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MoltyDexter: Dexter x402 Plugin for Moltbot

AI Agents That Can Pay for What They Need

JANUARY 2026 — Dexter, the leading x402 facilitator powering millions of autonomous payments, today announces MoltyDexter – a plugin that enables Moltbot AI agents to discover and pay for x402-enabled services autonomously.

For the first time, Moltbot users can give their AI agents the ability to access premium APIs, pay for data services, and consume x402 resources—all without human intervention on each transaction.


What Is MoltyDexter?

MoltyDexter is an official Moltbot plugin that bridges Moltbot's powerful AI agents to Dexter x402 payment infrastructure. Once installed, your Moltbot agent can:

  • Discover verified x402 APIs – Browse available paid services from the Dexter Marketplace, backed by Dexter's AI endpoint verification
  • Pay autonomously – Execute USDC payments through Dexter Facilitator when accessing paid resources
  • Manage budgets – Respect per-transaction and total spending limits you define
  • Track expenses – Full transparency on what your agent paid for and why

It's the difference between an AI that can only use free tools and one that has a wallet.


Why This Matters

The Agent Economy Needs Agent-Native Payments

AI agents are increasingly capable of complex multi-step tasks. But most agents hit a wall when they encounter paid services—they have to stop and ask a human for payment, breaking the autonomous workflow.

MoltyDexter removes that wall. Your Moltbot agent can now:

  • Access premium market data for trading analysis
  • Pay for computation-heavy AI inference
  • Consume specialized APIs that charge per-request
  • Execute any x402-enabled service in the ecosystem

Moltbot + Dexter = Complete Agent Stack

Moltbot brings the AI reasoning, tool orchestration, and multi-channel communication (Telegram, Discord, CLI). Dexter brings the payment infrastructure with sub-400ms settlement and gas-free transactions.

Together, they create agents that can think and transact.


How It Works

1. Install the Plugin

moltbot plugin add @dexterai/moltbot-x402

2. Configure Your Wallet

Set up a Solana wallet that your agent will use for x402 payments. You control the keys, you set the limits.

moltbot config set plugins.entries.@dexterai/moltbot-x402.config.svmPrivateKey "your-key"
moltbot config set plugins.entries.@dexterai/moltbot-x402.config.maxPaymentUSDC "5.00"

3. Fund and Go

Deposit USDC to your configured wallet. Your Moltbot agent can now access any x402 service within your spending limits.


Built-In Safeguards

MoltyDexter includes multiple layers of spending control:

SafeguardDescription
Per-transaction limitMaximum USDC for any single x402 payment
Session budgetOptional cap on total spending per conversation
Wallet balanceAgent can only spend what's in its wallet
User confirmationOptional prompt before high-value transactions

You're always in control of how much your agent can spend.


Technical Details

FeatureStatus
Solana USDC payments✅ Supported
Base (EVM) USDC payments✅ Supported
Dexter Facilitator integration✅ Native
Dexter Marketplace discovery✅ Enabled
Dexter Proxy routing✅ Enabled
x402 v1 protocol✅ Supported
x402 v2 protocol✅ Supported
Self-fee mode✅ Supported

Requests routed through Dexter Proxy benefit from response validation powered by zauthx402.


Use Cases

Market Research Agent

Your Moltbot agent researches a token, discovers that the best sentiment data costs $0.02 per query, pays automatically, and delivers the complete analysis—all in one conversation.

Content Generation Agent

Agent needs premium image generation? It discovers an x402 image API, pays the $0.10 fee, generates the asset, and continues the workflow.

Trading Assistant

Agent monitors markets and needs real-time premium data feeds. It pays per-request for the data it needs, when it needs it.


About Moltbot

Moltbot is a next-generation AI agent framework that runs autonomous AI assistants across Telegram, Discord, and other platforms. With advanced tool orchestration, memory management, and multi-step reasoning, Moltbot agents can handle complex tasks that span multiple services and conversations.

Moltbot is open source and designed for extensibility—MoltyDexter is one of many plugins that extend agent capabilities.

About Dexter

Dexter is payment infrastructure for the AI economy. With 23.5M+ settlements processed and growing, Dexter operates the world's most-used x402 facilitator. From facilitation to marketplace to proxy routing, Dexter handles the complete payment layer for machine-to-machine commerce.

$DEXTER | dexter.cash | @dexteraisol


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This announcement is for informational purposes only. Using paid APIs involves cost. Configure spending limits appropriate for your use case.