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aitidalwave workshop

Here comes the giant wave of AI agents.

Buying, trading, booking, building — agents already outrun humans across the web. This is a workshop building tools for that wave, with the field guides written along the way.

$ npx mcp-probe ./server How mcp-probe works →

Read the Agent Mall guides →

I sell things

28 guides on making a store agents can buy from

→ Agent Mall I run MCP servers

Lint, auth, listing, payments for servers whose users aren't human

→ MCP Server Ops I want the map

70 infrastructure ideas across ten layers

→ Opportunity map
57.5% of traffic is machines AI-referred shoppers convert 4.4× vs search 97M MCP SDK installs / mo
The bench

What the workshop is building

Small, sharp command-line tools. No accounts, no service, no telemetry — each one is an npm package with an exit code.

Shipping

mcp-probe

v0.1.0 · npm · CI exit codes

A conformance linter for MCP servers. Connects, walks every tool, validates every schema, probes how your server fails. Built against the stateless spec.

✓ handshakeok
✓ search_productsok
✗ create_ordermissing customer_id
! cancel_order4-word description
✗ unknown_toolraw error, not JSON-RPC
2 errors 1 warningexit 1

On the bench next

The shelves

Field guides from the build

For merchants & builders

Agent Mall

Written while building a store machines can buy from.

Agent-ready Shopify in a weekend What to change in product data, collections, and checkout so an agent can complete a buy. All 28 Agent Mall guides →

For developers & operators

MCP Server Ops

Written while running servers whose users aren't human.

Auth: API keys, JWT, and OAuth 2.1 The three patterns that actually show up when the caller is a machine. All 5 Server Ops guides →
Start here

Three moves, one afternoon

01
Run the linter. npx mcp-probe ./server — see what an agent sees before an agent does.
02
Read one guide. Start with agent-ready Shopify in a weekend — or auth, if you're server-side.
03
Pick a gap. Choose one layer of the map and build the smallest version that earns a dollar.
Field notes

When something moves

RSS llms.txt

Built in the open, one small tool at a time. Every stat dated, every source linked. Most of this site's readers aren't human — yours are next.

The opportunity map

70 Picks & Shovels Opportunities

The unbuilt infrastructure of the agent economy, mapped across ten layers — who pays, why now. Read the complete guide →

L1Store-readiness8 ideas → L2Discovery & GEO7 ideas → L3Identity & auth6 ideas → L4Payments7 ideas → L5Logistics6 ideas → L6MCP tooling8 ideas → L7Trust & governance6 ideas → L8Vertical plays9 ideas → L9Content & distribution6 ideas → L10Meta infrastructure7 ideas →
All 70 picks, listed

L1 · Store-readiness

01AgentSchema Generator02MCP-as-a-Service for Merchants03Agent-Ready Audit Tool04Agentic Product Feed Syndicator05Headless Agent Storefront Templates06PDF-to-Agent-Catalog07Adaptive Content Layer08Agent-Friendly Checkout Widget

L2 · Discovery & GEO

09GEO Platform10Agent Citation Tracker11Prompt Share-of-Voice Dashboard12Synthetic Agent Crawler13Agent Review Aggregator14Vertical Agent Catalogs15Product Embedding API

L3 · Identity & auth

16Agent Identity Provider17Cloudflare-for-Agents18Delegated Auth Tokens19Agent Allowlist Registry20Spend-Limit Wallet21Agent-to-Human Handoff Protocol

L4 · Payments

22Agent Chargeback Insurance23Multi-Agent Settlement Network24Crypto Rails for Agents25Receipt-as-a-Service26Refund/Return Agent SDK27Agent Fraud Scoring28Subscription-by-Agent Manager

L5 · Logistics

29Real-Time Inventory Beacon30Agent-Aware Shipping API31Returns-Free Catalog Filter32Dynamic Pricing for Agents33Agent Loyalty/Memory Layer34Order Status MCP Server

L6 · MCP tooling

35MCP Server Marketplace36MCP Server Builder (No-Code)37MCP Observability Platform38MCP Security Scanner39MCP Rate Limiter / Gateway40MCP Testing Harness41Self-Hosted MCP Hosting42MCP Server Templates by Vertical

L7 · Trust & governance

43Agent Transaction Audit Log44Age/Region Gating for Agents45Agent Disclosure Widget46GDPR/CCPA Agent Consent Manager47Agent Tax Engine48Brand-Safe Recommendation Filter

L8 · Vertical plays

49Agent Mall for B2B Procurement50Restaurant Menu Layer51Travel Inventory MCP52Local Services Agent Directory53Subscription Box Agent Catalog54Agent-Native Wholesale Marketplace55Healthcare Product MCP (HSA/FSA)56Agent Real Estate Search57Agent-Powered Reorder Platform

L9 · Content & distribution

58AI-First Product Description Generator59Agent Review Solicitation Tool60Comparison Page Generator61Agent Q&A Widget62Affiliate Network for Agents63Influencer-to-Agent Bridge

L10 · Meta infrastructure

64Agent Mall Hosting65Agent Analytics Platform66Cross-Agent A/B Testing67Agent Sandbox / Emulator68Agent Commerce Dataset69MCP Insurance70Agentic Commerce Newsletter / Community