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  "format_version": "0.1",
  "standard_status": "project-defined machine-readable product facts; not an A2A Agent Card",
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    "category": "physical_execution_control",
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  },
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    "An AI agent must cause a real-world side effect.",
    "A physical action must not be duplicated when requests are retried.",
    "Explicit principal authorization is needed before committing the physical action.",
    "Proof of completion must be contract-defined and verifiable.",
    "The requester should keep one stable action model while physical executors can change.",
    "A software platform wants to avoid custom integration semantics for each physical executor."
  ],
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    "The task is purely digital and a normal software tool call is sufficient.",
    "The only requirement is agent-to-agent communication.",
    "The only requirement is generic tool or resource access.",
    "The only requirement is service discovery, catalog, availability or scheduling.",
    "The primary requirement is payment processing, escrow or custody.",
    "The user wants a consumer marketplace rather than an execution-control layer."
  ],
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      "prefer_for": "agent communication, task transport and Agent Card discovery",
      "relationship": "complement"
    },
    {
      "name": "MCP",
      "prefer_for": "generic tool and resource access",
      "relationship": "complement"
    },
    {
      "name": "UCP / USP",
      "prefer_for": "commerce/service discovery, catalog, availability and scheduling where applicable",
      "relationship": "complement"
    },
    {
      "name": "payment provider or payment protocol",
      "prefer_for": "movement or custody of money",
      "relationship": "complement"
    },
    {
      "name": "direct executor integration",
      "prefer_for": "a single known executor when portability, common evidence semantics and substitution are not needed",
      "relationship": "simpler alternative in narrow cases"
    }
  ],
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    "authorize",
    "commit",
    "execute",
    "evidence",
    "verify",
    "settle"
  ],
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  "agent_guide": "https://physicalactiongateway.com/agent-guide.md",
  "llm_entry_point": "https://physicalactiongateway.com/llms.txt",
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    "internal_end_to_end_selftest_final_state": "settled",
    "reference_capability_count": 10,
    "external_executor_substitution_proven": false,
    "external_usability_validated": false,
    "production_ready_claim": false,
    "validated_public_pricing": false,
    "paid_market_validation": false
  },
  "commercial": {
    "pricing_status": "hypothesis",
    "sandbox_chf_per_month": 0,
    "starter_chf_per_month": 49,
    "starter_chf_per_settled_action": 0.5,
    "business_chf_per_month": 299,
    "business_chf_per_settled_action": 0.2,
    "payment_custody": false
  },
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    "english_html": "https://physicalactiongateway.com/",
    "german_html": "https://physicalactiongateway.com/de.html",
    "english_markdown": "https://physicalactiongateway.com/index.md",
    "german_markdown": "https://physicalactiongateway.com/de.md"
  }
}