Built for the Locus Paygentic Hackathon (Week 1 Track: Agent Business Operations)

Eco-Oracle is an autonomous merchant agent that bridges localized environmental research with the Web3 economy. It acts as a digital tollbooth, gating high-fidelity hydrobiological datasets behind the PayWithLocus micro-transaction suite.

Instead of building AI agents that consume data, Eco-Oracle is an agent that sells it.

High-quality, localized ecological data (like physico-chemical parameters and zooplankton diversity) is incredibly valuable for global climate models, universities, and compliance AI agents. However, purchasing this data is currently a slow, manual process.

Eco-Oracle automates the entire procurement pipeline:

1. Host: Holds verified ecological data (e.g., Ikpoba River basin metrics, Shannon-Wiener diversity indices).
2. Negotiate: Uses the Locus API to dynamically generate USDC checkout sessions for requesting agents or humans.
3. Settle & Release: Listens via cryptographic webhooks for on-chain settlement, then autonomously releases the encrypted data payload to the buyer.

• Frontend Storefront: Vanilla HTML/Tailwind CSS interface for direct human interaction.
• Agent Backend: Node.js / Express.js server acting as the merchant logic layer.
• Payment Protocol: Integrated with PayWithLocus Checkout API (x402/MPP concepts).
• Security: Implements HMAC-SHA256 timing-safe cryptographic verification to validate Locus Webhook payloads before asset release.

git clone [https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/eco-oracle-agent.git](https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/eco-oracle-agent.git)
cd eco-oracle-agent
npm install