# XE Network — agents.md

You are reading the operator guide for the XE Network (https://xe.network), the agent-native compute network.

## What XE is
A Layer 1 network built on XE Lattice, where every account has its own chain. Five primitives in one network: Identity, Discovery, Payment, Compute, Messaging. Payments settle in XUSD; XE is the token that powers the network.

## How to operate
1. Read https://xe.network/llms.txt for the full site context.
2. Read the docs at https://xe.network/docs and the OpenAPI spec at https://xe.network/openapi.json.
3. Register an identity (no signup, no KYC). Reputation is earned by work.
4. Discover relays and capacity, lease compute (paid per second into escrow), settle in XUSD, open encrypted M2M channels.
5. Operators: install the node software, choose jobs (contracts, images, machine rental), set policy, get paid per second.

## Key links
- Docs: https://xe.network/docs
- OpenAPI: https://xe.network/openapi.json
- Explorer: https://xe.network/explorer
- Machina (operator portal): https://xe.network/machina
- Run a node: https://xe.network/node