Authorize agent payments via Machine Payments Protocol (MPP). Handles microtransactions, API purchases, service subscriptions within budget governance. Triggered by pay, purchase, buy, transaction, payment, MPP, commerce.
SkillScore91Maintained
Automatic
◆Finance & Accounting pack
Last verified 8/27/2026
What it changes
Passed 18 of 20 test cases with the skill, and 8 of 20 without it.
Without skill39%
With skill91%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
Uses the /pay command syntax.
Specifies USDC currency argument.
Includes the --max 50.00 parameter.
and 13 more in the full report
13 fixed8 passed either way1 still failing1 broke
Pass-rate lift
+52 pp
Tokens
+20%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-48%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/27/2026v121 of 23 cases passed with skill · 20 comparable
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
See it in action
One of 11 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 11
Prompt
Please send a payment of 0.75 USD to ScrapingHub for running five web extraction jobs so we can finish our data pipeline tasks.
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
Uses the /pay command syntax.
Missed
Passed
Includes --to ScrapingHub parameter.
Missed
Passed
Includes --for argument describing the web extraction reason.
Missed
Passed
case-01 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/27/2026 · answers are capped and redacted
What's inside
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
SKILL.md96 linessingle file
/pay — Agent Commerce via Machine Payments Protocol
Purpose
Authorizes payments from an agent to external services using the Machine Payments
Protocol (MPP). Integrates with workspace budget enforcement and governance gates
to ensure agents spend within approved limits.