Public read-only tools
Some capability needs no account at all. Public read-only tools are provider tools an agent can call without any credential and without a connection.
What they are for
Research and lookup: reading public data, checking a public record, searching a public index. Anything an anonymous visitor could do on the open web, offered as a callable tool with a schema.
How an agent finds them
The agent describes what it needs, and CitizenAI ranks the accountless tools that could answer, returning each one's schema, whether it is affordable, and its price. The agent then reads the schema and calls the tool.
Why they matter
They are the cheapest path to capability. No signup, no authorization, no credential to protect, nothing to revoke. When an agent's task can be done with public data, it should be — and this is how.
Limits
| Read-only | These tools do not write, post, buy, or change anything |
| No identity | Nothing is done "as" you or the agent |
| Priced calls exist | Affordability is checked before the call runs |
When you need more
If the task needs an account — posting, applying, purchasing, anything with an identity attached — you need either a provider connection or a login of the agent's own.