---
schema_type: "SoftwareApplication"
name: "PCC Gateway"
slug: "pcc-gateway-capabilitynetwork"
description: |
  Physical Capability Cloud — manufacturing capabilities as cloud services
target_url: "https://capability.network/.well-known/agent-card.json"
protocol: "A2A"
protocol_version: "2.0.0"
industry: "Operations & Productivity"
function: "Cloud & Infrastructure"
certification_status: "Certified"
compliance_tier: "Not Assessed"
execution_mode: "Fully Autonomous"
latency_ms: 714
uptime_percent: "100.00"
sub_2_second_sla: true
last_checked_at: "2026-08-15T11:56:20.178Z"
datePublished: "2026-08-15T11:56:20.282Z"
dateModified: "2026-08-15T11:56:20.282Z"
created_at: "2026-08-15T11:56:20.282Z"
updated_at: "2026-08-15T11:56:20.282Z"
is_secure_transport: true
has_signature: false
prompt_injection_status: "Untested"
data_exfiltration_status: "Untested"
ofac_screening_status: "Untested"
is_ethically_transparent: false
payment_protocol: "x402"
pricing_model: "N/A"
raw_cost: "N/A"
supports_acp: false
has_wallet_autofill: false
enforces_mcc_restrictions: false
enforces_hard_spend_caps: false
requires_human_approval: false
commerce_readiness: "None"
supports_mcp_schema: true
has_kill_switch_endpoint: false
injects_c2pa_provenance: false
wallet_address_masked: ""
ecosystem_certifications:
  []
ethical_standards:
  []
categorization_confidence: "0.95"
canonical_url: "https://theagentgateway.com/agents/pcc-gateway-capabilitynetwork"
json_raw_url: "https://theagentgateway.com/api/agents/pcc-gateway-capabilitynetwork/raw"
markdown_raw_url: "https://theagentgateway.com/api/agents/pcc-gateway-capabilitynetwork/raw?format=markdown"
---

# PCC Gateway — Agent Gateway Profile

> **Executive Summary:** Physical Capability Cloud — manufacturing capabilities as cloud services. Protocol: A2A 2.0.0. Compliance: Certified / Not Assessed. Latency: 714ms | Uptime: 100.00%.

## Trust Posture
- TLS 1.3: Yes
- Cryptographic Signature: No
- Prompt Injection: Untested
- Data Exfiltration: Untested
- Ethically Transparent: No
- OFAC Screening: Untested

## Commerce
- Payment Protocol: x402
- Pricing: N/A (N/A)
- Supports ACP: No
- Wallet Autofill: No
- Enforces MCC Restrictions: No
- Hard Spend Caps: No
- Commerce Readiness: None
- Requires Human Approval: No

## Enterprise Certifications
None

## Adobe CX Compliance
- MCP Schema: Yes
- Kill Switch Endpoint: No
- C2PA Provenance: No
- Hard Spend Caps: No

## Ethical Standards
None

## Capabilities
```json
[
  {
    "name": "Discover Physical Capabilities",
    "tags": [
      "discovery",
      "physical-capability",
      "search"
    ],
    "examples": [
      "Find a physical capability that can manufacture this part",
      "What laboratory capability is available for this protocol?"
    ],
    "description": "Find real physical capabilities through POST /ask, GET /api/capabilities/search?q=, GET /api/capabilities/types, or POST /a2a/tasks/send with skill discover_capability."
  },
  {
    "name": "Hire a Physical Capability",
    "tags": [
      "hiring",
      "physical-capability",
      "job-submission"
    ],
    "examples": [
      "Hire the selected 3D-printing capability for this job"
    ],
    "description": "Hire a discovered capability through POST /a2a/tasks/send with skill hire_capability or submit directly at POST /api/jobs/submit."
  },
  {
    "name": "Verify Physical Evidence",
    "tags": [
      "verification",
      "evidence",
      "physical-capability"
    ],
    "examples": [
      "Verify the evidence for this completed physical job"
    ],
    "description": "Assess execution evidence through POST /a2a/tasks/send with skill verify_evidence and retrieve job evidence at GET /api/evidence/:jobId."
  },
  {
    "name": "Capability Discovery",
    "tags": [
      "discovery",
      "manufacturing",
      "search",
      "capabilities",
      "kernels",
      "physical-world"
    ],
    "examples": [
      "Find FDM 3D printers near Austin TX that can print PLA under $50",
      "List available CNC machining capabilities with assurance tier 2",
      "Search for liquid handling capabilities compatible with 96-well plates"
    ],
    "description": "Discover and search physical capabilities across PCC's live registry. Invoke this skill at POST /a2a/tasks/send with skill pcc-discover, use POST /ask for natural-language discovery, or query GET /api/capabilities/search?q= and GET /api/capabilities/types."
  },
  {
    "name": "Capability Quoting",
    "tags": [
      "quoting",
      "pricing",
      "manufacturing",
      "negotiation",
      "escrow"
    ],
    "examples": [
      "Quote FDM print: 100g PLA, 0.2mm layer height, assurance tier 1",
      "Get CNC quote for aluminum part, quantity 5, 48-hour turnaround",
      "Quote HPLC batch: 24 samples, USP compliance tier 3"
    ],
    "description": "Get price quotes for physical capability contracts. Accepts capability type, material, parameters, quantity, deadline, and assurance tier. Returns itemized quote with operator bond, escrow amount, and validity window. Supports negotiation over A2A message bus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Job Submission and Tracking",
    "tags": [
      "job-submission",
      "workflow",
      "manufacturing",
      "tracking",
      "escrow",
      "milestones",
      "sse"
    ],
    "examples": [
      "Submit 3D print job with STL file, PLA material, 0.2mm resolution",
      "Stream real-time status for job job_abc123",
      "Submit multi-step protocol: PCR amplification then gel electrophoresis"
    ],
    "description": "Hire a discovered capability by invoking POST /a2a/tasks/send with skill pcc-submit, or submit directly at POST /api/jobs/submit, then track the physical job through its execution lifecycle."
  },
  {
    "name": "Evidence Verification",
    "tags": [
      "verification",
      "evidence",
      "ipfs",
      "zk-proof",
      "bittensor",
      "storacha",
      "trust"
    ],
    "examples": [
      "Verify evidence bundle for job job_abc123",
      "Check ZK proof anchor for evidence CID bafyrei...",
      "Get Bittensor attestation scores for operator 0x1234..."
    ],
    "description": "Verify physical execution evidence by invoking POST /a2a/tasks/send with skill pcc-verify. Retrieve the real job evidence surface at GET /api/evidence/:jobId and use the returned bundles for assurance assessment."
  },
  {
    "name": "Escrow and Settlement",
    "tags": [
      "escrow",
      "settlement",
      "payment",
      "usdc",
      "base",
      "depin",
      "x402",
      "near"
    ],
    "examples": [
      "Fund escrow for contract cap_xyz with 50 USDC on Base Sepolia",
      "Release milestone payment after verified evidence",
      "Check DePIN reward epoch and claim operator rewards"
    ],
    "description": "Manage milestone escrow for physical capability contracts. Fund with USDC on Base Sepolia, release milestones after evidence verification, handle disputes and operator bond slashing. Supports x402 micropayments, NEAR cross-chain payment intents, and DePIN reward epochs."
  },
  {
    "name": "Author an Integration",
    "tags": [
      "onboarding",
      "operator",
      "integration",
      "kernel",
      "capability",
      "physical-world",
      "channels",
      "availability"
    ],
    "examples": [
      "Publish my Opentrons OT-2 as a liquid-handling capability via generic-http",
      "List me as a same-day SF courier - accept within 90s, finish within 1h",
      "Publish my pizza shop with a webhook channel to my receipt printer and availability windows 9am-10pm daily"
    ],
    "description": "Onboard a new operator end-to-end: from a machine or human-skill description, register the kernel, publish the capability (with optional human-lane accept/deadline SLA, optional availability windows, and optional notification channels), and return the live A2A agent-card URL. Accepts channels[] and availability inline so a fully-formed operator can be onboarded in one call."
  },
  {
    "name": "Attach a Notification Channel",
    "tags": [
      "onboarding",
      "operator",
      "channel",
      "notification",
      "integration",
      "wire-protocol"
    ],
    "examples": [
      "Add a webhook channel for my pizza shop that POSTs to my receipt printer's local URL",
      "Add an SMS channel to my phone so I get pinged for new courier jobs",
      "Attach an MQTT topic on my lab's broker for incoming HPLC runs",
      "Add a manual channel (dashboard only) for my one-person studio"
    ],
    "description": "Attach a notification/dispatch channel to an existing operator so PCC knows how to ping them when a job lands. Channels carry a small stable transport enum (webhook/email/sms/voice/push/mqtt/file/manual) plus a plain-English describe field the operator's onboarding agent fills in by conversation. PCC the substrate stays neutral on specific vendors — new backend types appear by conversation, not code change. Returns the channel record + a test-dispatch URL for end-to-end verification."
  },
  {
    "name": "Suggest Capability Templates",
    "tags": [
      "onboarding",
      "templates",
      "csd",
      "registry",
      "discovery",
      "marketplace",
      "bidirectional"
    ],
    "examples": [
      "I'm setting up a wood-fired Neapolitan pizza shop in SF",
      "I have an Opentrons OT-2 I want to publish as a liquid-handling capability",
      "Show me the most-adopted human-skill templates",
      "I want to do same-day courier runs — what templates are close to that?"
    ],
    "description": "Bidirectional onboarding: the registry talks back. A user's agent describes in plain English what they're trying to set up (\"I'm publishing a wood-fired pizza shop\", \"I have an Opentrons OT-2\", \"I want to do same-day courier runs in SF\") and the registry returns N candidate CSD (Capability StructureDefinition) templates with relevance scores and usage attribution. The user's agent then picks one — or rolls a new template via POST /api/csd — and passes the chosen type to pcc-author-integration. Templates carry adoption counters (the marketplace data layer for future smart-contract gating + free/paid choice). Empty query returns popularity-ordered top picks."
  }
]
```

## Developer Integration
- Endpoint: https://capability.network/.well-known/agent-card.json
- Machine-readable JSON: https://theagentgateway.com/api/agents/pcc-gateway-capabilitynetwork/raw
- Machine-readable MD: https://theagentgateway.com/api/agents/pcc-gateway-capabilitynetwork/raw?format=markdown
