import Link from 'next/link';
import { ArrowRight, Bot, CircleDollarSign, KeyRound, Network, ReceiptText, ShieldCheck, Zap } from 'lucide-react';

export const metadata = {
  title: 'Governed Paid API Access for Agents',
  description: 'A practical guide to letting platforms delegate paid API access to agents with L402, scoped authority, request-path policy, and Evidence Packs.',
  alternates: { canonical: 'https://satgate.io/paid-agent-payments' },
  keywords: [
    'paid agent payments',
    'delegated paid API access',
    'AI agent payment governance',
    'bounded agent authority',
    'governed agent API access',
    'paid-rail context',
    'HTTP 402 API payments',
    'Lightning API monetization',
    'agent API monetization',
  ],
  openGraph: {
    title: 'Governed Paid API Access for Agents',
    description: 'How API companies can support delegated paid agent consumption with paid-rail context, scoped access, and Evidence Packs.',
    url: 'https://satgate.io/paid-agent-payments',
    type: 'article',
  },
  twitter: {
    card: 'summary_large_image',
    title: 'Governed Paid API Access for Agents',
    description: 'Support delegated paid API consumption with request-path policy, paid-rail context, and proof.',
  },
};

const paymentFlow = [
  {
    icon: Bot,
    title: 'Agent requests value',
    body: 'An agent operating under human or platform authority requests a protected API, dataset, model endpoint, or MCP tool while completing a task.',
  },
  {
    icon: CircleDollarSign,
    title: 'API quotes a price',
    body: 'SatGate returns an HTTP 402 challenge with a machine-readable price for the requested capability.',
  },
  {
    icon: Zap,
    title: 'Delegated payment proof arrives',
    body: 'A wallet, platform, or delegated payment primitive satisfies the L402 challenge within the authority and budget policy already in force.',
  },
  {
    icon: KeyRound,
    title: 'Access is scoped',
    body: 'Payment unlocks only the route, capability, quota, or expiry allowed by policy — not a permanent broad key.',
  },
  {
    icon: ShieldCheck,
    title: 'Policy still applies',
    body: 'Observe and Control policies can still enforce budget, identity, route, risk tier, and revocation rules.',
  },
  {
    icon: ReceiptText,
    title: 'Revenue is auditable',
    body: 'Each paid request carries agent identity, price, route, policy decision, payment proof, and upstream outcome.',
  },
];

const useCases = [
  'Premium search, crawl, and research APIs agents consume only when delegated policy permits.',
  'Data enrichment APIs where per-request value is clearer than a monthly seat subscription.',
  'MCP tools exposed to external agents that need pricing before tool execution.',
  'Model endpoints, inference tools, or specialized agents sold per job rather than per user.',
  'Enterprise APIs that want agent access without issuing long-lived static API keys.',
];

export default function RobotCustomerPaymentsPage() {
  const articleJsonLd = {
    '@context': 'https://schema.org',
    '@type': 'TechArticle',
    headline: 'Governed Paid API Access for Agents',
    description: metadata.description,
    author: { '@type': 'Organization', name: 'SatGate' },
    publisher: { '@type': 'Organization', name: 'SatGate', url: 'https://satgate.io' },
    datePublished: '2026-04-26',
    dateModified: '2026-05-03',
    mainEntityOfPage: 'https://satgate.io/paid-agent-payments',
    about: [
      { '@type': 'Thing', name: 'delegated paid API access' },
      { '@type': 'Thing', name: 'bounded agent authority' },
      { '@type': 'Thing', name: 'AI agent payment governance' },
      { '@type': 'Thing', name: 'HTTP 402 API payments' },
      { '@type': 'Thing', name: 'Lightning API monetization' },
    ],
  };

  const faqJsonLd = {
    '@context': 'https://schema.org',
    '@type': 'FAQPage',
    mainEntity: [
      {
        '@type': 'Question',
        name: 'What is delegated paid API access for agents?',
        acceptedAnswer: {
          '@type': 'Answer',
          text: 'Delegated paid API access lets humans or platforms authorize an agent to consume a protected API under scoped policy, budget, expiry, and receipt requirements.',
        },
      },
      {
        '@type': 'Question',
        name: 'How does delegated paid access work?',
        acceptedAnswer: {
          '@type': 'Answer',
          text: 'SatGate paid-rail governance uses paid-rail context: an API returns an HTTP 402 payment challenge, a wallet or platform satisfies it under delegated authority, and SatGate verifies proof before forwarding or unlocking access.',
        },
      },
      {
        '@type': 'Question',
        name: 'Why are subscriptions a bad fit for delegated agent access?',
        acceptedAnswer: {
          '@type': 'Answer',
          text: 'Subscriptions assume humans pick plans, enter cards, and manage keys for every integration. Delegated agent access needs request-native pricing, payment proof, scope, revocation, and audit evidence without removing human or platform authority.',
        },
      },
      {
        '@type': 'Question',
        name: 'Is delegated paid access only about payments?',
        acceptedAnswer: {
          '@type': 'Answer',
          text: 'No. Payments need governance around identity, budgets, scoped access, revocation, routing, and audit. SatGate enforces policy and produces receipts in the request path.',
        },
      },
      {
        '@type': 'Question',
        name: 'Who buys and who consumes?',
        acceptedAnswer: {
          '@type': 'Answer',
          text: 'Humans, developers, and platforms buy and configure access. Agents consume approved API primitives through scoped capabilities, budget limits, and audit evidence inside the request path.',
        },
      },
      {
        '@type': 'Question',
        name: 'Does SatGate paid-rail governance use L402?',
        acceptedAnswer: {
          '@type': 'Answer',
          text: 'Yes. SatGate can use L402-style paid-rail context for external agent/API monetization. Payment proof unlocks only the scoped capability, route, quota, or expiry allowed by policy.',
        },
      },
    ],
  };

  const breadcrumbJsonLd = {
    '@context': 'https://schema.org',
    '@type': 'BreadcrumbList',
    itemListElement: [
      { '@type': 'ListItem', position: 1, name: 'Home', item: 'https://satgate.io' },
      { '@type': 'ListItem', position: 2, name: 'Paid Agent Payments', item: 'https://satgate.io/paid-agent-payments' },
    ],
  };

  return (
    <main className="min-h-screen bg-black text-gray-100 font-sans">
      <script type="application/ld+json" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: JSON.stringify(articleJsonLd) }} />
      <script type="application/ld+json" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: JSON.stringify(faqJsonLd) }} />
      <script type="application/ld+json" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: JSON.stringify(breadcrumbJsonLd) }} />

      <section className="relative overflow-hidden border-b border-gray-900">
        <div className="absolute inset-0 bg-[radial-gradient(circle_at_20%_0%,rgba(250,204,21,0.18),transparent_30%),radial-gradient(circle_at_80%_10%,rgba(34,211,238,0.14),transparent_32%)]" />
        <div className="relative max-w-6xl mx-auto px-6 py-24">
          <div className="inline-flex items-center gap-2 rounded-full border border-yellow-500/30 bg-yellow-950/20 px-4 py-2 text-sm text-yellow-200 mb-8">
            <Bot size={16} /> Agents consume. Humans and platforms buy.
          </div>
          <h1 className="text-5xl md:text-7xl font-extrabold tracking-tight max-w-5xl mb-8">
            Governed Paid API Access for Agents
          </h1>
          <p className="text-xl md:text-2xl text-gray-300 max-w-4xl leading-relaxed mb-10">
            AI agents should not become unmanaged customers. They need bounded economic authority from a human or platform, plus APIs that can verify price, policy, scope, and Evidence Pack proof in the request path.
          </p>
          <div className="flex flex-col sm:flex-row gap-4">
            <Link href="/l402-agent-payments" className="inline-flex items-center justify-center gap-2 rounded-lg bg-white text-black px-6 py-3 font-bold hover:bg-gray-200 transition">
              See L402 paid-rail governance <ArrowRight size={18} />
            </Link>
            <Link href="/blog/api-monetization-ai" className="inline-flex items-center justify-center gap-2 rounded-lg border border-gray-700 px-6 py-3 font-bold text-white hover:border-yellow-500 transition">
              API monetization guide
            </Link>
          </div>
        </div>
      </section>

      <section className="max-w-6xl mx-auto px-6 py-20 grid lg:grid-cols-[1fr_0.9fr] gap-12 items-start">
        <div className="space-y-5 text-gray-300 text-lg leading-relaxed">
          <h2 className="text-3xl font-bold text-white mb-6">Human billing needs a delegation layer for agentic usage</h2>
          <p>
            Most API monetization was designed around humans: signup pages, cards, monthly plans, account dashboards, and API keys copied into code. That works when a developer is the buyer and integration is deliberate.
          </p>
          <p>
            Agents behave differently from human buyers. An agent may need one premium search, one enrichment call, one specialized tool execution, or one dataset lookup while completing a delegated workflow. The value is immediate, contextual, and often small enough that a subscription is absurd.
          </p>
          <p>
            SatGate paid-rail governance makes payment proof part of the same control plane that governs agent/API activity. A human or platform delegates the authority, SatGate verifies proof, and the API can be paid without surrendering control.
          </p>
        </div>
        <div className="rounded-2xl border border-yellow-900/50 bg-yellow-950/10 p-6">
          <h3 className="text-xl font-bold text-white mb-4">Delegated agent consumption requires</h3>
          <ul className="space-y-3 text-gray-300">
            {['Machine-readable pricing before access', 'Payment verification before forwarding', 'Scoped, revocable credentials after payment', 'Budget controls so agents cannot overspend', 'Audit trails finance and security can explain'].map((item) => (
              <li key={item} className="rounded-lg border border-gray-800 bg-black/50 p-3">{item}</li>
            ))}
          </ul>
        </div>
      </section>

      <section className="border-y border-gray-900 bg-gray-950/60">
        <div className="max-w-6xl mx-auto px-6 py-20">
          <h2 className="text-3xl font-bold text-white mb-4">The governed paid-access flow</h2>
          <p className="text-gray-400 max-w-3xl mb-10 text-lg">
            The key shift is simple: price, payment proof, policy, and access happen at request time while human or platform authority stays explicit.
          </p>
          <div className="grid md:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3 gap-5">
            {paymentFlow.map(({ icon: Icon, title, body }) => (
              <div key={title} className="rounded-xl border border-gray-800 bg-black p-6 hover:border-yellow-900/70 transition">
                <Icon className="text-yellow-300 mb-4" size={28} />
                <h3 className="text-lg font-bold text-white mb-2">{title}</h3>
                <p className="text-gray-400 leading-relaxed">{body}</p>
              </div>
            ))}
          </div>
        </div>
      </section>

      <section className="border-y border-gray-900 bg-gray-950/60">
        <div className="max-w-6xl mx-auto px-6 py-20 grid lg:grid-cols-[1fr_0.9fr] gap-8 items-start">
          <div>
            <p className="mb-2 text-sm font-mono uppercase tracking-wide text-yellow-300">Payment credentials are one layer</p>
            <h2 className="text-3xl font-bold text-white mb-5">Payment credentials move value. SatGate governs bounded agent access.</h2>
            <div className="space-y-4 text-gray-300 text-lg leading-relaxed">
              <p>
                Wallets and payment credentials can help platforms delegate value movement to autonomous software. API companies still need the control plane around those payments: identity, budgets, scoped access, revocation, metering, and audit.
              </p>
              <p>
                SatGate paid-rail governance is policy-native API monetization. Stripe-style shared payment tokens and card credentials are separate payment rails; SatGate&apos;s durable role is governing delegated agent economic behavior before access.
              </p>
            </div>
          </div>
          <div className="rounded-2xl border border-yellow-900/50 bg-yellow-950/10 p-6">
            <h3 className="text-xl font-bold text-white mb-4">Payment landscape</h3>
            <div className="space-y-3">
              {[
                ['/stripe-link-agents-vs-satgate', 'Stripe Link for Agents vs SatGate'],
                ['/agent-payment-controls', 'Agent payment governance'],
                ['/http-402-for-ai-agents', 'HTTP 402 for AI agents'],
              ].map(([href, title]) => (
                <Link key={href} href={href} className="flex items-center justify-between rounded-lg border border-gray-800 bg-black/50 p-4 text-white transition hover:border-yellow-500/50">
                  <span>{title}</span><ArrowRight size={16} />
                </Link>
              ))}
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
      </section>

      <section className="max-w-6xl mx-auto px-6 py-20 grid lg:grid-cols-2 gap-8">
        <div className="rounded-2xl border border-gray-800 bg-gray-950 p-8">
          <Network className="text-cyan-300 mb-5" size={34} />
          <h2 className="text-2xl font-bold text-white mb-4">Where delegated paid access fits</h2>
          <ul className="space-y-4 text-gray-300 leading-relaxed">
            {useCases.map((item) => (
              <li key={item} className="flex gap-3">
                <span className="mt-2 h-2 w-2 rounded-full bg-cyan-300 shrink-0" />
                <span>{item}</span>
              </li>
            ))}
          </ul>
        </div>
        <div className="rounded-2xl border border-gray-800 bg-gray-950 p-8">
          <ShieldCheck className="text-green-300 mb-5" size={34} />
          <h2 className="text-2xl font-bold text-white mb-4">Where governance still matters</h2>
          <p className="text-gray-300 leading-relaxed mb-5">
            Payment alone is not governance. An agent can still be on the wrong route, exceeding its delegated budget, using stale authority, or chaining calls in ways finance cannot explain.
          </p>
          <p className="text-gray-300 leading-relaxed">
            That is why SatGate treats paid-rail context as one enforcement option inside a broader Economic Firewall: observe every request, control risky activity, and unlock access only when policy permits.
          </p>
        </div>
      </section>

      <section className="border-t border-gray-900 bg-black">
        <div className="max-w-6xl mx-auto px-6 py-20">
          <p className="mb-2 text-sm font-mono uppercase tracking-wide text-yellow-300">FAQ</p>
          <h2 className="mb-8 text-3xl font-bold text-white">Delegated paid-access questions</h2>
          <div className="grid gap-5 md:grid-cols-2 mb-16">
            <div className="rounded-xl border border-gray-800 bg-gray-950 p-6">
              <h3 className="mb-2 text-xl font-bold text-white">What is delegated paid API access?</h3>
              <p className="text-gray-400 leading-relaxed">
                Delegated paid API access lets humans or platforms authorize an agent to consume a protected API under scoped policy, budget, expiry, and receipt requirements.
              </p>
            </div>
            <div className="rounded-xl border border-gray-800 bg-gray-950 p-6">
              <h3 className="mb-2 text-xl font-bold text-white">How does delegated paid access work?</h3>
              <p className="text-gray-400 leading-relaxed">
                SatGate paid-rail governance uses paid-rail context: an API returns an HTTP 402 payment challenge, a wallet or platform satisfies it under delegated authority, and SatGate verifies proof before forwarding or unlocking access.
              </p>
            </div>
            <div className="rounded-xl border border-gray-800 bg-gray-950 p-6">
              <h3 className="mb-2 text-xl font-bold text-white">Why are subscriptions a bad fit for delegated agent access?</h3>
              <p className="text-gray-400 leading-relaxed">
                Subscriptions assume humans pick plans, enter cards, and manage keys for every integration. Delegated agent access needs request-native pricing, payment proof, scope, revocation, and audit evidence without removing human or platform authority.
              </p>
            </div>
            <div className="rounded-xl border border-gray-800 bg-gray-950 p-6">
              <h3 className="mb-2 text-xl font-bold text-white">Is delegated paid access only about payments?</h3>
              <p className="text-gray-400 leading-relaxed">
                No. Payments need governance around identity, budgets, scoped access, revocation, routing, and audit. SatGate enforces policy and produces receipts in the request path.
              </p>
            </div>
            <div className="rounded-xl border border-gray-800 bg-gray-950 p-6">
              <h3 className="mb-2 text-xl font-bold text-white">Who buys and who consumes?</h3>
              <p className="text-gray-400 leading-relaxed">
                Humans, developers, and platforms buy and configure access. Agents consume approved API primitives through scoped capabilities, budget limits, and audit evidence inside the request path.
              </p>
            </div>
            <div className="rounded-xl border border-gray-800 bg-gray-950 p-6">
              <h3 className="mb-2 text-xl font-bold text-white">Does SatGate paid-rail governance use L402?</h3>
              <p className="text-gray-400 leading-relaxed">
                Yes. SatGate paid-rail governance is based on paid-rail context for external agent/API monetization. Payment proof unlocks only the scoped capability, route, quota, or expiry allowed by policy.
              </p>
            </div>
          </div>

          <h2 className="text-3xl font-bold text-white mb-8">Related delegated access controls</h2>
          <div className="grid md:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3 gap-4">
            {[
              ['/stripe-link-agents-vs-satgate', 'Stripe Link for Agents vs SatGate', 'Compare agent wallets with request-path economic governance.'],
              ['/agent-payment-controls', 'Agent payment governance', 'Govern approval, budget, audit, payment rails, and access policy.'],
              ['/http-402-for-ai-agents', 'HTTP 402 for AI agents', 'Understand payment challenges for delegated paid access.'],
              ['/l402-agent-payments', 'L402 paid-rail governance', 'Govern Lightning payment proof before protected API access.'],
              ['/agent-capability-tokens', 'Agent capability tokens', 'Give agents scoped, budgeted, expiring access after proof.'],
              ['/revocable-agent-credentials', 'Revocable agent credentials', 'Revoke delegated access when policy, budget, or risk changes.'],
              ['/economic-firewall', 'Economic Firewall', 'Bound delegated agent authority in one request path.'],
              ['/mcp-budget-enforcement', 'MCP budget enforcement', 'Apply the same budget logic to paid tools and MCP servers.'],
              ['/ai-agent-cost-control', 'AI agent cost control', 'Stop agent overspend before upstream requests execute.'],
            ].map(([href, title, body]) => (
              <Link key={href} href={href} className="rounded-xl border border-gray-800 bg-gray-950 p-5 transition hover:border-yellow-500/50 hover:bg-yellow-950/10">
                <h3 className="font-bold text-white mb-2">{title}</h3>
                <p className="text-sm text-gray-400 leading-relaxed">{body}</p>
              </Link>
            ))}
          </div>
        </div>
      </section>

      <section className="border-t border-gray-900">
        <div className="max-w-5xl mx-auto px-6 py-20 text-center">
          <h2 className="text-4xl font-bold text-white mb-5">Turn API monetization into governed delegation</h2>
          <p className="text-xl text-gray-300 leading-relaxed mb-8">
            If agents are going to consume paid API primitives, monetization has to stay tied to human or platform authority, identity, budget, access, and audit.
          </p>
          <div className="flex flex-col sm:flex-row gap-4 justify-center">
            <Link href="/monetize" className="inline-flex items-center justify-center gap-2 rounded-lg bg-yellow-300 text-black px-6 py-3 font-bold hover:bg-yellow-200 transition">
              Monetize APIs with SatGate <ArrowRight size={18} />
            </Link>
            <Link href="/economic-firewall" className="inline-flex items-center justify-center gap-2 rounded-lg border border-gray-700 px-6 py-3 font-bold text-white hover:border-cyan-500 transition">
              Learn the economic firewall
            </Link>
          </div>
        </div>
      </section>
    </main>
  );
}
