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Agent Frameworks & Tooling

36 companies in this category

Overview

Agent Frameworks & Tooling encompasses the developer infrastructure for building, deploying, and connecting AI agents. At the protocol level, Anthropic's MCP (Model Context Protocol), Google's A2A (Agent-to-Agent), and standards like AXTP provide the interoperability layers that let agents discover and use external tools.

At the platform level, companies like thirdweb, Cloudflare, and Blockrun provide full-stack infrastructure with wallets, payment rails, and chain connectivity. The tooling layer also includes specialized frameworks for specific use cases: Bankr for social crypto trading, Starkbot Cloud for autonomous Rust-based agents, and Phantom's MCP server for wallet operations.

This is the picks-and-shovels layer of the agentic commerce gold rush.

All Companies (36)

Starkbot Cloud

Starkbot Cloud

Crypto-native autonomous agent built in Rust with a real wallet, 60+ extensible skills, persistent graph memory, x402 micropayment capability, and multi-platform deployment.

thirdweb

thirdweb

Full-stack infrastructure for AI agents with x402 payments across thousands of chains, AI model t0 trained on 2,500+ EVM networks, and integrated wallet infrastructure securing $100B+ in assets.

t54.ai

t54.ai

Builds the trust layer for the autonomous economy with "Know Your Agent" (KYA) identity verification covering developer KYB, model provenance, human-agent binding, and intent attestation.

Frames

Frames

Farcaster's mini-app framework enabling full web apps inside social feeds with direct Ethereum wallet connectivity, onchain transactions, and AI agent integration for crypto-native commerce.

Daydreams

Daydreams

Agentic commerce framework with Lucid Agents SDK for bootstrapping AI agents in 60 seconds with crypto/fiat payment rails (AP2, A2A, x402, ERC-8004) across Express, Next.js, and more.

Blockrun

Blockrun

Economic infrastructure for the agent era where AI agents discover services, pay in USDC via x402, and execute autonomously -- agents get a budget and buy capabilities without API keys.

RevaPay AI

RevaPay AI

AI-driven stablecoin payments agent enabling users to send payments to any Pay(ID) or X username via simple text, built on Reveel's universal stablecoin orchestration layer.

Beep

Beep

Agentic finance protocol on Sui blockchain providing zero-fee instant-settlement payments (Beep Pay), the a402 agent payment standard, and agentic yield for AI agents.

Fluid

Fluid

DeFi protocol by Instadapp integrating lending, borrowing, and DEX.

Dexter

Dexter

Agent economy platform where agents discover tools via MCP, pay via x402, and get results in one flow; enables AI agents to autonomously pay for APIs and track spending.

Visa

Visa

Visa Intelligent Commerce initiative enabling AI agents to transact on VisaNet with Trusted Agent Protocol for bot-vs-agent verification; predicts millions using agent purchases by 2026.

Quick Intel

Quick Intel

Crypto safety solutions provider with an AI-powered smart contract scanner and Agent Studio no-code platform for creating custom AI agents.

NEAR

NEAR

NEAR AI Agent Market is a decentralized marketplace where AI agents bid on tasks, execute strategies, and receive instant payment in NEAR tokens.

ClawHub

ClawHub

OpenClaw's skill marketplace and ecosystem hub where developers publish and discover agent skills, integrations, and tools; the app-store layer for the OpenClaw agent harness.

Conway Research

Conway Research

Sovereign compute platform for AI agents, enabling them to autonomously launch servers, register domains, run frontier AI models, and pay with stablecoins via x402.

MCP

MCP

Open protocol by Anthropic that provides a standardized way for AI agents and LLMs to connect with external tools, data sources, and payment APIs, enabling agentic commerce integrations (adopted by Worldpay, Visa, Marqeta).

OpenServ

OpenServ

Orchestration platform for multi-agent collaboration enabling teams of autonomous AI agents to work together on complex tasks, with cross-language interoperability (TypeScript, Rust, etc.).

Cloudflare

Cloudflare

Collaborating with Visa, Mastercard, and Amex on authentication for agentic commerce, developing Web Bot Auth and Trusted Agent Protocol, co-founding the x402 Foundation with Coinbase.

Corbits

Corbits

"The fastest way to unlock Agentic Commerce" -- integrates Nansen's API and MCP with x402 to eliminate API key management; built on Faremeter open-source framework for x402/AP2.

Questflow

Questflow

Decentralized AI agentic workflow network that orchestrates multiple AI agents to take actions and earn rewards autonomously on-chain, with a no-code editor and 30k+ users.

Bankr

Bankr

AI-powered crypto agent on social platforms (X, Farcaster) enabling users to trade, swap, and manage crypto via natural language, with 30,000+ wallets created and 100,000+ transactions.

A2A

A2A

Open protocol originally developed by Google (now under the Linux Foundation) that enables AI agents to discover each other, exchange messages, and collaborate across organizational boundaries.

AXTP

AXTP

Open protocol for structured experience exchange between AI agents, with a five-factor trust framework and tamper-evident audit trails so agents can deposit and retrieve learnings before executing tasks.

Arcade.dev

Arcade.dev

MCP runtime platform providing secure tool-use and auth for AI agents. Partnered with Lithic for agentic e-commerce with 'just-in-time auth' for payments. Gold member of Linux Foundation's Agentic AI Foundation. Raised $12M seed.

Claude Code

Claude Code

Anthropic's official agentic coding CLI that gives Claude the ability to run code, manage files, and use tools autonomously in a terminal environment; supports MCP for payment and commerce integrations.

Cursor

Cursor

AI-first code editor with agentic coding capabilities, inline AI suggestions, and autonomous code generation; supports MCP integrations for extending agent capabilities.

Windsurf

Windsurf

AI coding editor with Cascade AI assistant, MCP support, and turbo mode for autonomous terminal command execution; used by 1M+ developers and 4,000+ enterprises.

Devin

Devin

Autonomous AI software engineer by Cognition that can plan, code, debug, and deploy entire features independently, operating as a full-stack AI teammate.

OpenHands

OpenHands

Open-source platform (69k+ stars) for AI-driven development with Python SDK, CLI, and cloud deployment; supports Slack/Jira/Linear integrations for autonomous task completion.

Cline

Cline

Autonomous AI coding agent for VS Code (59k+ stars) that creates/edits files, runs terminal commands, automates browsers, and extends via MCP with full cost tracking.

Goose

Goose

Open-source AI agent by Block (formerly Square) that autonomously builds projects, writes/executes code, and orchestrates workflows with MCP integration; built by a major payments company.

Codex CLI

Codex CLI

OpenAI's open-source coding agent (66k+ stars) that runs locally in the terminal; built in Rust with IDE integrations for VS Code, Cursor, and Windsurf.

GitHub Copilot

GitHub Copilot

GitHub's AI pair programmer with agent mode for autonomous task completion; the most widely adopted AI coding assistant, integrated into VS Code, JetBrains, and CLI.

Replit Agent

Replit Agent

AI agent integrated into Replit's cloud IDE that builds full applications from natural language, handling code generation, deployment, and database setup autonomously.

Droyd

Droyd

Autonomous trading agent platform for enterprise automation, enabling AI agents to execute trading strategies independently.

twit.sh

twit.sh

Service to plug AI agents into X/Twitter with pay-per-request via x402 protocol.

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