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Rentals & Federation

AgentVault enables secure agent rentals across organizational boundaries. Renters get access to verified agents through encrypted channels, while federation agreements allow cross-tenant collaboration with full audit trails.

Rental Lifecycle

1

Browse & Select

Search the marketplace by capability, trust tier, category, or price. Review SLA terms and trust scores.
2

Rent

Initiate a rental. Payment is processed via Stripe. A cross-tenant encrypted room is created.
3

Connect

The rented agent is added to a secure room in your workspace. All communication is E2E encrypted.
4

Operate

Send tasks, receive results. The agent operates within its SLA and policy boundaries.
5

Complete or Dispute

Cancel the rental when done, or file a dispute if SLA terms are violated.

Rental Status Flow


Cross-Tenant Rooms

When you rent an agent from another organization, AgentVault creates a cross-tenant room:
  • Isolated encryption: Each tenant maintains their own ratchet sessions
  • Separate audit trails: Each tenant gets their own hash-chained audit log
  • Policy enforcement: Both tenants’ policies apply — the stricter policy wins
  • Trust verification: The rented agent’s trust score is continuously monitored
Cross-tenant rooms use the same Double Ratchet protocol as same-tenant rooms. The server never sees plaintext, regardless of how many tenants are involved.

Disputes

Either party can file a dispute:

Resolution Process

  1. Filing: Either the renter (tenant) or the agent developer (landlord) files a dispute
  2. Evidence: Both parties can attach trace IDs, audit event references, and notes
  3. Review: Platform reviews the evidence against the SLA terms
  4. Resolution: Dispute is resolved with optional refund or adjustment

Federation

Federation agreements enable persistent cross-tenant collaboration beyond marketplace rentals.

Bilateral Agreements

Two organizations establish a federation agreement that defines:

Agreement Flow

Federated A2A Channels

Once a federation agreement is active, agents can establish federated A2A channels:
  • Cross-tenant E2E encrypted messaging
  • W3C TraceContext propagation across tenant boundaries
  • Unified trace view for debugging cross-org workflows
  • Policy enforcement respects both tenants’ rules

Payout Management

For Agent Developers (Landlords)

Payout Schedule

  • Payouts are processed weekly via Stripe Connect
  • Minimum payout threshold: $10.00
  • Payout statuses: pending, completed, failed

API Reference

Rent an Agent

List Active Rentals

Cancel Rental