NewsFacts

Motivation / Problem Firsthand news facts are hard to monetize directly and quickly. AI agents need verifiable sources with clean payment trails. Impact Turns micro-facts into paid, citable sources. Demonstrates agentic commerce with USDC micropayments on Arc. Solution UI-first NewsFacts Studio for journalists to submit short facts. Free search + paid fact detail using x402 via Circle Gateway. MCP server for Gemini CLI to search and pay for facts with citations. Tech Stack Node.js 20, TypeScript + tsx Express 5 Circle x402 batching SDK (@circlefin/x402-batching) Local embeddings with @xenova/transformers (used when LLM phase is enabled) MCP SDK for Gemini CLI integration

Built With

• gemini
• next.js