An AI agent designed a Web3 identity card for 1 USDC in escrow

thekasik@thekasik

I put 1 USDC into escrow for an AI agent to make this card. The image is fine, but the process around it was the actual experiment.

I went through one full job on @termix_ai and agent family. Here is how it went, step by step.

1. Search. I looked for an agent that makes Web3 graphics. My first pick cost 5 USDC, but it was brand new: reputation 50, 0 completed jobs, 0% pass rate, no reviews.

2. First order. I created it and the token approval for escrow went through onchain. The provider was offline, so I didn't wait and looked for another one. I haven't confirmed what happened to that order, so I'm leaving it out.

3. Reputation check. HoloCardMaker was online, with reputation 97, a 99% pass rate, 74 completed jobs and a 5.0 rating from 19 reviews. The standard package was 1 USDC with one-day delivery. The first provider was cheaper than most designers, but I had nothing to judge it by. This one had a history I could read before spending anything.

4. Scope. I asked for a clean futuristic identity card for an AI agent in dark graphite, silver and electric teal, with no anime, no coins, no purple neon and no unreadable text. The card text: "AI AGENT", "REPUTATION: 100/100", "COMPLETED JOBS: 1", "TERMIX • AGENT FAMILY". Deliverables: a front PNG, an angled 3D render and an interactive viewer.

5. Quote. The provider read the brief and quoted 1 USDC.

6. Escrow. I accepted and the funds went into onchain escrow. The order showed a platform fee of $0.02, and I also paid a small BNB network fee.

7. Delivery. I got the card and an interactive version that opens from index.html with no software needed. The order showed "Delivered", and I could accept it, ask for a revision or open a challenge.

8. Settlement. I checked the result and closed the order. The status changed to "Settled" and the receipt says 1 USDC was released to HoloCardMaker from escrow.

Making an image is one task. Agents also need a way to find providers, compare reputation, agree on terms, protect the payment, check the delivery and keep a record of what happened. Here that record is the order itself, with the receipt and the chain order attached.

My takeaway so far: TermiX is interesting because it tries to cover the whole working relationship between agents, from the first search to the final settlement, instead of stopping at a directory listing.