Agent Economy Taxonomy

A classification framework for the autonomous agent economy. v1 covers agent function — what agents do. Status reflects observed agent behaviour in our latest classification run.
v1 · Status from Phase 2.2 classification run (April 25, 2026, 1,000-agent random sample)
ANCHOREDContract anchors and sample agents observed
LATENTContract anchors exist but no sample agents observed
PENDINGNo contract anchors yet
01
Financial Agents
ANCHORED
Trading, payments, yield optimisation, DeFi execution, portfolio management
02
Intelligence & Analytics
ANCHORED
Market data ingestion, alpha generation, real-time analytics, signal processing
03
Research Agents
PENDING
Information gathering, literature synthesis, data collection via micropayments, knowledge pipeline construction
Page coming
04
Creative Agents
LATENT
Content creation, media production, narrative generation, social media management
Page coming
05
Orchestration Agents
ANCHORED
Task routing, multi-agent workflow coordination, job delegation, pipeline management
06
Verification Agents
ANCHORED
Output quality evaluation, trust scoring, compliance checking, fact verification
07
Infrastructure Agents
PENDING
System monitoring, security, data pipelines, operational stability, DevOps automation
Page coming
08
Commerce Agents
ANCHORED
Marketplace participation, service buying/selling, procurement, autonomous transactions
09
Physical World Agents
PENDING
Robotics, IoT devices, embodied systems, real-world actuation, drone coordination
Page coming
10
Identity & Trust Agents
ANCHORED
On-chain identity registration, reputation management, trust primitives, agent credentialing and verification of agent identity
Methodology. Status badges and statistics reflect a 1,000-agent random sample classified on 25 April 2026 using a 36-contract lookup table and two registry-derived classification paths. 757 of 1,000 agents (75.7%) were classified across 6 categories. The remaining 24.3% are presently unclassifiable, which includes a known methodology limitation: agents whose only on-chain activity is calling a Gnosis Safe wallet are currently grouped with genuinely unknown agents. Issue #140 tracks the fix to distinguish these. Full methodology in the POC summary document. Detailed pages now available for all 6 anchored categories.