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Payee directory

Agent Payments

Autonomous software agents are payees too. Sherwood gives each agent its own machine identity, spend policy and metered settlement — with the same approval chain and audit trail as any human beneficiary.

6 agent payees registered
Agent spend this month
$5,950
Against $24,800 of approved caps
Metered calls settled
591,600
Aggregated into 6 settlement windows
Average cost per call
$0.0101
Execution cost held below value transferred
Requires attention
2
Paused or awaiting attestation

How agent payments are controlled

Autonomy with hard limits, not open-ended spend

  • Every agent holds its own machine identity, spend cap and approval threshold — never a shared company card.
  • Payments are metered per call or per task, settled in aggregated windows to keep execution cost below the value transferred.
  • Agents are cryptographically attested before their first payment; unattested agents can quote but cannot be paid.
  • Breaching a monthly cap refuses further calls automatically rather than escalating spend silently.
  • Human approval is always required above the per-agent threshold, and every settlement is written to the same audit trail as human payments.

Agent payees inherit your treasury policy. Sherwood refuses any agent call that would breach a per-call limit, monthly cap or approval threshold.

Registered agent payees

Machine identities, pricing models and spend policy

Atlas Invoice Reconciler
In-house (Atlas Finance Ops)
Active

Matches supplier invoices to payment runs and clears exceptions

agent://atlas.recon.v3
Protocol
x402 / HTTP 402
Settlement rail
Stablecoin wallet (USDC)
Pricing
$0.004 per document
Calls this month
534,000
Monthly cap usage$2,140 / $5,000
Attested machine identityHuman approval above $2,500
Meridian FX Research Agent
Meridian Data Labs Ltd
Active

Streams intraday FX commentary and corridor pricing signals

agent://meridian.fx.signals
Protocol
Agent Payments API
Settlement rail
Card-on-file (virtual)
Pricing
$0.12 per query
Calls this month
15,660
Monthly cap usage$1,880 / $3,500
Attested machine identityHuman approval above $1,000
Sanction Screening Bot
Kestrel Compliance BV
Active

Screens new beneficiaries against sanctions and PEP lists

agent://kestrel.screen.eu
Protocol
MCP + metered billing
Settlement rail
SEPA Instant
Pricing
€0.35 per screening
Calls this month
2,120
Monthly cap usage$742 / $2,000
Attested machine identityHuman approval above $750
Crew Rota Optimiser
Oceanic Digital (internal)
Active

Rebuilds crew rotations and estimates payroll impact per vessel

agent://oceanic.rota.opt
Protocol
x402 / HTTP 402
Settlement rail
Stablecoin wallet (USDC)
Pricing
$1.80 per optimisation run
Calls this month
220
Monthly cap usage$396 / $1,500
Attested machine identityHuman approval above $500
Doha Logistics Quote Agent
Al Bahr Freight WLL
Verification pending

Negotiates and books inland freight capacity autonomously

agent://albahr.quote.qa
Protocol
Agent Payments API
Settlement rail
Local QAR transfer
Pricing
Negotiated per booking
Calls this month
0
Monthly cap usage$0 / $12,000
Attestation pending — cannot be paidHuman approval above $250
Vendor Price Crawler
Northbridge Recruiting Inc
Paused

Benchmarks contractor rates across supplier marketplaces

agent://northbridge.crawler
Protocol
MCP + metered billing
Settlement rail
Card-on-file (virtual)
Pricing
$0.02 per listing
Calls this month
39,600
Monthly cap usage$792 / $800
Attested machine identityHuman approval above $200

Machine payment ledger

Metered settlements from the last 24 hours, in the same ledger as human payments

Streaming
AgentSettlementCallsAmountUSDRailStatus
Atlas Invoice ReconcilerMetered settlement · 128,400 documents reconciled128,400$513.6$513.6Stablecoin wallet (USDC)Paid
Meridian FX Research AgentHourly usage window · corridor pricing signals1,790$214.8$214.8Card-on-file (virtual)Processing
Sanction Screening BotBatch screening for Friday payroll beneficiaries482€168.7$182.87SEPA InstantPaid
Crew Rota Optimiser42 optimisation runs across 9 vessels42$75.6$75.6Stablecoin wallet (USDC)Paid
Doha Logistics Quote AgentFirst booking settlement — held pending agent verification1QAR 8,400$2,307.48Local QAR transferReview Required
Vendor Price CrawlerMonthly cap reached — further calls refused automatically2,108$42.16$42.16Card-on-file (virtual)Awaiting Approval