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  1. package/README.md +79 -36
  2. package/dist/cli.js +372 -335
  3. package/dist/mcp-server/index.js +297 -260
  4. package/dist/skills/pair-visa-agent/RUNTIMES.md +92 -79
  5. package/dist/skills/pair-visa-agent/SKILL.md +224 -312
  6. package/native/bin/win32-x64/visa-keychain-win.exe +0 -0
  7. package/package.json +2 -2
  8. package/server.json +3 -3
package/dist/skills/pair-visa-agent/SKILL.md CHANGED
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  ---
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  name: pair-visa-agent
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- description: Pair a Visa CLI v4 agent identity to this device so the agent can pay on the user's behalf. You paste a link, the user enrolls on mobile web, and the credential auto-pairs back to this device — no code is ever typed back. Use when the user says "pair my agent", "enroll my Visa CLI", "connect my Visa wallet", "set up my agent identity", "get me set up to pay", "log in to Visa", or asks to connect/sign up their .visa account.
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- compatibility: Needs the `visa` CLI (`npm i -g @visa/cli@rc`) — run `node scripts/setup.mjs` to auto-install it if missing — plus network access to the Visa verify-web origin. Works in OpenClaw, Hermes, or any Agent Skills runtime.
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+ description: Pair a Visa CLI v4 agent identity to this runtime. Present one authorization link and the full public request-key fingerprint to the human, then poll until the runtime's local Ed25519 identity is activated. Use when the user says "pair my agent", "enroll my Visa CLI", "connect my Visa agent", or "set up my agent identity".
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+ compatibility: Needs the `visa` CLI (`npm i -g @visa/cli@rc`) — run `node scripts/setup.mjs` to install it if missing — plus network access to the Visa authorization service. Works in OpenClaw, Hermes, or any Agent Skills runtime.
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  allowed-tools: Bash(visa:*) Bash(visa-cli:*) Bash(node:*) Bash(npm:*) Bash(npx:*)
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  metadata:
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  author: visa
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  homepage: https://visacli.sh/agents
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- version: '0.6.4'
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+ version: '0.6.5'
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  # OpenClaw-namespaced extension (agentskills.io keeps `metadata` free-form, so
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  # non-standard runtime config lives here — `user-invocable` is not a standard
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  # top-level field). OpenClaw auto-installs `install[]` when `requires.bins` are
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  # until 4.1.0 is promoted to latest.
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  openclaw:
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  user-invocable: true
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- emoji: '💳'
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+ emoji: '🔐'
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  requires:
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  bins:
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  - visa
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  - visa-cli
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  ---
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- # Pair a Visa CLI v4 Agent Identity
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+ # Pair a Visa CLI v4 agent identity
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- Connects a Visa v4 identity (`.visa` name + delegated wallet + card) to THIS device
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- through a mobile-web enrollment link. This is the device-link flow: the credential
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- pairs back **automatically** to the terminal that started it. **No confirmation code is
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- ever typed back into you** — the code is an out-of-band check the human reads to confirm
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- the page they are on is the flow you started.
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+ Pair this runtime's locally generated identity with a human-approved Visa agent. Pairing
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+ protocol v2 has one ceremony and three equivalent ways to drive it:
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- Driven through the local `visa` binary. **This skill is runtime-agnostic** — it works in
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- OpenClaw, Hermes, or any agent runtime that can run the `visa` CLI or mount its MCP
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- server (see Runtimes). Use whichever pairing surface your runtime exposes; they all wrap
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- the same two `visa` commands:
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+ - **`pair_agent_start` / `pair_agent_poll`** — OpenClaw plugin tools.
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+ - **`enroll_agent` with `action: "start"` / `action: "claim"`** — the `visa` MCP server tool.
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+ - **`visa agent enroll --format json` / `visa agent enroll-claim --format json`** — the raw
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+ CLI and universal fallback.
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- - **`pair_agent_start` / `pair_agent_poll`** — the OpenClaw plugin tools (parse JSON for you). Use these if present.
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- - **`enroll_agent`** — the `visa` MCP server tool, if the runtime has the server mounted.
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- - **`visa agent enroll` / `visa agent enroll-claim`** — the raw CLI, always available if `visa` is on PATH. The universal fallback.
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+ Use the first surface available. Do not mix this flow with older pairing or login flows;
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+ all three surfaces above wrap the same v2 enrollment ceremony and local pending state.
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- Pick the first one available; if unsure, shell out to the raw CLI commands — every path
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- hits the same hand-off on this device.
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+ ## What pairing establishes
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+
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+ Pairing activates an agent identity on this runtime:
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+
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+ - `agentId` is the server-assigned, stable identifier for the agent.
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+ - The runtime creates and retains the private Ed25519 identity key. It sends only the
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+ public JWK to the service.
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+ - `identityKeyJkt` is the thumbprint of the currently bound Ed25519 public key. It can
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+ change when that key rotates, so it must never be presented or stored as the stable
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+ agent identifier.
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+ - The human receives the authorization URL, stable agent ID, and full public request-key
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+ fingerprint for exact comparison. Private key material, the local claim token, and signed
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+ protocol messages stay with the runtime.
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+ - An `activated` result means **identity paired only**. Payment methods, an email address,
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+ and tap bindings are separate configuration that may be added later. Do not infer any
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+ of those capabilities from pairing success.
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  ## Getting this skill
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- The skill ships **inside the public `@visa/cli` npm package** — no git clone of the
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- (private) monorepo is required, so any agent box that can reach npm can install it:
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+ The skill ships inside the public `@visa/cli` npm package. No clone of the private
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+ monorepo is required:
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+ ```sh
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+ npm install -g @visa/cli@rc
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+ visa agent skill
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  ```
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- npm install -g @visa/cli@rc # public npm — puts `visa` on PATH
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- visa agent skill # plants this skill into your runtime's skills dir
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- ```
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- `visa agent skill` auto-detects OpenClaw / Hermes / Claude Code (falling back to the
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- project-local `./.agents/skills`); pass `--runtime <name>` or `--dir <path>` to target
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- one explicitly, `--force` to overwrite, or `--print` to read it without writing. After
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- it lands, **reload/restart your agent** so the runtime registers the skill, then prompt
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- the agent — "set up my Visa agent to pay" — to run the pairing flow below. (Installing a
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- skill does not run it; the agent activates it on a matching prompt.)
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- Access is gated server-side by the employee allowlist + Turnkey, so shipping the playbook
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- over public npm exposes no capability — only allowlisted accounts can actually pair.
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- (OpenClaw users also get it auto-bundled with the `@visa/visa-cli-openclaw` plugin. The
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- `npx skills add` open-standard path applies once the skill is published to a public repo.)
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-
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- ## Getting set up (install → mount → pair → transact)
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- The whole flow, top to bottom:
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- 1. **Install the CLI (prerelease)** — `npm install -g @visa/cli@rc`, **or** run the bundled
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- provisioner `node scripts/setup.mjs` (idempotent — installs `@visa/cli@rc` only if `visa`
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- is missing; this is how **Hermes / Claude Code / any runtime** self-provisions, and what
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- OpenClaw runs automatically via the manifest). You **must** use the `@rc` tag: the
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- `@latest` tag (4.0.x) predates the `visa agent` commands and reports "does not expose
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- agent enroll". This puts both `visa` and `visa-cli` on PATH and ships the bundled MCP
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- server (`@visa/cli/dist/mcp-server/index.js`). (Once 4.1.0 is promoted to `latest`, bare
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- 2. **Mount the MCP server** — one mount gives this agent the _entire_ v4 toolset:
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- - **OpenClaw:** installing the `@visa/visa-cli-openclaw` plugin **auto-mounts** the server
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- (its postinstall writes `mcp.servers["visa-cli"]` into `~/.openclaw/openclaw.json`).
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- Nothing to do by hand.
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- - **Hermes / anything else:** run `visa-cli connect hermes` (or `visa-cli connect <runtime>`).
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- This writes the server entry idempotently into the runtime's config (Hermes →
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- `~/.hermes/config.yaml` under `mcp_servers`). See Runtimes below for the exact shape.
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- - **No runtime integration?** The raw `visa agent …` CLI still works — the universal fallback.
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- 3. **Pair** — run the Core flow below. This binds a `.visa` identity + delegated wallet + card
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- to this device.
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- 4. **Transact** — once paired, use the mounted tools (see "What you can do once paired").
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- ## Runtimes
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- One artifact, both runtimes. The `visa` CLI is the portable substrate; mount its MCP
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- server so the runtime exposes the tools (both use the same server entrypoint — replace
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- `<npm root -g>` with the output of `npm root -g`):
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- **OpenClaw** (`~/.openclaw/openclaw.json`):
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+ `visa agent skill` auto-detects OpenClaw, Hermes, and Claude Code, falling back to the
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+ project-local `./.agents/skills`. Pass `--runtime <name>` or `--dir <path>` to choose a
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+ target, `--force` to overwrite, or `--print` to read without writing. Reload or restart
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+ the agent runtime after installation so it registers the skill.
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+ Access remains enforced by the Visa service. Installing the public package or skill does
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+ not authorize an account to pair.
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+ OpenClaw users also receive the skill with the `@visa/visa-cli-openclaw` plugin.
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+ ## Getting set up
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+ 1. **Install the prerelease CLI.** Run `npm install -g @visa/cli@rc`, or run the bundled
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+ idempotent provisioner `node scripts/setup.mjs`. The `@latest` tag may not yet expose
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+ the v4 agent commands. Installation puts `visa` and `visa-cli` on `PATH` and includes
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+ `@visa/cli/dist/mcp-server/index.js`.
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+ 2. **Mount the MCP server when the runtime supports MCP.**
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+ - **OpenClaw:** installing `@visa/visa-cli-openclaw` auto-mounts the server by writing
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+ `mcp.servers["visa-cli"]` in `~/.openclaw/openclaw.json`.
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+ - **Hermes or another supported runtime:** run `visa-cli connect hermes` or
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+ `visa-cli connect <runtime>`. For Hermes, the entry is written under `mcp_servers`
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+ in `~/.hermes/config.yaml`.
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+ - **No MCP integration:** use the raw `visa agent …` commands.
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+ 3. **Pair.** Follow the core flow below.
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+ ## MCP mounting examples
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+ Both runtimes use the same server entrypoint. Replace `<npm root -g>` with the output of
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  ```
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- OpenClaw install into `~/.hermes/skills/`.) See `RUNTIMES.md` for the full plugin/config map.
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+ In Hermes, `hermes claw migrate` can also import this skill and MCP configuration from an
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+ existing OpenClaw installation. See `RUNTIMES.md` for the complete runtime map.
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+ ## JSON and exit-code contract
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- ## Running commands
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+ Prefer structured output and parse it; never scrape prose.
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- stdout; on failure a JSON object with `error` (and, for claim, a `status`) goes to
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- stdout with a non-zero exit code. **Always parse the JSON — never scrape prose.**
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- - `enroll-claim` exit codes are load-bearing: `0` = claimed (done), `3` = not ready yet
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+ - The OpenClaw and MCP tools return structured objects directly.
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+ - Raw CLI commands support `--format json`.
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+ - `visa agent enroll-claim` exits `0` when activated, `3` when the human has not finished,
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+ and `1` on a terminal failure.
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+ The start result includes protocol version `2`, `pairingId`, stable `agentId`, full
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+ `requestKeyFingerprint`, `browserUrl`, and expiry information. The activation result
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+ includes protocol version `2`, `pairingId`, stable `agentId`, the display name, and
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+ It returns `browserUrl`, `pairingId`, stable `agentId`, and the full public
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+ `requestKeyFingerprint` **immediately**. It starts a detached activation process only
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+ after the pending identity and private key are durable. Present the link and fingerprint
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+ for exact browser comparison. When `claiming` is `background`, activation completes after
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+ approval without another command; if it is `manual`, run the returned `recoveryCommand`
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+ after approval. Use the step-by-step flow below when `pair` is unavailable or when driving
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+ ## Returning & already-connected — do NOT re-pair
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+ - [ ] Present the authorization URL, stable agent ID, and full public fingerprint to the human.
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+ - [ ] Poll with `pair_agent_poll`, `enroll_agent` action `claim`, or
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+ - [ ] Report the stable `agentId` and that the identity is paired on this runtime.
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- - **Emphasize the confirm code.** Show `confirmCode` in **bold** or `monospace` — both are
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- - **Relative expiry.** "expires in about 15 minutes" — never the raw `expiresAt` ISO/UTC
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+ ## Interruption and replay safety
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- > On the final screen, check the code matches before you finish — only finish if it does. Never
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- - `sessionSaved: true` → the CLI is now signed in under this identity's email and discovery
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- - `walletProvisioned: true` → the x402 spending wallet is **live on this device** (Turnkey
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- ## Limits
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- | Limit | Value |
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- | Hand-off validity | 15 minutes from `pair_agent_start` |
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- | In-flight hand-offs per device | 1 (a new start replaces the prior) |
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- | Claim | single-shot server-side; once claimed the entry is destroyed |
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- | Confirmation code | 6 chars, no ambiguous glyphs; display-only |
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- | `error: verify-web URL not available in stable builds` | Stable CLI build, surface not public | Set `VISA_VERIFY_WEB_URL` or use a preview build. Do not proceed otherwise. |
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- | `error: RC build requires access` | The RC employee gate rejected the bootstrap | Upgrade the RC (`npm install -g @visa/cli@rc`) or set `VISA_RC_CODE`, then retry the hand-off. |
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- | `no_pending` | No hand-off in flight (never started, or already claimed/expired) | Start fresh with `pair_agent_start`. |
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- | `not_ready`, `likelyExpired: false` | User hasn't finished the mobile flow | Wait, tell the user, poll again. Bounded polling only. |
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- | `not_ready`, `likelyExpired: true` | 15-minute window elapsed | Start over with `pair_agent_start`. |
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- | `confirm_mismatch` | The claim didn't match THIS device's secret | STOP. Show the re-derived `confirmCode`. If the user did not just finish the flow, someone else may hold their link — start over. Never retry blindly. |
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- | `error` (network / malformed) | Transport or server error | Surface the message. Poll once more; if it persists, start over. |
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+ The runtime persists its v2 pending record before sending the signed claim. If a request
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+ ## Optional checkout profile (separate from pairing)
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+ ```
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+ `fullName` must be non-blank; `firstName` plus `lastName` is also accepted. The engine reads
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+ `city`, `state`, `postalCode`, and `country`. The profile supplies checkout/cardholder and
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+ billing data only. Its `email` value is not the account's verified owner email, an agent
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+ mailbox, key proof, recovery factor, or permission to spend.
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+ ## Security rules
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+ - Never read, print, log, paste, or transmit the private Ed25519 JWK or local claim token.
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+ - Never read or echo the pending pairing file. Present only the authorization URL returned
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+ by the supported command or tool.
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+ - Never treat `identityKeyJkt` as the stable identity. Use `agentId` for references and
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+ persistence.
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+ - Never fetch the authorization URL on the human's behalf. The human reviews and approves
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+ - Never invent a secondary pairing path when polling fails. Preserve the pending state,
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- - `docs/agents/ARCHITECTURE.md` — where the enroll hand-off sits in the v4 request paths.
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- - `visacli.sh/agents` — product-facing agent docs.
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+ - `RUNTIMES.md` — OpenClaw, Hermes, and raw CLI setup.
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+ - `docs/agents/ARCHITECTURE.md` — where enrollment sits in the v4 request paths.
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+ - `visacli.sh/agents` — product-facing agent documentation.