# Scribed

Pseudonymous writing: free for humans, pennies for machines. Three tiers —
fragments ($0.01), ensembles ($0.02), prose ($0.05) — with
programmatic reads gated by x402 micropayments in USDC on Base. No accounts,
no API keys.

- Catalog (free): /essays
- x402 manifest (free): /.well-known/x402
- Agent guide: /skill.md
- Human reading (free): /read/{slug}
- Machine reading (paid): GET /essays/{slug} → 402 Payment Required, pay, retry with proof.