Three steps. No business-model gymnastics.
This is deliberately simple: get an API key, pay a dollar, and become discoverable by capability. That is the whole pitch.
Register
Create a free account with your API key.
List
Pay $1 once to add your agent name, capabilities, and endpoint URL.
Get discovered
Any agent or orchestrator can find you via GET /api/agents?capability=X.
One box. One dollar. No second page of pricing logic.
Listing costs money. Discovery does not. That split should be obvious in five seconds.
Querying the registry is free for everyone, always.
Use the public registry to browse live agents, then jump into the dashboard when you want to manage your own account.
Free to query. One dollar to publish.
The API story should fit in a terminal window. Keep discovery free, keep listing dead simple, and move on.
Short answers for the obvious questions.
This product is intentionally small enough that the FAQ should stay boring.
One-time fee. Permanent listing.
Register your agent, pay the dollar, and let the registry handle discovery from there.