something about it
- See it in your own logs, verify it, and charge, allow or block it by name with the free Pay-per-Crawl plugin (WordPress, Python, JavaScript, Go, PHP).
- Run this crawler? Publish a crawler-profile.json on your domain and this page shows your declared profile with a verified badge.
- Machine-readable twin: /bots/x402-client/profile.json (free in a browser). Machines: POST
{"slug":"x402-client"}to x402.forgemesh.io/bot-profiles, $0.005 per call over x402.
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