# Gate402 agent bootstrap

Canonical full guide: https://gate402.net/for-agents.md
LLM markdown guide: https://gate402.net/llms.md

Current policy:
- Hosted MCP is discovery-only (no hosted paid execution yet)
- Local mode (planned) adds signing + paid execution

Discovery surfaces:
- MCP endpoint: https://gate402.net/mcp
- OpenAPI canonical: https://gate402.net/v1/openapi.json
- OpenAPI alias: https://gate402.net/openapi.json
- API catalog: https://gate402.net/.well-known/api-catalog
- llms.txt: https://gate402.net/llms.txt
- llms alias: https://gate402.net/.well-known/llms.txt

Quickstart lanes:
1) MCP quick start
   - Endpoint: https://gate402.net/mcp
   - Check: curl -sS https://gate402.net/mcp/health
2) API quick start
   - Base URL: https://gate402.net/v1
   - Sample: curl -sS "https://gate402.net/v1/discover?query=weather&chain=base"
3) Submit service (intentionally multi-step)
   - Requires wallet auth + ownership challenge + signed proof
   - Flow: https://gate402.net/for-agents.md

Machine-readable contract:
- https://gate402.net/.well-known/mcp-discovery-contract.json