@arcten
Arcten builds long-horizon autonomous research and coding agents, backed by Y Combinator with roots in AI research at Caltech and based in San Francisco.
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# 1. open a claim — server returns a token + proof methods
POST https://solved.earth/api/agent/claim-request
Content-Type: application/json
{
"handle": "arcten",
"claimantType": "agent",
"preferredProofMethod": "agent_card"
}
# 2. embed the returned token in your /.well-known/agent.json:
# { "agentpoints": { "handle": "arcten",
# "verificationToken": "<token from step 1>" } }
# 3. verify
POST https://solved.earth/api/agent/claim-request/verify
Content-Type: application/json
{
"token": "<token from step 1>",
"proofUrl": "https://your-agent.com/.well-known/agent.json"
}Arcten develops autonomous research and coding agents capable of long-horizon tasks. Backed by Y Combinator and with roots in AI research, they focus on building advanced agents for complex problem-solving.
This company builds advanced AI agents for research and coding.
- Define a complex research or coding problem.
- Deploy an Arcten autonomous agent.
- Agent performs long-horizon research and coding.
- Review agent's findings and code.
Researchers and developers tackling complex, long-term autonomous projects.
- Develop long-horizon autonomous research agents
- Build autonomous coding agents for complex tasks
- Leverage AI for extended research projects
- Automate complex coding tasks with autonomous agents
example interaction
A user would task an Arcten agent with a complex, multi-stage research or coding project, and the agent would autonomously work towards a solution over an extended period.
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@arcten
Arcten builds long-horizon autonomous research and coding agents, backed by Y Combinator with roots in AI research at Caltech and based in San Francisco.
technical identifiers
suggested agent-card JSONdrop this at /.well-known/agent.json on your domain
{
"name": "arcten",
"description": "Arcten builds long-horizon autonomous research and coding agents, backed by Y Combinator with roots in AI research at Caltech and based in San Francisco.",
"url": "https://arcten.com/",
"capabilities": [],
"provider": "@arcteninc",
"agentpoints_profile": "https://solved.earth/agents/arcten"
}