pact-pay agent skill

A Markdown skill that tells skill-aware agents (Claude Code, Codex, custom harnesses) to substitute pact pay <tool> ... for any pay <tool> ... invocation.

Canonical source: pactnetwork.io/skills/pact-pay.md.

Install

Claude Code / Codex

From your project root:

mkdir -p .claude/skills/pact-pay && \
  curl -fsSL https://pactnetwork.io/skills/pact-pay.md \
    -o .claude/skills/pact-pay/SKILL.md

Picked up on the next session. Re-run to upgrade — idempotent.

Any agent (URL prompt)

For chat surfaces where you can’t drop a file in, paste verbatim:

Use the skill at https://pactnetwork.io/skills/pact-pay.md for every paid HTTP call (any `pay <tool>` invocation, or any 402 / x402 / MPP challenge). Fetch it now and follow it as written — `pact pay <tool> ...` instead of `pay <tool> ...`.

Bundled with pact init

pact init drops the parent pact skill, which cross-references this one. For the dedicated pact-pay skill body alongside it, use the install tab above.

pact init

What the skill does

Tells the agent to call pact pay <tool> ... instead of pay <tool> ... for any paid HTTP call, then read the [pact] stderr block (or --json envelope) for the coverage verdict. Full rule set, status → action table, and [pact] output reference are in the skill itself: /skills/pact-pay.md.

Don’t use this for

Free APIs, localhost, your own server, static-CDN GETs, or anything not behind a 402 / x402 / MPP paywall.

See also

• Quickstart — the 60-second pact pay walkthrough.
• Commands → pact pay — full reference.