skillzmarket_skill

Overview

This skill lets you search, inspect, and call monetized AI skills on Skillz Market with automatic USDC payments on Base. It provides CLI-style actions to list, search, view details, and invoke external skills while handling x402 payment flows for you. Use it to integrate paid AI services into apps or developer workflows that require on-chain settlement.

How this skill works

The skill queries the Skillz Market API to discover available skills and fetch metadata. When you call a paid skill, it initiates an x402 payment using a configured wallet private key and then forwards the request payload to the skill endpoint. Configuration is handled via environment variables or an OpenClaw-style config entry so payment credentials are injected securely.

When to use it

• You need to find paid AI skills or services that charge per call.
• You want to invoke an external AI skill and pay automatically with USDC on Base.
• You are building integrations that require on-chain payment tracking for AI calls.
• You need a CLI or programmatic way to inspect skill metadata before calling.
• You want to call a specific x402-enabled endpoint directly from scripts or apps.

Best practices

• Store the wallet private key in a secure secrets manager or use environment variables, never commit it to source control.
• Test calls on small payloads and low payment amounts before scaling usage.
• Cache skill metadata locally to reduce API requests for frequent lookups.
• Verify skill reputations and metadata before sending funds to new providers.
• Use a dedicated wallet with limited funds for automated payment flows.

Example use cases

• A developer searches for a text-to-speech skill, inspects pricing, and invokes it from a CI job with automatic USDC payment.
• A chatbot forwards user prompts to a paid summarization skill and settles each call via Base payments.
• An analytics pipeline calls a specialized model hosted on Skillz Market and records on-chain receipts for each job.
• An integrator uses the direct call option to interact with any x402-enabled endpoint from automation scripts.