preflight_payment
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Call BEFORE an agent authorizes an autonomous payment. Evaluates it against your policy (max amount, allowed networks/assets, expected recipient, allowed origins) and returns a signed PREFLIGHT receipt -- ALLOW, REQUIRE_APPROVAL, or BLOCK, with reasons -- independently verifiable by anyone. Policy evaluation only: OCD never holds, moves, or authorizes funds. The wallet/x402 client separately authorizes execution after; ALLOW does not guarantee it will proceed.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| action | object | yes | |
| policy | object | yes | |
| options | object | no | |
| references | object | no |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"action": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"kind": {
"type": "string",
"const": "PAYMENT",
"description": "The only supported action kind in v1."
},
"resource": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "URL of the resource/service the payment is for, if any."
},
"network": {
"type": "string",
"description": "CAIP-2 network identifier, e.g. \"eip155:8453\" for Base mainnet."
},
"asset": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Canonical ERC-20 token contract address (0x…) — never a ticker like \"USDC\"."
},
"amount": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Canonical decimal string amount, e.g. \"1.00\". Never a float."
},
"sender": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Sender wallet address, if known."
},
"recipient": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Recipient wallet address (0x…)."
}
},
"required": [
"kind",
"network",
"asset",
"amount",
"recipient"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
"policy": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"max_amount": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Maximum allowed decimal amount, or null for no configured cap."
},
"allowed_networks": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"description": "Allowed CAIP-2 networks, or null for no restriction."
},
"allowed_assets": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"description": "Allowed token contract addresses, or null for no restriction."
},
"expected_recipient": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Exact recipient address the caller expects, or null."
},
"allowed_resource_origins": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"description": "Allowed https origins for action.resource, or null."
},
"acknowledge_unconstrained": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Required (true) if every constraint above is null/omitted, confirming that was intentional and not an accident."
},
"expected_payer": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Frozen commitment to the wallet expected to authorize the eventual on-chain payment (D2.4 binding strength) — decision-neutral, or null."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
},
"options": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"screen_recipient_sanctions": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "If true, screen the recipient wallet against the Chainalysis sanctions oracle."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
},
"references": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"mandate_digest": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Optional sha256:… digest of a private mandate this proposal was derived from."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}
},
"required": [
"action",
"policy"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}