wayleave 0.1.2

package/LICENSE

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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 Wayleave
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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+
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+
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+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.

package/README.md

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+# wayleave
+
+**Charge AI agents for passage across your app.**
+
+A *wayleave* is the fee paid for the right of passage across private land — utility companies have paid them for 150 years to run cables through property. AI agents are about to cross your app millions of times for free. Charge them a wayleave.
+
+Zero dependencies. Node's native crypto only.
+
+## What it does
+
+Every request gets classified into a lane:
+
+- **verified_agent** — valid Ed25519 signature (Web Bot Auth profile, RFC 9421) against a key directory you trust
+- **declared_agent** — identifies as a bot, no valid signature
+- **suspected_bot** — automation fingerprints without disclosure (an *invalid* signature lands here too — faking verification is the strongest fraud signal there is)
+- **human** — browser-shaped traffic
+
+Then policy runs per lane: allow, deny, rate-limit — and on routes you price, agents get **402 Payment Required** with an x402-shaped challenge. Your human users never see a paywall.
+
+## Quickstart
+
+```js
+import Wayleave from 'wayleave';
+
+const gate = new Wayleave({
+  directories: {
+    'https://agents.anthropic.example/keys': { 'claude-1': publicKeyOrRawB64 },
+  },
+  rules: {
+    verified_agent: [['/api/admin', false], ['/api', true]],
+    suspected_bot:  [['/api', false]],
+  },
+  rateLimits: { declared_agent: 10 },
+  pricedPaths: { '/api/premium': 0.05 },   // agents pay 5¢/call, humans free
+  onEvent: e => queueForBilling(e),        // metering hook; never blocks serving
+});
+
+app.use(gate.express());
+```
+
+## Guarantees, honestly stated
+
+- Signature verification is real Ed25519 over an RFC 9421 signature base (`@authority`, `signature-agent`) — forged keys, tampered requests, expired signatures, and replay-farming windows are all rejected. Tested adversarially.
+- Sub-millisecond per request. Your latency budget won't notice.
+- The metering hook can throw, crash, or hang your billing backend — serving continues. Your uptime never depends on ours.
+- This is a **screening and pricing layer, not a guarantee**. Every decision returns its evidence and is loggable.
+
+## Status
+
+v0.1 — verification, lanes, policy, pricing, and the metering hook, all under test (22 scenarios, including forgery, tampering, and replay). Payment settlement network integration is in progress; today the 402 challenge and payment-proof check are pluggable.
+
+## License
+
+MIT

package/index.js

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+/**
+ * wayleave — charge AI agents for passage across your app.
+ *
+ * A wayleave is the fee paid for the right of passage across private
+ * land. Utilities have paid them for 150 years. Agents are next.
+ *
+ * Every request is classified into a lane:
+ *   verified_agent  — valid Ed25519 signature (Web Bot Auth profile)
+ *                     against a key directory you trust
+ *   declared_agent  — says it's a bot, no valid signature
+ *   suspected_bot   — automation fingerprints without disclosure
+ *   human           — browser-shaped traffic
+ *
+ * Then policy runs per lane: allow, deny, rate-limit — and on priced
+ * routes, agents get 402 Payment Required with a price. Humans browse free.
+ *
+ * Zero dependencies. Node's native crypto only.
+ */
+
+import { createPublicKey, verify as edVerify, sign as edSign } from 'node:crypto';
+
+export const LANES = Object.freeze({
+  VERIFIED: 'verified_agent',
+  DECLARED: 'declared_agent',
+  SUSPECT: 'suspected_bot',
+  HUMAN: 'human',
+});
+
+// ── RFC 9421 profile (Web Bot Auth usage) ───────────────────────────────
+
+const PARAMS_RE = /created=(\d+);expires=(\d+);keyid="([^"]+)";tag="([^"]+)"/;
+
+function sigBase(authority, signatureAgent, params) {
+  return Buffer.from(
+    `"@authority": ${authority}\n` +
+    `"signature-agent": ${signatureAgent}\n` +
+    `"@signature-params": ${params}`
+  );
+}
+
+export function buildParams(keyid, created, expires) {
+  return `("@authority" "signature-agent");created=${created};` +
+         `expires=${expires};keyid="${keyid}";tag="web-bot-auth"`;
+}
+
+/** What a legitimate agent operator's SDK does before sending. */
+export function signRequest(headers, authority, privateKey, keyid, directoryUrl,
+                            created = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
+                            expires = created + 300) {
+  headers['signature-agent'] = directoryUrl;
+  const params = buildParams(keyid, created, expires);
+  const sig = edSign(null, sigBase(authority, directoryUrl, params), privateKey);
+  headers['signature-input'] = `sig1=${params}`;
+  headers['signature'] = `sig1=:${sig.toString('base64')}:`;
+  return headers;
+}
+
+/**
+ * directories: { [directoryUrl]: { [keyid]: publicKey (KeyObject|PEM|raw b64) } }
+ * Returns { ok, agentId, reason }
+ */
+export function verifySignature(h, authority, directories,
+                                now = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000)) {
+  const sigInput = h['signature-input'] || '';
+  const sigHeader = h['signature'] || '';
+  const directory = h['signature-agent'] || '';
+
+  if (!sigInput || !sigHeader || !directory)
+    return { ok: false, agentId: null, reason: 'no signature presented' };
+
+  const m = PARAMS_RE.exec(sigInput);
+  if (!m) return { ok: false, agentId: null, reason: 'malformed signature-input' };
+  const [, createdS, expiresS, keyid, tag] = m;
+  const created = +createdS, expires = +expiresS;
+
+  if (tag !== 'web-bot-auth')
+    return { ok: false, agentId: null, reason: `unexpected tag "${tag}"` };
+  if (now < created - 30)
+    return { ok: false, agentId: null, reason: 'signature created in the future' };
+  if (now > expires)
+    return { ok: false, agentId: null, reason: `signature expired ${now - expires}s ago` };
+  if (expires - created > 3600)
+    return { ok: false, agentId: null, reason: 'validity window too long (replay risk)' };
+
+  const dir = directories[directory];
+  if (!dir) return { ok: false, agentId: null, reason: `unknown key directory ${directory}` };
+  let key = dir[keyid];
+  if (!key) return { ok: false, agentId: null, reason: `keyid "${keyid}" not in directory` };
+  if (typeof key === 'string') {
+    key = key.includes('BEGIN')
+      ? createPublicKey(key)
+      : createPublicKey({ key: Buffer.concat([
+          // raw 32-byte ed25519 pubkey -> SPKI DER prefix
+          Buffer.from('302a300506032b6570032100', 'hex'),
+          Buffer.from(key, 'base64')]), format: 'der', type: 'spki' });
+    dir[keyid] = key; // cache the KeyObject
+  }
+
+  const sm = /sig1=:([A-Za-z0-9+/=]+):/.exec(sigHeader);
+  if (!sm) return { ok: false, agentId: null, reason: 'malformed signature header' };
+
+  const params = sigInput.slice(sigInput.indexOf('sig1=') + 5);
+  const valid = edVerify(null, sigBase(authority, directory, params),
+                         key, Buffer.from(sm[1], 'base64'));
+  if (!valid)
+    return { ok: false, agentId: null,
+             reason: 'signature verification FAILED (forged or tampered)' };
+  return { ok: true, agentId: `${directory}#${keyid}`, reason: 'valid signature' };
+}
+
+// ── classification ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+const AGENT_UA = [
+  /gptbot/, /oai-searchbot/, /chatgpt-user/, /claude(?:bot|-user|-searchbot)?/,
+  /perplexitybot/, /google-extended/, /bingbot/, /anthropic/, /openai/,
+  /agent/, /autonomous/, /\bbot\b/,
+];
+const AUTOMATION_TELLS = [
+  ['headlesschrome', 'headless browser UA'],
+  ['python-requests', 'raw HTTP library UA'],
+  ['curl/', 'curl UA'],
+  ['selenium', 'browser automation UA'],
+  ['phantomjs', 'headless UA'],
+  ['undici', 'raw HTTP library UA'],
+  ['node', 'raw HTTP client UA'],
+  ['axios', 'raw HTTP library UA'],
+  ['wget', 'wget UA'],
+];
+
+export function classify(req, directories, now) {
+  const h = req.headers, ua = (h['user-agent'] || '').toLowerCase();
+  const v = verifySignature(h, req.authority, directories, now);
+  if (v.ok) return { lane: LANES.VERIFIED, agentId: v.agentId,
+                     evidence: [`crypto: ${v.reason}`] };
+  if (h['signature'] || h['signature-input'])
+    return { lane: LANES.SUSPECT, agentId: null,
+             evidence: [`crypto: ${v.reason}`, 'presented invalid signature'] };
+  if (AGENT_UA.some(p => p.test(ua)))
+    return { lane: LANES.DECLARED, agentId: null,
+             evidence: [`self-identified in UA: "${ua.slice(0, 40)}"`,
+                        'no signature presented'] };
+  for (const [tell, why] of AUTOMATION_TELLS)
+    if (ua.includes(tell))
+      return { lane: LANES.SUSPECT, agentId: null, evidence: [why] };
+  if (!ua) return { lane: LANES.SUSPECT, agentId: null, evidence: ['empty user-agent'] };
+  if (!h['accept-language'] && ua.includes('mozilla'))
+    return { lane: LANES.SUSPECT, agentId: null,
+             evidence: ['browser UA without accept-language'] };
+  return { lane: LANES.HUMAN, agentId: null, evidence: ['browser-shaped request'] };
+}
+
+// ── the gate ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+export class Wayleave {
+  /**
+   * opts = {
+   *   directories: { dirUrl: { keyid: publicKey } },
+   *   rules: { [lane]: [ [pathPrefix, allow], ... ] },
+   *   rateLimits: { [lane]: perWindow }, rateWindow: 60,
+   *   pricedPaths: { pathPrefix: priceUsd },
+   *   onEvent: (logEntry) => {}   // metering/billing hook, async-safe
+   * }
+   */
+  constructor(opts = {}) {
+    this.directories = opts.directories || {};
+    this.rules = opts.rules || {};
+    this.rateLimits = opts.rateLimits || {};
+    this.rateWindow = opts.rateWindow || 60;
+    this.pricedPaths = opts.pricedPaths || {};
+    this.onEvent = opts.onEvent || (() => {});
+    this._hits = new Map();
+  }
+
+  /** req: { method, path, authority, headers } → decision */
+  handle(req, now = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000), paymentProof = '') {
+    const { lane, agentId, evidence } = classify(req, this.directories, now);
+    const ident = agentId ||
+      `${lane}:${req.headers['x-forwarded-for'] || 'unknown'}`;
+    const d = this._decide(req, lane, ident, now, paymentProof);
+    const entry = { t: now, path: req.path, lane, identity: ident,
+                    status: d.status, why: d.why, evidence,
+                    billedUsd: d.billed || 0 };
+    try { this.onEvent(entry); } catch { /* metering must never break serving */ }
+    return { lane, identity: ident, ...d, evidence };
+  }
+
+  _decide(req, lane, ident, now, paymentProof) {
+    for (const [prefix, allow] of this.rules[lane] || []) {
+      if (req.path.startsWith(prefix)) {
+        if (!allow) return { status: 403, why: `${lane} denied on ${prefix}` };
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    const limit = this.rateLimits[lane];
+    if (limit) {
+      const k = `${ident}|${Math.floor(now / this.rateWindow)}`;
+      const n = (this._hits.get(k) || 0) + 1;
+      this._hits.set(k, n);
+      if (n > limit) return { status: 429, why: `${n} req in window, limit ${limit}` };
+    }
+    if (lane !== LANES.HUMAN) {
+      for (const [prefix, price] of Object.entries(this.pricedPaths)) {
+        if (req.path.startsWith(prefix)) {
+          if (paymentProof === `paid:${prefix}:${price}`)
+            return { status: 200, billed: price, why: `paid access $${price}` };
+          return { status: 402, why: 'payment required for agent access',
+                   challenge: { scheme: 'x402', price_usd: price, resource: prefix } };
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    if (lane === LANES.SUSPECT && req.method !== 'GET')
+      return { status: 403, why: 'write blocked for unverified automation' };
+    return { status: 200, why: `${lane} allowed` };
+  }
+
+  /** Express/Connect adapter: app.use(wayleave.express()) */
+  express() {
+    return (req, res, next) => {
+      const r = this.handle({
+        method: req.method, path: req.path || req.url,
+        authority: req.headers.host || '',
+        headers: req.headers,
+      }, undefined, req.headers['x-payment-proof'] || '');
+      req.wayleave = r;
+      if (r.status === 200) return next();
+      if (r.status === 402)
+        return res.status(402)
+                  .set('x-payment-challenge', JSON.stringify(r.challenge))
+                  .json({ error: r.why, challenge: r.challenge });
+      return res.status(r.status).json({ error: r.why });
+    };
+  }
+}
+
+export default Wayleave;

package/package.json

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+{
+  "name": "wayleave",
+  "version": "0.1.2",
+  "description": "Charge AI agents for passage across your app. Verify agent signatures (Web Bot Auth / Ed25519), classify every request, and return 402 with a price on routes you choose. Humans browse free.",
+  "type": "module",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "exports": {
+    ".": "./index.js"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "index.js",
+    "README.md",
+    "LICENSE"
+  ],
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "node --test"
+  },
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=18"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "ai-agents",
+    "web-bot-auth",
+    "rfc9421",
+    "402",
+    "x402",
+    "agent-payments",
+    "bot-detection",
+    "middleware",
+    "express",
+    "monetization",
+    "ed25519"
+  ],
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/gibrancorbin11-hub/wayleave.git"
+  },
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/gibrancorbin11-hub/wayleave/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/gibrancorbin11-hub/wayleave#readme"
+}