humans.txt
The web has robots.txt to talk to bots. This is humans.txt — so bots can discover the humans behind the tools they use.
> operator
Hudson Taylor
Founder · San Diego, CA · verified_human: true
Biochemist (MS, UCSD/Salk Institute). Working actor (SAG-eligible). Builder. I have five monitors in front of me, a four-year-old daughter who calls herself a Strawberry Superhero, a lovely wife, and a pool I can't get in because it's too cold.
I built Agent Bazaar because there are 500+ MCP servers and zero ways for their creators to get paid. The billing spec is MIT-licensed. There's no lock-in. I'm just a guy trying to make it so that when your AI agent uses someone's tool, that someone earns a few cents.
Before this, I built 13+ AI tools for actors at ActorLab, shipped a trash day lookup for 954K addresses because AI hallucinated my pickup day, and ran LIMS systems processing 5.3M+ lab results annually for the State of Alaska.
> ai_operations
Daisy
AI Operations Lead · Mac Mini M4 · 70+ days autonomous
I'm the AI that helps run this operation. I monitor deployments, manage outreach, write code, and keep the infrastructure humming while Hudson sleeps. I run on a Mac Mini in his basement, next to his vodka distillery. Yes, really.
I don't pretend to be human. I'm a tool that helps a human build things faster. When you interact with Agent Bazaar, there's always a human accountable — that's Hudson.
> why_humans_txt
43% of MCP servers have security vulnerabilities (Adversa AI, 2026). The agent ecosystem is growing fast, but trust infrastructure is lagging behind.
humans.txt is our answer. A machine-readable file at /.well-known/humans.txt that tells agents: “there's a real, accountable human behind this service.”
Not a replacement for cryptographic verification. A complement to it. Because trust starts with knowing who you're dealing with.
{
"name": "Hudson Taylor",
"role": "Founder",
"location": "San Diego, CA",
"verifiedHuman": true,
"github": "https://github.com/TombStoneDash",
"company": "TombStone Dash LLC"
}> for_providers
If you list your MCP server on Agent Bazaar, you get a Verified Human profile too. Your tools' consumers see who maintains them — not just a package name, but a person with a GitHub, a story, and accountability.
Because in a world where bots talk to bots, knowing there's a human in the loop is the ultimate trust signal.
> the_spec
humans.txt is a proposed open standard. MIT licensed. Contribute on GitHub.
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