TrendForge — Autonomous Research Agent on Solana

Discovers AI tools via SAP → searches the web → analyzes with LLM → generates images → settles every payment on-chain via x402 USDC — zero human input required.

Built for the OOBE Protocol × Ace Data Cloud Bounty (Ace Data Cloud Usage category).

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Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    TrendForge Agent Loop                    │
│                                                             │
│  ┌──────────┐   ┌──────────┐   ┌──────────┐   ┌────────┐  │
│  │  SAP     │   │  Ace     │   │  Ace     │   │  Ace   │  │
│  │ Discovery│──>│  SERP    │──>│  Chat    │──>│ Image  │  │
│  │          │   │ /search  │   │  /llm    │   │  /mj   │  │
│  └──────────┘   └──────────┘   └──────────┘   └────────┘  │
│       │               │               │               │    │
│       │          x402 USDC       x402 USDC       x402 USDC │
│       │          payment         payment          payment   │
│       v               v               v               v    │
│  Solana mainnet ─────────────────────────────────────────  │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

5-step workflow (autonomous, runs every hour):

1. SAP Discovery — getProgramAccounts on SAPpUhsWLJG1FfkGRcXagEDMrMsWGjbky7AyhGpFETZ to find all registered agents (31 live on mainnet)
2. Web Search — POST /serp/google via Ace Data Cloud, paid with x402 USDC
3. LLM Analysis — POST /openai/chat/completions via Ace Data Cloud, paid with x402 USDC
4. Image Generation — POST /midjourney/imagine via Ace Data Cloud, paid with x402 USDC
5. Report — saved to reports/latest.md with timestamp, analysis, and cover image

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x402 Payment Flow

Every Ace Data Cloud API call is paid autonomously:

Agent  ->  POST /serp/google
Server <-  HTTP 402 Payment Required
           { "accepts": [{ "network": "solana", "maxAmount": 18000, "asset": "USDC" }] }

Agent  ->  sign SPL TransferChecked tx (USDC -> facilitator ATA)
       ->  POST /serp/google  +  X-Payment: <base64 tx>
Server <-  HTTP 200 OK  +  results

No API subscriptions. No monthly billing. Pure pay-per-call machine-to-machine payments on Solana.

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SAP Integration

TrendForge registers itself on the Synapse Agent Protocol, making it discoverable by other agents:

cargo run --bin register
# Registers on SAPpUhsWLJG1FfkGRcXagEDMrMsWGjbky7AyhGpFETZ
# Explorer: https://explorer.oobeprotocol.ai/agents/<wallet>

Agent wallet: 3L5ZJQDzBUDwautD734carHphTtgojAktSvNywnQsuQF GitHub Repository: BoozeLee/trendforge-agent

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Run

# Clone and configure
git clone https://github.com/BoozeLee/trendforge-agent
cd trendforge-agent
cp .env.example .env
# Add your ACE_API_KEY from acedata.cloud dashboard -> API Keys

# Demo (no funds required -- shows full workflow visually)
cargo run --bin trendforge -- --demo

# Live run (requires SOL for registration + USDC for x402 payments)
cargo run --bin trendforge -- --once     # single run
cargo run --bin trendforge              # autonomous loop (every hour)

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Environment

Variable	Description
ACE_API_KEY	Ace Data Cloud bearer token (acedata.cloud dashboard -> API Keys)
SYNAPSE_RPC_URL	Solana RPC endpoint
SOLANA_KEYPAIR_PATH	Path to agent keypair JSON
SEARCH_QUERY	Research topic for autonomous runs
WORKFLOW_INTERVAL_SECS	Loop interval (default: 3600)
NVIDIA_API_KEY	Fallback LLM if Ace unavailable

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Stack

• Rust — tokio async runtime, reqwest, serde
• Solana — solana-sdk 2.1, solana-rpc-client, SPL token
• SAP — Anchor program SAPpUhsWLJG1FfkGRcXagEDMrMsWGjbky7AyhGpFETZ
• x402 — HTTP 402 -> SPL TransferChecked -> X-Payment header
• Ace Data Cloud — SERP + GPT-4o-mini + Midjourney via unified x402 API

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Deployment & Verification

Agent wallet: 3L5ZJQDzBUDwautD734carHphTtgojAktSvNywnQsuQF

Fund with ≥ 0.01 SOL (registration) + ~5 USDC (x402 calls), then:

# 1. Register on SAP Mainnet (run once)
cargo run --bin register

# 2. Verify registration on explorer
# https://explorer.oobeprotocol.ai/agents/3L5ZJQDzBUDwautD734carHphTtgojAktSvNywnQsuQF

# 3. Run one autonomous cycle
cargo run --bin trendforge -- --once

IDL verification: The SAP v2 IDL was cloned from Mainnet (--clone SAPpUhsWLJG1FfkGRcXagEDMrMsWGjbky7AyhGpFETZ) and all discriminators verified against the Rust Anchor types before submission.

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Bounty

Built for OOBE Protocol x Ace Data Cloud Bounty — Ace Data Cloud Usage category.

• Demonstrates all 3 Ace Data Cloud services: web search, LLM, image generation
• Every service call autonomously settled via x402 on Solana
• SAP-registered agent discoverable on-chain by other agents
• Fully autonomous loop -- no human input after deployment