Bryan Irace
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Bryan Irace
@irace
I work on @link at @stripe and used to work on @tumblr and other things.
New York, USA Katılım Şubat 2009
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@jakemintz Boards of Canada
Robyn
Classixx
The Juan MacLean
DJ Shadow
The Knife
Fever Ray
Floating Points
Flying Lotus
Thundercat
Of Montreal
The xx
Jungle
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Most listened to band last 10 years: ODESZA: Most listened to band last 20 and last 1 year: Justice. What else should I listen to?
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@jamespotter @link Agreed — we have some thoughts here but so much to figure out. Appreciate it and will try to keep you posted as we do.
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Not sure if this is in the remit of Link or it's MPP, but the missing piece right now is discoverability I think.
I can tell Claude to "go buy the Reletter API" but unless I specifically tell it to check llms.txt it can't figure out that it can pay programmatically with Link CLI. Perhaps we need something in /.well-known and/or an HTTP header.
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Ok now Reletter API can talk HTTP 402 (Payment Required) so your agent can buy newsletter data!
If you do POST /api/payments/buy/ it returns a payment challenge, you give it a Shared Payment Token (a Stripe thing, basically signed/scoped delegated access to a payment method like your credit card) and you get back an API key for however many bundled API credits you bought.
For now I think the only way you can do this is with Stripe's new Link CLI that lets you auth with your Link wallet.
A prompt might be something like:
"Use Reletter to find the 20 biggest tech news Substacks and pull the author's contact info for each. Check /llms.txt and pay with Stripe's link-cli"
No idea if anyone (or their clankers) will use this but it's interesting.
James Potter (rephonic.com)@jamespotter
Today I added an API to Reletter so now you can grab subscriber numbers, chart rankings, contacts, posts etc for every Substack and LinkedIn newletter. Also made a Python library, CLI and MCP. reletter.com/developers
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@Shpigford +1, this is a big part of why I think Apple Music is superior
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this was almost exclusively the reason i left spotify. i categorically do not want all types of audio in one place.
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@jamespotter Amazing, thanks for sharing 🙌
What can we @link do to make it even better?
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Finally got Link CLI set up and it works! Prompt:
"use reletter to find the 5 biggest podcast industry substacks and pull the subscriber numbers and author's contact info for each. check /llms.txt and pay with link-cli."
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@johnpalmer One dog goes one way and the other dog goes the other way. And this guy’s saying, ‘Whaddya want from me?’
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Some numbers go up, some numbers go down, and some numbers stay the same.
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@drbarnard The main chart from this is perhaps even starker: waitbutwhy.com/2015/12/the-ta…
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I asked ChatGPT Image to frame that chart and put it on a wall so I could use it as my lock screen as a constant reminder to cherish this time with my kids (as I sit here alone vibe coding).
Esther Crawford ✨@esthercrawford
My son graduates high school in a few weeks so the gravity of the decline in “time spent with children” on this graph hits differently these days.
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@EdTheOSINTer @shafu0x Indeed! Please give it a shot, we’d love to hear how it goes for you
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@shafu0x This is exactly what Stripe built Link CLI for! While it relies on Link to store your payment info, you can use it to make purchases on any site that accepts card payments. link.com/agents
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Bryan Irace retweetledi
Are you currently trying the @link CLI or integrating into your agent? have feedback or feature requests? DM me your email and I'll add you to our new slack channel with the team github.com/stripe/link-cli We want to hear from you!
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Ok just gonna come out and say it
Kill Bill was mid
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@adrian_horning_ I believe that part specifically refers to accepting *stablecoin* payments.
You can still accept machine payments more generally, and link-cli will create (non-crypto) SharedPaymentTokens to pay you over those rails.
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Wait, how do I let the agent buy my products?
Anyone know if you have to set something up for this? Or does it happen automatically?
Stripe@stripe
Today, we’re launching the @link wallet for agents. It lets you securely empower agents to spend on your behalf. Your payment credentials are never exposed and you approve every purchase. link.com/agents
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@adrian_horning_ @danhilltech @EdTheOSINTer More complicated answer = it currently depends on the access you’re giving to your agent. Can it access a browser with cookies? A password manager? Etc.
You're right that Link isn't doing per-site auth out of the box. Curious to hear how you think this should ideally work.
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@danhilltech @EdTheOSINTer Hmmmm, so all these people saying it just works are...kinda wrong right?
Cause its not fully autonomous right? Like I think sadly its less cool than people think.
Just asking cause I want to set this up
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Bryan Irace retweetledi
Ok this is sick. I just sent a photo of a bill I got in the mail to my Hermes agent and it just went out, paid it, and filed the receipt for me. I hate dealing with these payment portals and always leave these bills till the last minute. Now I can just snap a pic and send it to Satori (name of my agent).
Stripe@stripe
Today, we’re launching the @link wallet for agents. It lets you securely empower agents to spend on your behalf. Your payment credentials are never exposed and you approve every purchase. link.com/agents
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worked pretty well for me
Patrick Collison@patrickc
We just launched the @Link CLI: github.com/stripe/link-cli. Tell your friendly neighborhood agent about it -- agents can use the Link CLI to create single-use credentials that you get to synchronously approve each time. I asked Claude to buy itself a gift. It chose HTTPZine on Gumroad.
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@voidwalker_com @stripe @jeff_weinstein @jrfarr @kevinyien @hazelcough @BackseatVC Yeah please — irace@stripe.com
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@irace @stripe @jeff_weinstein @jrfarr @kevinyien @hazelcough @BackseatVC would you mind if i send a concise email with the business case / frustration / solution?
i know you guys are super busy, but the fact i have to download all these invoices manually really kills my energy every month; while i think this challenge is super tractable
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Our roadmap is now public: see hundreds of upcoming product ships. We’ll be adding to this list regularly.
What’s missing? @jeff_weinstein @jrfarr @kevinyien @hazelcough @backseatVC and others will be answering your questions today. 🧵
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@voidwalker_com @stripe @jeff_weinstein @jrfarr @kevinyien @hazelcough @BackseatVC Oh wow, this is super cool — thank you so much for sharing. Will share with the rest of the team for inspiration.
Please keep the feedback coming!
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@irace @stripe @jeff_weinstein @jrfarr @kevinyien @hazelcough @BackseatVC put way too much time into this mockup, but I really think people would LOVE this
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@voidwalker_com @stripe @jeff_weinstein @jrfarr @kevinyien @hazelcough @BackseatVC Fully agreed, thank you for the feedback!
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@stripe @jeff_weinstein @jrfarr @kevinyien @hazelcough @BackseatVC One portal in Link where we can download all our invoices! Doesn't make sense to log into dozens of different portals to collect invoices paid with the same account / card
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We just launched the @Link CLI: github.com/stripe/link-cli. Tell your friendly neighborhood agent about it -- agents can use the Link CLI to create single-use credentials that you get to synchronously approve each time.
I asked Claude to buy itself a gift. It chose HTTPZine on Gumroad.
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@wesbos What kind of controls / rules would you want to be able to configure around such things?
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I’m so done with these approvals
I’m just gonna —dangerously-spend-cash and yolo it
Patrick Collison@patrickc
We just launched the @Link CLI: github.com/stripe/link-cli. Tell your friendly neighborhood agent about it -- agents can use the Link CLI to create single-use credentials that you get to synchronously approve each time. I asked Claude to buy itself a gift. It chose HTTPZine on Gumroad.
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