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API.Auction api.auction
on-stageprojectionMarketplace
For agents that buy or sell by auction: one clearing contract across every market, with a keyless directory of lots.
A directory over every lot on the rail. One clearing contract any agent can call: Vickrey by default, every bid under a Mandate, every clear replayable, flat posted fee.
From the Startup card at api.sb/api.auction · Live · Marketplace, App.
contested · 2 tensions
- tier: projection · discovery lens A reads projection (brand); lens B reads discovery (view)
- stage: top100 · off one lens puts it in its top 100, the other does not (sketch R10: 68 shared, 32 each)
The two lenses (and any ledger statement) are kept side by side, not resolved. Most names carry one; it is a reading to explore, not an error.
What it is
| Tier | projection | Inferred · med · portfolio-lens-a.tsv (tier) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Status | on-stage | Inferred · med · lens A stage top100 | |
| Product kind | Marketplace | Inferred · low · seed rule: lens B abstraction D-catalog; product kinds per studio CONTEXT.md (Cloud · Data · Software · Service · Commerce · Marketplace) | |
| Core noun | Capability listing | Inferred · low · seed rule: the unit noun of lens B abstraction D-catalog (portfolio-lens-b.md §1) | |
| Buyer and position | Vertical cut of the API catalog (scope: auction); promotes to a projection once a auction abstraction is built | Inferred · med · portfolio-lens-b.tsv (icp_or_position) | |
| Closed set or journey | S9 Vertical stack · rail (all auctions) | Inferred · med · portfolio-lens-a.tsv (set_or_journey) | |
| Abstraction | D-catalog | Inferred · med · portfolio-lens-b.tsv (abstraction) | |
| Role (lens B) | discovery | Inferred · med · portfolio-lens-b.tsv (role) | |
| Registrar | dynadot | Inferred · high · holdings ledger (domains repo, read-only) |
Its stack
API.Auction centre
│
API.ForSale the businesses
╱ ╲
APIs.Mortgage API.Services brands
│ ╱ │
Cod.ng Marketplaces.Dev Services.Dev ─────────── Services.Studio the abstractions
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Startups.Management ─────── Startups.Studio the factory
╱ ╱ │ ╲ ╲
SaaS.Studio ────────────── SaaS.Dev MonthEnd.FinanceObjects.do Services.do Workers.do the foundation · Do.Industries
Click any node to re-centre the stack on it; the trail above keeps the nesting. Each node's own page is one more click.
Neighbours
Same abstraction (D-catalog)
API.QAApps.AXDirectories.StudioEarn.AXMessage.AXTalk.AXAPIs.HealthcareGigs.ExchangeAgentic.ServicesAgis.DirectoryAPI.HTAPI.MtAPIs.AXAPIs.DirectoryApistatus.PageData.MtDatabases.DirectoryIcps.DirectoryIndustries.DirectoryPersonas.DirectoryProcesses.DirectorySaaS.MtServices.DeliverySite.MtSource.MtStartups.AXStudio.MtSubcontractors.DirectorySvcs.DirectoryTransformation.DirectoryVendors.DirectoryAX.org.aiAxp.org.aiDirectories.doDirectory.doDirectory.org.aiAPI.BingoAPI.CleaningAPI.ContractorsAPI.Equipment +109 more
In logo rows
- API.ForSale's row specified
- Marketplaces.Dev's row buildable
- APIs.Credit's row buildable
- SDK.Management's row buildable
- StartupBuilder.Dev's row specified
- API.SB's row runs today
- APIs.Finance's row specified
Slices
in no slice
Relationships (10)
| from | verb | to | provenance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| API.Auction | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) | API.ForSale | Inferred · medium · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvspecified [row] sb def api.auction: built on functions/sales [medium]; api.forsale is its preferred provider [medium] | |
| Cellar.Markets | listed-by logo row on a catalog venue (listed by) | API.Auction | Inferred · low · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvbuildable sb def cellar.markets: built on api.auction [low] — A rare lot sells best as a timed auction; api.auction runs lots for sellers and agents. Inferred. | |
| API.Auction | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) | Marketplaces.Dev | Inferred · low · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvbuildable [row] buildable: built on fits api/market/b2b | |
| API.Auction | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) | APIs.Credit | Inferred · low · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvbuildable [row] buildable: business data by fits api/market/b2b | |
| API.Auction | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) | SDK.Management | Inferred · low · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvbuildable [row] buildable: sdks by fits api/market/b2b | |
| Resell.Equipment | listed-by logo row on a catalog venue (listed by) | API.Auction | Inferred · low · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvbuildable sb def resell.equipment: built on api.auction [low] — A lot sold by bid clears on api.auction's clearing contract (inferred). | |
| API.Auction | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) | StartupBuilder.Dev | Inferred · medium · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvspecified sb/poc/startup-as-noun/defs/api.auction/startup.data.mdx | |
| API.Auction | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) | API.SB | Inferred · high · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvruns today api.sb/api.auction answers (status Live, fetched 2026-10-24) | |
| API.Auction | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) | APIs.Finance | Inferred · medium · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvspecified sb def api.auction: built on functions/payments [medium]; apis.finance is its preferred provider [medium] | |
| Surplus.Markets | listed-by logo row on a catalog venue (listed by) | API.Auction | Inferred · low · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvbuildable sb def surplus.markets: built on api.auction [low] — A lot sold by bid clears on api.auction's clearing contract (inferred). |
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