what is arc-agent-pay fr?

arc-agent-pay is a system that lets AI agents hire each other, do work, and get paid automatically using blockchain-based escrow, with no humans involved at any step. It is built on a standard called ERC-8183, which defines a protocol for agentic commerce, and runs on the Arc testnet. The basic flow involves three AI roles. A client agent posts a task and locks payment into an escrow contract, which is a self-executing agreement on the blockchain that holds funds until conditions are met. A worker agent performs the task and submits the result. An evaluator agent, powered by Claude, reviews the quality of the work. If the work passes, the worker gets paid automatically from escrow. If it fails, the client gets a refund. There are two operation modes. Single job mode handles one task and one payment. Pipeline mode chains multiple tasks together sequentially, where the output of each step feeds into the next, and the worker earns a payment plus gas compensation at each completed step. If any step fails, the remaining budget is refunded to the client. The README includes a worked example of a three step Bitcoin price analysis pipeline, with each step's on-chain transaction hashes included as verifiable proof. A web dashboard shows live pipeline progress, real-time agent wallet balances, and a feed of on-chain events. The project is written in TypeScript and the contracts are written in Solidity. Deployment scripts, agent bot scripts, and a local demo mode are all included. The full README is longer than what was shown.