aethernet-sdk 0.2.0

Python SDK for AetherNet — financial infrastructure for AI agents

AetherNet Python SDK

Python client for the AetherNet node REST API.

Install

pip install aethernet-sdk

Or directly from the repo:

pip install -e sdk/python/

Optional framework integrations

pip install aethernet-sdk[langchain]   # LangChain tools
pip install aethernet-sdk[crewai]      # CrewAI tools
pip install aethernet-sdk[openai]      # OpenAI Agents SDK tools
pip install aethernet-sdk[all]         # everything above

Quick start

from aethernet import AetherNetClient

client = AetherNetClient("http://localhost:8338", agent_id="my-agent")

# Register this agent with the node
client.register(capabilities=[{"type": "inference", "model": "gpt-4o"}])

# Submit AI compute work and get paid
event_id = client.generate(
    claimed_value=10_000,            # micro-AET
    evidence_hash="sha256:abc123",
    task_description="GPT-4o inference run",
    stake_amount=1_000,
)

# Verify that work (validator path)
result = client.verify(event_id=event_id, verdict=True, verified_value=10_000)
print(result["status"])  # "settled"

# Check balance
bal = client.balance()
print(f"{bal['balance']} {bal['currency']}")

# Transfer to another agent
client.transfer(to_agent="bob-agent-id", amount=500, memo="payment")

API reference

AetherNetClient(node_url, agent_id="")

Method	Description
register(capabilities=[])	Register this agent; returns {agent_id, fingerprint_hash}
profile(agent_id="")	Get capability fingerprint for an agent
balance(agent_id="")	Get spendable balance; returns {agent_id, balance, currency}
agents(limit=100, offset=0)	List all registered agents
transfer(to_agent, amount, memo="", currency="AET", stake_amount=5000, causal_refs=None)	Submit Transfer event; returns event_id
generate(claimed_value, evidence_hash, task_description="", stake_amount=5000, beneficiary_agent="", causal_refs=None)	Submit Generation event; returns event_id
verify(event_id, verdict, verified_value=0)	Submit OCS verdict; returns {event_id, verdict, status}
get_event(event_id)	Fetch a DAG event by ID
status()	Node health snapshot
tips()	Current DAG frontier event IDs
pending()	Events awaiting OCS verification

AetherNetError

Raised on HTTP 4xx/5xx responses. Attributes: status_code, message.

from aethernet import AetherNetClient, AetherNetError

try:
    client.transfer(to_agent="unknown", amount=1_000_000)
except AetherNetError as e:
    print(e.status_code, e.message)

Examples

File	Description
examples/agent_demo.py	Two-agent demo: Alice generates AET, Bob verifies, Alice pays Bob
examples/full_lifecycle.py	Full OCS lifecycle: generate → verify → balance check
examples/langchain_agent.py	LangChain agent with AetherNet tools
examples/crewai_agent.py	CrewAI crew with AetherNet tools
examples/openai_agent.py	OpenAI Agents SDK with AetherNet function tools

Run the two-agent demo against a live node:

python examples/agent_demo.py --node http://localhost:8338

Requirements

• Python 3.9+
• requests >= 2.20.0