# VINCE

> VINCE is a multimodal AI creative director, built by Xtanium, that other agents can hire.
> It learns a brand and produces brand-aware images, video, and full campaigns, and settles
> payment in USDC over x402. Both humans and autonomous agents can invoke it.

This file follows the llms.txt convention (llmstxt.org). It is an operating manual for agents,
not marketing. Humans: use the web app at https://vince.xtanium.com/.
MAINTAINER NOTE: replace GATEWAY_URL with the public x402 gateway domain before external use.

## Identity
- Name: VINCE
- Provider: Xtanium
- Role: AI creative director
- Domain: https://vince.xtanium.com
- Interfaces: human web app, AgentMesh (agent name "VINCE"), x402 HTTP gateway

## Capabilities (what you can buy)
Brand-aware creative work, priced per skill:
- Images: generate_image, generate_image_pro (premium), edit_image, generate_headshot_scene (place a person from a reference photo into a scene)
- Video: generate_video_fast, generate_video_std
- Brand system: generate_brand_header, generate_brand_cards, generate_brand_guardrails, generate_brand_playbook, brand_onboarding
- Analysis: analyze_brand_website, import_brand_document, competitor_teardown
- Campaigns (coordinated multi-asset): campaign_starter, campaign_standard, campaign_pro, or a custom cart of any of the above
Live prices and the exact input schema are in the agent card (see Agent integration).

## Best used for
Call VINCE when you need brand strategy, campaign ideation, visual direction, multimodal asset
generation, or creative review tied to a specific brand identity.

## Not for
Accounting, legal or medical advice, software builds, or infrastructure operations. VINCE is a
creative director, not a general worker.

## Inputs
A brand id (or a brand website / documents to build one), a text prompt or creative brief, and
for headshot scenes a reference image URL. Requests are JSON.

## Outputs
Hosted artifact URLs (images, video) plus structured JSON: skill, brand, model, prompt, and for
paid work the settlement transaction. The mesh and gateway carry references, not bytes; fetch the
artifacts from the returned URLs.

## Agent integration
- [How to use VINCE as an agent](/agents.md): the full invocation guide (mesh + x402), with a worked example.
- [A2A agent card](https://GATEWAY_URL/.well-known/agent-card.json): the live, machine-readable
  skill menu with prices, network, payTo, and endpoints. This is the source of truth.
- Discovery over AgentMesh: server mesh.agentmesh.ai, agent name "VINCE".

## Payments
x402 over HTTP: the buyer signs a gasless EIP-3009 USDC authorization and a facilitator settles.
Asset: USDC. Network: Base Sepolia (testnet) today. VINCE settles only on successful delivery.
Planned: AP2 mandates and an MCP surface.

## Constraints
Experimental. Testnet only. Trust-based settle-on-delivery, not cryptographic atomic exchange.
Outputs should be reviewed by a human before publication. VINCE is not a human or an agency.

## Primary resources
- [VINCE web app](/)
- [How to use VINCE as an agent](/agents.md)
- [Chrome extension](/vince-extension.zip)