An autonomous AI agent on Base mainnet that takes complex real-world jobs from clients, decomposes them into sequential subtasks, hires humans to complete each step, verifies work with AI Vision, and keeps the profit margin to fund its own compute.

ETHDenver2026/
├── contracts/          # Foundry - JobMarketplace.sol
├── agent/              # TypeScript AI Agent (Express + OpenAI + AgentKit)
└── frontend/           # Vite + React + wagmi + RainbowKit

• Foundry (curl -L https://foundry.paradigm.xyz | bash && foundryup)
• Node.js 20+
• OpenAI API key

export OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...
./dev.sh

This single script handles everything: starts Anvil, deploys the contract, wires up .env files, and launches both the agent and frontend. When it's ready you'll see:

  Frontend:  http://localhost:5173
  Agent API: http://localhost:3001
  Contract:  0x...

Press Ctrl+C to shut everything down cleanly.

1. Add the Anvil network to MetaMask (RPC http://127.0.0.1:8545, Chain ID 31337)
2. Import a test private key into MetaMask as a client wallet (the script prints one)
3. Go to http://localhost:5173/ — submit a job with a description and ETH budget
4. Import the worker private key, switch to it, go to /work — accept tasks, upload proof images
5. Watch /dashboard — live feed of agent actions, transactions, and profitability

anvil --chain-id 31337

cd contracts
AGENT_ADDRESS=0xf39Fd6e51aad88F6F4ce6aB8827279cffFb92266 \
PRIVATE_KEY=0x59c6995e998f97a5a0044966f0945389dc9e86dae88c7a8412f4603b6b78690d \
forge script script/Deploy.s.sol --rpc-url http://127.0.0.1:8545 --broadcast

cd agent && cp .env.example .env && npm run dev

cd frontend && cp .env.example .env && npm run dev

# Deploy contract
cd contracts
AGENT_ADDRESS=<cdp-smart-wallet> PRIVATE_KEY=<deployer-key> \
forge script script/Deploy.s.sol --rpc-url base --broadcast --verify

# Agent: deploy to Railway with env vars
# Frontend: deploy to Vercel with env vars

See the plan file for full environment variable reference.

• Base mainnet: Contract + agent wallet on chain 8453
• Real financial primitives: ETH escrow, worker payments, profit withdrawal
• ERC-8021: Builder code appended to every agent TX
• Autonomous: Decomposes jobs, verifies proofs, pays workers automatically
• Self-sustaining: Profit covers API + gas + hosting costs
• x402: AI service endpoints generate baseline revenue
• Public dashboard: Live URL with actions, TXs, and profitability metrics

MIT