crewAIInc / crewAIInc/crewAI

[FEATURE] Identity/reputation verification tool for agent payments

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Description

Feature Area

Integration with external tools

Is your feature request related to an existing bug?

NA

Describe the solution you'd like

A CrewAI tool (_verify) that checks the counterparty's identity/reputation before a CrewAI agent sends a payment — complementary to payment-execution tools like the Spraay batch/escrow tools proposed in #6609 (closed, unmerged), not overlapping with them. It calls a verification endpoint that reads the payment proof the agent already produced for its own rail (x402, etc. — no extra signature) and returns a structured verdict (APPROVED/DENIED) plus reputation for both sides, raising a clear error when the underlying package isn't installed (same lazy-import pattern already used elsewhere in this repo).

We already have a working implementation in our SDK: https://github.com/Ensi81/Avel (agent_interchange/tools.py, _verify method), used the same way _pay/_get_balance are exposed there.

Describe alternatives you've considered

NA

Additional context

Opening this per the contributing guide's requirement (an open issue before a first-time-contributor PR) — following up from feedback on #6609, where CodeRabbit itself suggested this as a useful follow-up.

Willingness to Contribute

Yes, I'd be happy to submit a pull request

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reviewing the existing CrewAI external-tool integrations and the lazy-import pattern referenced in the issue. Use Avel's agent_interchange/tools.py and its _verify, _pay, and _get_balance entry points as the implementation reference. Done means the verification tool returns the structured APPROVED or DENIED verdict with both reputations and raises a clear error when the underlying package is unavailable.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
api, payments, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
57/100

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