Investigation Report: Tator Trader (8453:18132)
Summary
Verdict: 🟢 GREEN — Score: 81/100
The highest score of the night and the gold standard for x402 implementation. Tator Trader is a product of Quick Intel, a US-registered crypto security company based in Colorado Springs, CO. It is the only agent across twelve investigations to return an actual HTTP 402 Payment Required response — the canonical x402 payment negotiation. The x402v2 gateway manifest specifies 14 payment networks (13 EVM chains + Solana), complete input/output schemas, async job support, and two services (security scanning at $0.03 and AI trading at $0.20). The web interface is live with Clerk authentication, Google Analytics, and DexScreener integration. The owner wallet has 1,099 on-chain transactions. Tator Trader has a Google Play Store app, YouTube feature episodes, its own blog, and is named in Quick Intel's official X/Twitter bio.
Agent Details
- Name: Tator Trader
- Chain: Base (8453)
- Token ID: 18132
- Owner: 0xC5ca...E1b0 (1,099 transactions)
- Parent Company: Quick Intel (quickintel.io)
- Registration Type: ERC-8004 v1
Findings
x402 Implementation — The Gold Standard ✅
The only agent in twelve investigations to return HTTP 402 Payment Required.
The x402 endpoint at x402.quickintel.io/v1/tator/prompt returns:
- HTTP 402 with
Payment-Requiredheader containing base64-encoded payment details - x402 Version 2 protocol
- 14 payment networks: Base, Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Avalanche, Unichain, Linea, MegaETH, Sonic, Hyperliquid, Ink, TreasureChain, and Solana
- USDC payments with proper asset contract addresses per chain
- Payment identifier extension supported
- Bazaar discovery enabled
The /accepted endpoint exposes a complete gateway manifest with two services:
- Quick Intel Scanner ($0.03/request) — Smart contract security audit across 60+ chains
- Tator Trader ($0.20/request) — AI-powered trade execution returning unsigned transactions
Both include full input/output JSON schemas documenting every field.
Web Interface — Live & Production-Grade ✅
tatortrader.quickintel.io returns HTTP 200 with:
- Clerk authentication (user accounts)
- Google Analytics & Tag Manager (production monitoring)
- DexScreener embeds (real-time market data)
- Farcaster frame support (frame-ancestors whitelist)
- YouTube embed support (tutorials)
- Content Security Policy (security-hardened)
- Cloudflare CDN
Quick Intel — Established Company ✅
- Website: quickintel.io — "AI-powered tools and real-time insights" for crypto
- X/Twitter: @quickintel_ai — bio: "Scanner: Real-Time Risk Insights | Tator Trader: AI-Chat Trades | Cipher: Onchain Security | $QKNTL"
- Forbes listing for $QKNTL token
- Google Play Store: Both "Tator Trader" and "Quick Intel" apps published
- YouTube: "Crypto Magic Hour Ep. 30 - Meet Tator Trader: The AI Agent That Makes Crypto Effortless"
- Blog: tatortrader.quickintel.io/blog
- US Address: 2955 New Center Pt #1203, Colorado Springs, CO 80922
- Phone: +1 719-286-9222
- Products: Quick Intel Scanner (61 chains), Tator Trader (AI trading), Cipher (on-chain security)
On-Chain Activity ✅
- 1,099 transactions — by far the most active wallet investigated
- 1 agent registered (no duplicates)
- ~0.004 ETH on Base
Character & Branding
Polished 3D mascot — egg/bean character with Ethereum beanie and streetwear jacket. Professional rendering quality, consistent with crypto PFP aesthetic. Hosted on 8004scan.app blob storage.
Security Design
The agent returns unsigned transactions — users sign and broadcast with their own wallets. Full custody model. Every trade includes a Quick Intel security scan automatically. This is a security-first design philosophy.
Scoring Breakdown
| Category | Score | Max | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration quality | 13 | 15 | Detailed, specific protocols, pricing, OASF taxonomy |
| On-chain activity | 18 | 20 | 1,099 transactions — most active investigated |
| Social presence | 14 | 15 | Google Play, YouTube, Forbes, US company, own blog |
| Service verification | 18 | 20 | Only agent with real HTTP 402, live web with auth |
| Reputation signals | 3 | 15 | New to ERC-8004, but established product |
| Red flag absence | 15 | 15 | Zero red flags. US company, production product |
| Total | 81 | 100 |
Verdict
🟢 GREEN (81/100) — Trustworthy. Highest score of the night.
Tator Trader represents the pinnacle of what this investigation series has found. While the Messari Agent by Warden showed what institutional-grade A2A looks like, Tator Trader shows what production x402 looks like — a real HTTP 402, a full payment manifest, a Google Play app, YouTube demos, and a US-registered company behind it. The only reason it is not scoring in the 90s is that it is new to ERC-8004 specifically (zero feedbacks) and does not have an A2A agent card endpoint. But the product itself is mature, live, and delivering real value.
Sources
- x402 endpoint (HTTP 402): https://x402.quickintel.io/v1/tator/prompt
- x402 gateway manifest: https://x402.quickintel.io/accepted
- Web interface: https://tatortrader.quickintel.io
- Quick Intel: https://quickintel.io
- Google Play (Tator): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quickintel.tator
- Quick Intel X: https://x.com/quickintel_ai
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_j4-w1G9xM
- Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/quick-intel-qkntl/
- On-chain ERC-8004 Identity Registry on Base
- Deckard Network catalog API