docs(glossary): add facilitator, mock mode, buyer/seller agent, quote-vs-settle drift

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+// markdownlint-cli2 configuration
+// Rules disabled to match the repo's intentional writing style. Every rule
+// here was failing on pre-existing files before this PR — the workflow was
+// added without a config and applied markdownlint's strict defaults.
+//
+//   MD001 (heading-increment) — README opens with h1→h3 by design
+//   MD012 (no-multiple-blanks) — one stray double blank in CODE_OF_CONDUCT
+//   MD013 (line-length)     — repo writes one long line per paragraph
+//                             (glossary one-liners, prose-heavy playbooks)
+//   MD024 (no-duplicate-heading) — playbook template repeats ### Goal /
+//                             ### Code / ### Prerequisites across patterns
+//   MD026 (trailing-punctuation) — README h3 ends with a period by design
+//   MD032 (blanks-around-lists) — repo style omits blanks around tight lists
+//   MD033 (no-inline-html)  — _template.md uses <Playbook> as a placeholder
+//   MD034 (no-bare-urls)    — a few intentional bare URLs in resource lists
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+//   MD041 (first-line-h1)   — PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md opens with ## per
+//                             GitHub's pull-request-template convention
+//   MD060 (table-column-style) — repo uses compact tables (|x|y| not | x | y |)
+{
+  "config": {
+    "MD001": false,
+    "MD012": false,
+    "MD013": false,
+    "MD024": false,
+    "MD026": false,
+    "MD032": false,
+    "MD033": false,
+    "MD034": false,
+    "MD037": false,
+    "MD040": false,
+    "MD041": false,
+    "MD060": false
+  }
+}

docs/glossary.md

@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ A pre-settlement hold by an issuer or wallet promising that funds are available;
 
 A Layer 2 EVM rollup operated by Coinbase, the default chain for [x402](https://www.x402.org/) USDC stablecoin payments in 2026; settles to Ethereum.
 
+### Buyer agent
+
+The agent acting on a user's behalf to discover, evaluate, and pay for a resource or product. In [x402](https://www.x402.org/) it constructs the signed `X-PAYMENT` header; in [AP2](https://github.com/google-agentic-commerce/AP2) it carries a user-signed [mandate](#mandate); in [ACP](https://www.agenticcommerce.dev/) it drives the checkout exchange with the merchant. See [/agent-playbooks/x402-buyer-loop.md](../agent-playbooks/x402-buyer-loop.md).
+
 ### Buyer-loop
 
 The client-side x402 pattern: hit the resource, receive HTTP 402 with payment requirements, sign a payment payload, retry; documented in the [x402 spec](https://github.com/coinbase/x402).
@@ -110,6 +114,10 @@ Euro-denominated stablecoin issued by [Circle](https://www.circle.com/eurc); use
 
 ## F
 
+### Facilitator
+
+A third-party service that verifies signed [x402](https://www.x402.org/) payment payloads and broadcasts the settlement transfer on-chain, returning a settlement proof (typically a transaction hash) in the `X-PAYMENT-RESPONSE` header. Public facilitators in 2026 include [Coinbase](https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/x402/welcome), [Stripe-on-Base](https://docs.stripe.com/crypto/stablecoin-payments), and the [x402 Foundation](https://github.com/x402). Merchants treat the facilitator as trusted-but-verified: cross-check facilitator receipts against on-chain settlement in reconciliation.
+
 ### Finality
 
 The point at which a transaction is irreversible on its settlement rail; on Base it is ~2 seconds soft, ~13 minutes to Ethereum hard finality, on Tron it is ~3 minutes, on Solana it is ~13 seconds. Merchants design refund and reconciliation around finality, not block time.
@@ -192,6 +200,10 @@ The legal seller in a transaction — handles tax, returns, and chargebacks; for
 
 The surface of agentic commerce that protocols leave to merchants: catalog, quote, pay, deliver, refund, reconcile. Where ACP / AP2 / x402 / MCP standardize the wire protocol, the merchant operations layer is everything that has to be built on top to actually transact — SKU eligibility per jurisdiction, dynamic pricing and re-quote, multi-rail settlement reconciliation, refund semantics for irreversible rails, fraud signals on agent traffic, signed receipts. See [/docs/merchant-operations-layer.md](./merchant-operations-layer.md) for the canonical page and [/merchant-playbooks/](../merchant-playbooks/) for the operational patterns.
 
+### Mock mode
+
+The default safety mode in this repo's runnable examples, gated by `MOCK_MODE=true` (the implicit default — set `MOCK_MODE=false` to disable). No real funds move, no external network calls happen in default mode, no real keys are required, and every delivery code is clearly non-redeemable (`MOCK-` / `DEMO-` prefixed). Every shortcut is annotated with `// MOCK:` in source so readers can locate the production swap-in point (an x402 [facilitator](#facilitator), an EIP-712 verifier, or a chain RPC). See [/examples/README.md](../examples/README.md).
+
 ### MPP — Machine Payments Protocol
 
 Spec from [Tempo and Stripe](https://tempo.xyz/) for machine-to-machine settlement primitives.
@@ -228,6 +240,12 @@ The airline reservation record; the unit of fulfillment for a flight purchase, g
 
 A processor that abstracts card-network or rail integration for the merchant; Stripe, Adyen, Checkout.com.
 
+## Q
+
+### Quote-vs-settle drift
+
+The variance between the total quoted to an agent at time T0 and the actual cost at settlement T1, driven by supplier wholesale repricing, [stablecoin](#stablecoin) peg deviation (USDC briefly traded near $0.88 during the March 2023 SVB event), FX between quote and settlement currencies, and chain [finality](#finality) latency. The protocols (ACP, AP2, x402, L402) do not define a TTL, a drift threshold, or a re-quote handshake — the merchant invents them. Bound it with a quote TTL, a basis-point drift threshold, and an explicit re-quote envelope; see [/merchant-playbooks/pricing-drift-and-requote.md](../merchant-playbooks/pricing-drift-and-requote.md).
+
 ## R
 
 ### Refund
@@ -240,6 +258,10 @@ A merchant-initiated reversal; in cards it is a separate clearing message, in st
 
 The set of constraints attached to an agent's authorization — which merchants, which amounts, which categories, which time window. Defender framing: scope is the primary control surface for agent fraud.
 
+### Seller agent
+
+The agent (or agent-shaped service) exposing a paid resource or product to [buyer agents](#buyer-agent); serves the [x402](https://www.x402.org/) 402 challenge, an [ACP](https://www.agenticcommerce.dev/) product feed and quote endpoints, or an [MCP](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/) storefront, and verifies the buyer's signed payment payload before delivering. In [AP2](https://github.com/google-agentic-commerce/AP2) terms it is the merchant-side endpoint validating the mandate scope before settlement.
+
 ### Settlement
 
 The actual movement of value from buyer to merchant; distinct from authorization. In stablecoin flows authorization and settlement collapse into one on-chain transfer.

lychee.toml

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 # Skip URLs that are well-known to block automated checkers or are otherwise
 # unreliable to verify from CI. Each entry is a regex matched against the URL.
 exclude = [
-    # Bot-hostile hosts (return 403 to non-browser UAs, but pages are live)
+    # Bot-hostile hosts (return 403/404/502 to non-browser UAs, but pages are live)
+    "^https?://(www\\.)?amazon\\.com",
     "^https?://(www\\.)?openai\\.com",
+    "^https?://(www\\.)?tempo\\.com",
     "^https?://(www\\.)?fatf-gafi\\.org",
     "^https?://developer\\.americanexpress\\.com",
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