When To Use This Skill

Use this skill whenever the user asks to:

• find data from external APIs
• call an endpoint
• fetch/search information outside local context
• generate an image, video, voice, transcription, or music with an external API
• scrape/extract data from a URL
• find an API for a task ("is there an API for X?")

If the task needs an external paid API, start with agentspend search.

Playbook (Default Workflow)

1. npx agentspend search "\x3Ctask>"
2. Confirm cost and constraints with the user (--max-cost, budget, allowlist)
3. npx agentspend pay \x3Cendpoint> --method ... --header ... --body ... --max-cost ...

Setup

npx agentspend configure

Opens a URL to add a credit card and set a weekly spending limit. Saves credentials to ~/.agentspend/credentials.json.

If already configured, re-running opens the dashboard to update settings.

Commands

Pay

npx agentspend pay \x3Curl>

Make a paid request. AgentSpend handles the payment automatically.

Options:

• --method \x3Cmethod> — HTTP method (default: GET)
• --body \x3Cbody> — Request body (JSON or text)
• --header \x3Cheader> — Header in key:value format (repeatable)
• --max-cost \x3Cusd> — Maximum acceptable charge in USD (up to 6 decimal places)

Returns:

• Response body from the endpoint
• Charge amount and remaining weekly budget

Example:

npx agentspend pay \x3Curl> \
  --method POST \
  --header "key:value" \
  --body '{"key": "value"}' \
  --max-cost 0.05

Check

npx agentspend check \x3Curl>

Discover an endpoint's price without paying.

Important:

• check must use the same request shape you plan to pay with.
• Always pass --method for non-GET endpoints.
• If the endpoint needs headers/body, include the same --header and --body on check.
• If request shape is wrong, endpoint may return 404/400 instead of 402, and no price can be extracted.

Example:

npx agentspend check \x3Curl> \
  --method POST \
  --header "content-type:application/json" \
  --body '{"key":"value"}'

Returns:

• Price in USD
• Description (if available)

Search

npx agentspend search \x3Ckeywords>

Keyword search over service names and descriptions in the catalog. Returns up to 5 matching services.

Example:

npx agentspend search "video generation"

Status

npx agentspend status

Show account spending overview.

Returns:

• Weekly budget
• Amount spent this week
• Remaining budget
• Recent charges with amounts, domains, and timestamps

Configure

npx agentspend configure

Run onboarding or open the dashboard to update settings (weekly budget, domain allowlist, payment method).

Spending Controls

• Weekly budget — Set during configure. Requests that would exceed the budget are rejected.
• Per-request max cost — Use --max-cost on pay to reject requests above a price threshold.
• Domain allowlist — Configurable via the dashboard. Requests to non-allowlisted domains are rejected.

Common Errors

• WEEKLY_BUDGET_EXCEEDED — Weekly spending limit reached. Run npx agentspend configure to increase the budget.
• DOMAIN_NOT_ALLOWLISTED — The target domain is not in the allowlist. Run npx agentspend configure to update allowed domains.
• PRICE_EXCEEDS_MAX — Endpoint price is higher than --max-cost. Increase the value or remove the flag.