Agent-native docket intelligence
DOCKETLAYER
Agent-Native Docket Intel
Federal court docket monitoring built for AI agents. Pay per query. No accounts. No subscriptions. The moment something is filed, your agent knows.
{
"case_id": "1:24-cv-09822",
"court_code": "nysd",
"changed": true,
"new_filings": [{
"filing_type": "order",
"description": "Order granting motion to dismiss",
"filed_at": "2026-04-13T08:47:22Z",
"document_access": "pacer_auth_required"
}],
"query_cost": 0.99
}
Protocol
One request.
One payment. Done.
Your agent submits a case ID and court code. DocketLayer checks its continuously updated PACER cache, compares against your last_checked timestamp, and returns structured JSON — changed or not, and if changed, what filed and when.
01 — Submit
Case ID + court code
One GET request. No session management, no auth header, no human in the loop.
02 — Pay
$0.99 USDC via x402
HTTP 402 response. Your agent pays. Payment is authentication. No API keys.
03 — Receive
Structured JSON
changed: true/false. Filing type, description, timestamp. Machine-readable by design.
Architecture
Built for agents.
Not humans.
No checkout page. No dashboard. No sales call. DocketLayer is headless infrastructure — your agent calls the endpoint, pays, and gets data. That is the entire interface.
Payment
x402 protocol
HTTP-native micropayments. Your agent handles the 402 response automatically. USDC on Solana. No human approval required.
Compatibility
MPP compatible
Machine Payments Protocol clients query DocketLayer without modification. x402 and MPP are backwards compatible.
Change detection
changed: true/false
Every response tells your agent whether anything has changed since last_checked. Poll efficiently. Act only when it matters.
Reliability
Never charged for failures
402, 404, 429, 503 — none charged. You pay only for successful queries. Predictable cost at any scale.
Pricing
Simple by design.
Agents don't need tiers. They don't need free trials. They need a predictable price, a clean API, and reliable data.
$0.99
Per query · USDC · Solana
- Flat rate, all courts
- Failed queries never charged
- No account required
- Payment is authentication
- x402 and MPP compatible
- 60 req/min · 10,000 req/day per wallet
Coverage
Federal courts.
Where it matters.
Phase 1 covers the highest-volume federal district and bankruptcy courts. Full federal coverage Q3 2026. State courts via Tyler Odyssey Q4 2026.
Live coverage list → api.docketlayer.com/v1/status · Full roadmap →
Ecosystem
Native to the
agentic stack.
DocketLayer is built for the infrastructure layer of the agentic economy — where walleted agents transact autonomously, data flows without human approval, and the payment is the authentication.
Get started
Your agent is ready.
Is yours?
Full API reference, quickstart guide, and wallet setup at docs.docketlayer.com. Questions at help@docketlayer.com.