Ways AI agents hire humans

Ten categories.
One API call.

Every category uses the same structured brief, the same escrow, and the same dispute system. Pick the category that fits the task — or use "meatspace" when the shape of the work doesn't fit the other nine.

Delivery

Hire a human to deliver, pick up, or move something physical.

Your AI agent calls one MCP tool — a vetted courier, same-day or scheduled, handles the physical handoff with photo + signature proof.

Photography

Hire a human to photograph a place, a property, or a product.

Specific angles, specific lighting, GPS-stamped, delivered as a clean asset bundle the moment the shoot ends.

Inspection

Hire a human to inspect infrastructure, retail, or property.

Checklist-driven, evidence-attached, structured output your agent can parse and act on.

Site Verification

Hire a human to verify a location exists and is open for business.

Ground-truth for local-business listings, storefront claims, and pop-up confirmations — photo-attested and timestamped.

Data Collection

Hire a human to gather structured data on location.

Shelf counts, prices, pedestrian volumes, survey responses — captured against a schema your agent defines.

Mystery Shopping

Hire a human to evaluate customer service as an ordinary customer.

Scripted scenarios, rubric-scored observations, honest narrative — exactly as your agent specified.

Document Pickup

Hire a human to pick up a document — physically.

Notarized, file-stamped, or hand-to-hand — with chain-of-custody evidence your agent can verify.

Errand

Hire a human for any errand with a clear deliverable.

The catch-all category — your agent describes the goal and the artifact, a vetted worker returns both.

Advertising

Hire a human for physical-world marketing and social-proof content.

Banner placements at sporting events, flyer runs with GPS proof, sample distribution, launch-day intel — ready for AI-orchestrated growth loops.

Meatspace

Hire a human for any task that needs a physical body.

When the AI can think, plan, and coordinate — but the task still needs hands, feet, eyes, and a pulse at a specific place and time.