# Content's Not Dead — Agent Directory

An open-source, themeable content platform monetized with Stripe subscriptions and per-content Machine Payments Protocol (MPP) payments.

## Endpoints

- Discovery (machine-readable): https://contentsnotdead.com/.well-known/mpp.json
- LLM overview: https://contentsnotdead.com/llms.txt
- Paid content (per item, $0.50 via MPP): https://contentsnotdead.com/api/content/{id}
- Per-item markdown (metadata + teaser): https://contentsnotdead.com/agents/{id}
- Subscribe (unlimited): https://contentsnotdead.com/subscribe

## How to pay

Request `GET https://contentsnotdead.com/api/content/{id}`. If unpaid you receive HTTP 402 with an MPP
`WWW-Authenticate` challenge. Create a Stripe Shared Payment Token for the
challenge amount and retry with the credential in the `Authorization` header.
The response body is the full markdown; a `Payment-Receipt` header is included.

## Content

### A Quiet Machine

- id: `a-quiet-machine`
- type: image
- date: 2026-07-05
- tags: art, generative, neon
- summary: A generative art still — concentric type-forms rendered as if a printing press dreamed in neon.
- paid content: https://contentsnotdead.com/api/content/a-quiet-machine
- markdown: https://contentsnotdead.com/agents/a-quiet-machine

### Better Living Advice

- id: `better-living-advice`
- type: article
- date: 2026-07-03
- tags: advice, essays, living
- summary: A short, practical field guide to doing slightly better today than you did yesterday — without the productivity theater.
- paid content: https://contentsnotdead.com/api/content/better-living-advice
- markdown: https://contentsnotdead.com/agents/better-living-advice