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Build governed agent actions with ActLayer.

ActLayer gives agents one API key, one wallet, spending controls, approvals, receipts, and a single /v1/act endpoint for external capabilities.

Start here

Quickstart

Create an account, agent, wallet balance, API key, and run the first action.

REST API

Call /v1/act directly from any runtime that can make HTTPS requests.

SDKs

Use the Python or TypeScript client with retries, structured errors, and idempotency keys.

Capabilities

Discover available action slugs, schemas, pricing, and risk level.

Receipts

Preserve receipt_id, cost, risk score, decision, and execution time after every action.

SRG

Understand allow, block, and needs_approval governance decisions.

Security

Review API key storage, exposed routes, wallet controls, and production safety posture.

Production status

See what is live, what is disabled, and what still blocks a paid public launch.

One endpoint

Agents call the same endpoint for every capability. ActLayer checks the key, agent status, wallet balance, permission rules, spending limits, risk, provider status, and then executes or blocks the action.

rest

curl -X POST https://actlayer.dev/v1/act \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer act_sk_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: run_123_tool_1" \
  -d '{
    "capability": "web_search",
    "input": { "query": "latest AI agent frameworks" },
    "metadata": { "agent_runtime": "custom" }
  }'

Production status

Live base URL

Use https://actlayer.dev for production calls unless a staging URL is explicitly provided.

Backend docs hidden

Swagger/OpenAPI routes are intentionally not public. Use these static docs for public integration guidance.

Wallet funding

Dev top-ups are local-only. Public wallet funding requires Stripe checkout to be configured.

Pricing

MVP action pricing is per successful capability call. Public paid usage waits on Stripe funding.