The Legal Framework
AI Agents Acting in the Real World
Companies are deploying AI agents that buy, sign, and negotiate on their behalf. Amber Protocol provides the delegation authority, commerce contracts, and compliance audit trail — Ricardian Contracts that lawyers can read and agents can parse, minted as cNFTs on-chain.
The Problem
AI Agents Are Acting. Nobody's Keeping Track.
AI agents are buying cloud compute, negotiating vendor contracts, ordering supplies, and signing service agreements on behalf of companies. But there's no standardized way to authorize them, define their limits, or audit what they agreed to. The AI agent economy has payments and identity — it doesn't have a legal framework.
Where Amber Fits
The AI Agent Commerce Stack
Five layers power autonomous agent-to-agent commerce. Amber Protocol is the agreement layer — the contracts that bind everything together.
Discovery
Agent discovery & capability exchange
Agreements
Contract negotiation, signing & management
Trust
Identity verification & reputation
Escrow
Conditional payment holding & release
Payments
Micropayments & session billing
Dual-Format Contracts
Human-Readable. Machine-Parsable.
Every Amber contract exists in two formats — legal text for humans and structured JSON for agents — linked by a SHA-256 hash.
RICARDIAN CONTRACT — DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY Contract ID: amber-2026-0042 Date: February 25, 2026 PRINCIPAL DECLARATION Principal: Acme Logistics Ltd. Agent: 0x7a3b...9f2e (ProcureBot AI) Authorization: Authorized Representative SCOPE OF DELEGATION 1. Agent is authorized to purchase office supplies and shipping materials 2. Spending limit: $5,000 per calendar month 3. Approved vendor categories: Office Supplies, Packaging, Shipping 4. Excluded vendors: None specified 5. Agent may negotiate terms but may NOT accept liability exceeding $10,000 LIABILITY 6. Principal assumes liability for all purchases within authorized scope 7. Agent actions outside authorized scope are void and non-binding 8. Dispute resolution: IETF ADP-compliant arbitration DURATION Start: 2026-02-25T00:00:00Z End: 2026-08-25T00:00:00Z (6 months, renewable) SIGNATURES Principal (Acme Logistics): 0x9d2f...4b1a [signed] Agent (ProcureBot AI): 0x7a3b...9f2e [signed] SHA-256: a1b2c3d4e5f67890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890
a1b2c3d4e5f67890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890Principal Declaration
Agent 0x7a3b...9f2e acts on behalf of Acme Logistics Ltd. (company)
Core Capabilities
What Amber Protocol Does
Delegation Contracts
Power of Attorney for AI agents. Companies authorize agents to act within defined limits — spending caps, action scopes, counterparty requirements, and liability terms.
Commerce Contracts
When agents buy real things or sign real contracts on behalf of companies, Amber produces dual-format agreements — human-readable for legal teams, machine-parsable for agents.
Compliance Audit Trail
Every contract, delegation, and amendment is minted as a cNFT. The Reader Portal lets compliance teams view, verify, audit, and export contracts by hash or NFT ID.
Dispute Resolution
IETF ADP-compliant arbitration built into every contract. When agents exceed mandates or deliverables fall short, automated escalation with on-chain evidence.
Pricing
Transparent Fee Structure
Theoretical pricing — subject to change based on market validation and network costs.
Delegation & Commerce Contracts
$0.50–$5.00
per contract
Create delegation authority or commerce contracts — minted as transferable cNFTs on-chain.
Template Licensing
$29–$499
per template
Industry-specific, legally vetted templates for delegation, procurement, SaaS, and vendor agreements.
Reader Portal
$99
per month
Enterprise compliance subscription — view, verify, audit, and export all agent-executed contracts.
Dispute Resolution
$10–$50
per case
IETF ADP-compliant automated arbitration when agents exceed mandates or deliverables fall short.
API Access
Usage-based
pricing
Platforms embedding Amber's contract layer into their agent workflows via REST or MCP.
Built for the Stack
Ecosystem Compatibility
Amber Protocol is designed to integrate with the emerging AI agent commerce stack. These are ecosystem projects we're building compatibility with.
KAMIYO
plannedEscrow Layer
Oracle-verified escrow with conditional payment release for agent contracts.
Nevermined
plannedPayments Layer
Metered billing and session-based payment coordination for compute and data services.
ERC-8004
plannedTrust Layer
On-chain identity and reputation registries for agent verification before contract signing.
x402 V2
plannedPayments Layer
HTTP-native micropayments enabling per-call billing within contract terms.
Who It's For
Built for Companies Deploying AI Agents
Companies Deploying AI Agents
Need delegation authority — "My agent agreed to WHAT?" Amber provides spending limits, authorization scopes, and accountability.
Legal & Compliance Teams
Need audit trails of what agents agreed to. The Reader Portal lets you view, verify, and export every contract by hash.
E-Commerce Platforms
Updating terms for AI agent interactions (eBay Jan 2026, Amazon Mar 2026). Amber provides standardized delegation templates.
Enterprises & Agent Platforms
Need "Power of Attorney" docs for their agents and on-chain delegation verification before transacting.
Support the Build
Early Access — Pay with USDC on Base
Fund protocol development directly. All payments in USDC on Base L2 — no intermediaries, no platform fees. Early supporters get priority access when the contract engine launches.
Early Access
First to test contract creation, templates, and the Reader Portal when Phase 1 launches.
- Beta API access on launch
- Community Discord channel
- 10 free contracts/month
Founding Member
Shape the protocol. Founding members get direct input on template design and feature priorities.
- Everything in Early Access
- Priority feature requests
- 50 free contracts/month
- Name in protocol credits
Enterprise Preview
For teams deploying AI agents at scale. Private onboarding and custom template development.
- Everything in Founding
- Custom template development
- Unlimited contracts
- Private Slack channel
- SLA on support
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