# The Agentic Economy

> Infrastructure for Software that Acts.

The Agentic Economy studies how AI agents and software agency move through commerce, data, markets, institutions, infrastructure, and the physical world.

## Primary Claims

- Software is beginning to act across systems built for people.
- Agency now moves through data, markets, institutions, and the physical world.
- As capabilities become callable, access control moves from systems to powers.
- Before agents act, authority has to travel with them.

## Core Pages

- [Thesis](https://agentic-economy.ai/thesis): The field view.
- [Atlas](https://agentic-economy.ai/atlas): A visual map of software agency.
- [Handshake](https://agentic-economy.ai/handshake): A primitive for authority before agentic action.
- [Writing](https://agentic-economy.ai/writing): Essays and field insights.
- [Team](https://agentic-economy.ai/team): Joel Chan.

## Writing

- [The Agentic Economy](https://agentic-economy.ai/writing/entry): [Markdown export](https://agentic-economy.ai/llms/essays/entry.md)
- [Actors Without Standing](https://agentic-economy.ai/writing/actors-without-standing): [Markdown export](https://agentic-economy.ai/llms/essays/actors-without-standing.md)
- [Judgment Without Context](https://agentic-economy.ai/writing/judgment-without-context): [Markdown export](https://agentic-economy.ai/llms/essays/judgment-without-context.md)
- [Scale Without Organization](https://agentic-economy.ai/writing/scale-without-organization): [Markdown export](https://agentic-economy.ai/llms/essays/scale-without-organization.md)
- [Risk Without Visibility](https://agentic-economy.ai/writing/risk-without-visibility): [Markdown export](https://agentic-economy.ai/llms/essays/risk-without-visibility.md)
- [The Hierarchy Unanchored](https://agentic-economy.ai/writing/the-hierarchy-unanchored): [Markdown export](https://agentic-economy.ai/llms/essays/the-hierarchy-unanchored.md)

## Machine-Readable Files

- [Sitemap](https://agentic-economy.ai/sitemap.xml)
- [Essay Index](https://agentic-economy.ai/llms/index.json)
- [Full Essay Corpus](https://agentic-economy.ai/llms-full.txt)
- [Brandkit](https://agentic-economy.ai/brand/brandkit.json)
- [Reasoning JSON](https://agentic-economy.ai/reasoning.json)
- [AI Discovery](https://agentic-economy.ai/ai-discovery.json)
- [AI Manifest](https://agentic-economy.ai/.well-known/ai-manifest.json)