# 2.2 Core Components **(a) Launchpad** A no-code/pro-code interface where users design and deploy new agents.\ Developers define the goal, personality, and operational logic, then mint a verifiable Agent ID linked to its runtime environment.\ Once deployed, the agent can be listed, rented, or integrated via open API. **(b) Marketplace** A continuously updating catalogue of active agents—complete with performance metrics, latency, transaction volume, and reputation scores.\ Users can purchase usage rights, subscribe to services, or invest in growth agents through x402 settlement.\ All operations are transparent, verifiable, and frictionless. **(c) x402 Settlement Layer** The backbone of the SEA AI economy.\ This layer interprets HTTP 402 requests, generates payment instructions, validates on-chain proofs, and issues authorization tokens (X-PAYMENT headers).\ It ensures instant, auditable clearing between participants. **(d) Governance Layer** Implements key-based access control and staking mechanisms for revenue sharing, community voting, and protocol upgrades.\ Governance is gradually migrating toward a DAO model managed by Agent Key holders. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.seaai.dev/2.-system-overview-of-sea-ai/2.2-core-components.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.