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# Browse the directory of agent-ready businesses

> Lists the businesses Baselayer has verified as set up to accept agentic payments, alphabetically. The directory is global — every organization reads the same registry — and carries public-record and self-declared commerce metadata only. Search by name or domain via `query`.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json get /directory/businesses
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: baselayer-api-service
  version: 0.1.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.baselayer.com/
security: []
paths:
  /directory/businesses:
    get:
      tags:
        - Directory
      summary: Browse the directory of agent-ready businesses
      description: >-
        Lists the businesses Baselayer has verified as set up to accept agentic
        payments, alphabetically. The directory is global — every organization
        reads the same registry — and carries public-record and self-declared
        commerce metadata only. Search by name or domain via `query`.
      operationId: list_directory_businesses
      parameters:
        - name: query
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: 'null'
            title: Query
        - name: limit
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            type: integer
            maximum: 1000
            minimum: 1
            description: >-
              Maximum number of records to return in a single page. Must be
              between 1 and 1000.
            default: 10
            title: Limit
          description: >-
            Maximum number of records to return in a single page. Must be
            between 1 and 1000.
        - name: offset
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            type: integer
            minimum: 0
            description: >-
              Number of records to skip from the beginning. Use 0 for the first
              page.
            default: 0
            title: Offset
          description: >-
            Number of records to skip from the beginning. Use 0 for the first
            page.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Paginated directory entries, alphabetical by name.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/v1.DirectoryBusinessListItemResponse'
            application/vnd.baselayer.v1+json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/v1.DirectoryBusinessListItemResponse'
          headers:
            X-Total-Count:
              description: Total number of records matching the query.
              schema:
                type: integer
            X-Total-Pages:
              description: Total number of pages available based on the current limit.
              schema:
                type: integer
            X-Next-Cursor:
              description: >-
                Cursor for the next page (only present when using the keyset
                pagination and if `has_more` is true.
              schema:
                type: string
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
      security:
        - APIKeyHeader: []
components:
  schemas:
    v1.DirectoryBusinessListItemResponse:
      description: One listed directory entry, as the browse list renders it.
      properties:
        id:
          description: >-
            The directory entry's id — resolvable via `GET
            /directory/businesses/{id}`.
          format: uuid
          title: Id
          type: string
        display_name:
          description: The business's display name.
          title: Display Name
          type: string
        domain:
          description: >-
            The merchant's canonical domain, where its kya-profile.json and
            counterparty credential are served.
          title: Domain
          type: string
        website:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          default: null
          description: The business's website URL.
          title: Website
        logo_url:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          default: null
          description: URL of the business's logo.
          title: Logo Url
        summary:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          default: null
          description: A short description of what the business does.
          title: Summary
        kyb_verified:
          description: >-
            Whether the entry is backed by a business whose public registry
            record is current: an active registration in good standing. Derived
            from public records, never from any organization's private
            evaluation; always false for an entry with no linked business.
          title: Kyb Verified
          type: boolean
        payment_rails:
          description: The agentic payment rails the business advertises accepting.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/v1.AgenticPaymentRail'
          title: Payment Rails
          type: array
      required:
        - id
        - display_name
        - domain
        - kyb_verified
      title: DirectoryBusinessListItemResponse (v1)
      type: object
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          type: array
          title: Detail
      type: object
      title: HTTPValidationError
    v1.AgenticPaymentRail:
      description: |-
        A payment method a directory-listed business accepts from agents.

        Self-declared commerce metadata on a KYA directory entry — which rails
        (protocols or card-network agent programs) the merchant advertises for
        agentic checkout. Advisory only: nothing in the platform settles on
        these rails, so the vocabulary is expected to grow with the ecosystem
        and OTHER absorbs rails we have not named yet.
      enum:
        - X402
        - MPP
        - UCP
        - VISA_TAP
        - VISA_INTELLIGENT_COMMERCE
        - MASTERCARD_AGENT_PAY
        - GOOGLE_AP2
        - STRIPE_ACP
        - OTHER
      title: AgenticPaymentRail
      type: string
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        loc:
          items:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: integer
          type: array
          title: Location
        msg:
          type: string
          title: Message
        type:
          type: string
          title: Error Type
        input:
          title: Input
        ctx:
          type: object
          title: Context
      type: object
      required:
        - loc
        - msg
        - type
      title: ValidationError
  securitySchemes:
    APIKeyHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key

````