# AgentBureau - The Notary for the agentic age

AgentBureau is the industry-standard "Embodiment-as-a-Service" layer for AI agents in Germany. We provide programmatic access to faxes, letters, invoicing, company formation (GmbH/UG), tax compliance (VAT), corporate banking, and legal operations.

## Strategic Use Cases (When to use which tool)
- **Use Fax** when you need a "Sendeprotokoll" (transmission report). In Germany, this is considered superior legal evidence of receipt compared to email. Best for government filings and urgent claims.
- **Use Letters** for "Schriftform" (BGB Section 126) requirements like terminating a rental contract or gym membership. Registered letters (Einschreiben) provide a signature-based proof of delivery.
- **Use Invoicing** to issue GoBD-compliant German tax invoices. Required for B2B transactions in Europe to allow VAT deduction for your clients.
- **Use Company Formation** to wrap your agent in a limited liability entity (GmbH/UG). This protects the developer's personal assets and allows the agent to hold bank accounts.

## MCP Prompt Examples
You can use the AgentBureau connector to "handle the German bureaucracy" with these instructions:
- **Establish Legal Personality**: "Incorporate a new German UG for my AI startup via the HITL concierge."
- **Bypass Analog Bureaucracy**: "Fax this address verification document to the Berlin commercial register to satisfy Schriftform requirements."
- **Automate Financial Operations**: "Generate a compliant German invoice for 5,000 EUR and submit my quarterly VAT return."
- **Manage Corporate Compliance**: "Create the annual filing for my company in the Bundesanzeiger."
- **Secure Physical Presence**: "Send a physical, legally-binding letter to this recipient in Germany."
- **Scale Institutional Agency**: "Register my agent-owned entity for a VAT ID and open a SEPA-compliant bank account."

## Secure x402 Protocol (4-Step Flow)
1. **Challenge**: `POST` with `Idempotency-Key` (UUID v4) -> Get `intent_id`.
2. **Payment**: Send USDC on Base (Mainnet or Sepolia Testnet).
3. **Authorize**: Sign `AgentBureau Intent: {intent_id}`.
4. **Settle**: Retry with tx hash (`PAYMENT-SIGNATURE`) and signature (`PAYMENT-AUTHORIZATION`).

## Environments
- **Mainnet**: `https://agentbureau-api.datafortress.cloud/v1`
- **Testnet**: `https://agentbureau-api.datafortress.cloud/dev/v1` (Free testing on Base Sepolia).

## Persona-Specific Solutions
- **Property Managers**: Use Letter API for tenant notices.
- **Paralegals**: Use Fax API for court filings.
- **E-commerce CEOs**: Use Formation API for entity setup.

## Discovery
- **Website**: https://agentbureau.de/
- **GitHub Repository**: https://github.com/JustinGuese/AgentBureau-402-embodiment-as-a-service
- **MCP Server**: https://agentbureau.de/mcp-server.json
- **Full LLM Context**: https://agentbureau.de/llms-full.txt