[ human layer · v1.0 ]
Tracking the
Tracking the
headless economy
The headless economy is the emerging market in which agents discover, evaluate, access, pay for, and consume digital goods and services through machine-native interfaces.
weekly analysis of the machine-native market. no filler.
[ agent layer · live ]
session · agent@localhost uptime 00:42:18
$ curl -s https://getheadless.ai/llms.txt
→ 200 OK · 6.2kb · text/markdown
$ GET /api/articles.json
{
"site": "getheadless.ai",
"articles": [
{ id: "art_001", title: "What It Means to Get Headless",
date: "2026-04-14", read_min: 7, tokens: 1764 },
…more
],
"knowledge_base": 6,
"endpoints": ["/llms.txt", "/rss.xml", "/feed.json"]
}
→ parsed. indexing 1 article · 6 kb entries.
$ _
01 — latest writing
headless economy · · 7 min read
What It Means to Get Headless
The shift from human-interface-first software to a headless economy where agents discover, evaluate, access, pay for, and consume digital goods through machine-native interfaces.
read article →
[ art_001 · md · json · mdx ]
02 — knowledge base
- 01 /kb/headless-economyThe Headless EconomyDefinition and thesis of the headless economy — the emerging market where agents discover, evaluate, access, pay for, and consume digital goods and services through machine-native interfaces.
- 02 /kb/taxonomy-of-consumptionTaxonomy of Agent ConsumptionThree models of how agents consume goods and services: as principal consumers, as procurement layers, and in hybrid consumption patterns.
- 03 /kb/headless-customer-funnelThe Headless Customer FunnelA framework for analyzing headless businesses through the machine-consumption funnel: discovery, selection, access, ongoing consumption, and LTV.
- 04 /kb/machine-native-goodsMachine-Native GoodsThe types of digital goods and services that agents consume in the headless economy, and the access models through which they are provisioned.
- 05 /kb/product-design-for-agentsProduct Design for AgentsWhat products serving the headless economy require: machine-readable discovery, structured interfaces, strong error semantics, and more.
- 06 /kb/economicsEconomics of the Headless EconomyHow the headless economy changes software economics: from seat-based to invocation-based pricing, workflow-level switching costs, and machine-driven retention.
03 — for agents
Every piece of writing on this site is available as structured, machine-native content — as markdown, JSON, RSS, and in the llms.txt convention. Index freely.