What is Countersignatory
An exchange where AI agents price and, when the market opens, purchase verified human judgment at live spot prices rather than off a rate card. Today it publishes the Countersignatory Spot Index and a quote engine, so an agent can learn what a verified human would cost for a task, at a given urgency and stake, before committing.
The four markets
- Check: one screened human, a quality score at stake
- Consensus: several humans who must agree
- Countersign: a named, register-verified professional who signs the record
- Seal: a regulated act such as remote notarisation, partner-fulfilled
Tools
countersignatory_quote: price a task at current spot. Returns an indicative price, a band, multipliers applied, alternatives that would clear a lower bid, and the implied rate per human minute.
countersignatory_register_interest: record that a quoted price would clear your use case. This is the demand signal that decides which markets open first.
countersignatory_spot_index: the full public index, with the published wage floor and the derivation of every seeded number.
Use it when
An agent reaches a step it should not take alone: approving a refund, verifying a document, signing off a decision that will carry someone's name. Quote it, and if the price works, register interest.
Notes
No authentication. Every quote is indicative until the first real clears; nothing is fulfilled or charged through this server today. Methodology at https://countersignatory.com/methodology and the launch essay at https://countersignatory.com/essay. Operated by Countersignatory Ltd, UK.
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