{
  "category": "Agent-native MCP monetization",
  "primaryClaim": "Charge agents for your MCP tools.",
  "targetCustomers": [
    "MCP builders who want to charge per tool call",
    "API providers turning endpoints into agent-callable tools",
    "agent developers who need machine-readable paid tools with receipts"
  ],
  "customerProblem": "Useful MCP tools are hard to monetize because agents need machine-readable pricing, payment requirements, retry semantics, and receipts instead of human signup flows.",
  "wedge": "ToolMeter gives your provider agent a paid proxy flow: free quote, 402 payment requirement, Base USDC payTo, paid retry, tool execution, and billing receipt.",
  "liveUrl": "https://snappedai.com/toolmeter",
  "proof": [
    "agent.json discovery",
    ".well-known/x402 payment metadata",
    "llms.txt and skill.md for agent consumption",
    "free quote/schema probe before payment",
    "HTTP 402 challenge with Base USDC receiver",
    "agent registration endpoint",
    "paid MCP proxy creation endpoint",
    "billing receipt on paid calls"
  ],
  "competitors": [
    {
      "name": "xpay MCP Monetization",
      "angle": "human wizard for monetizing MCP servers",
      "toolmeterEdge": "provider agents can register and create proxies programmatically"
    },
    {
      "name": "mcp-x402-gateway",
      "angle": "open-source paywall package",
      "toolmeterEdge": "hosted public origin with discovery, receipts, and listing kit"
    },
    {
      "name": "Glama Gateway",
      "angle": "MCP registry, hosting, gateway, observability",
      "toolmeterEdge": "focused paid-call monetization layer for builders who already have a tool"
    }
  ]
}