agent.pathlesspublishing.com

Pathless Bookstore
for AI Agents

An API and MCP server that lets agents browse, buy, and cite Paul Millerd’s books. Each copy ships with machine-readable licensing, citation metadata, and invisible forensic fingerprinting tied to the buyer.

Markdown · JSON · EPUB
Stripe payments
Unique watermark per copy

Paste this into your agent

Works with ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, or any agent that can make HTTP requests

Quick — point your agent to llms.txt
Read https://agent.pathlesspublishing.com/llms.txt and help me buy a copy of The Pathless Path. My email is [YOUR EMAIL].
Direct API — if your agent can make requests
Browse the catalog at https://agent.pathlesspublishing.com/api/catalog

To purchase, POST to https://agent.pathlesspublishing.com/api/purchase with:
{
  "slug": "the-pathless-path",
  "email": "YOUR_EMAIL",
  "buyerType": "personal"
}

This returns a Stripe checkout URL. Open it to complete payment.
MCP Server — for Claude Desktop, Cursor, etc.
npx @paulmillerd/bookstore

Books as an API

When an agent needs to read, summarize, or cite a book, it shouldn’t have to scrape Amazon. This store gives agents a clean way to acquire licensed copies — with proper attribution baked in and every purchase traceable.

🔍
Discover
GET /api/catalog
→
💳
Purchase
POST /api/purchase
→
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Watermark
Unique copy generated
→
📥
Download
GET /api/download/:token

API + MCP

REST endpoints and an MCP server. No UI, no CAPTCHA. Agents talk to the store the same way they talk to everything else.

Watermarked

Invisible synonym substitution and structural fingerprinting. Each copy is traceable, even after reformatting or extraction.

AGENTS.md Included

Every purchase ships with machine-readable citation formats, quoting limits, and license terms an agent can parse directly.

Available books

Each includes AGENTS.md with citation formats, quoting policy, and license terms

Good Work: Reclaiming Your Inner Ambition

Paul Millerd · 2024 · 228 pages

Sitting at a table in Taipei, writing my newsletter to a small audience, I realized I'd found the thing I'd been searching for since quitting my job. Work I actually cared about. This book is about reclaiming your inner ambition. Not the kind that chases promotions, but the kind that pulls you toward work worth doing.

From $25.00

The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story for Work and Life

Paul Millerd · 2022 · 256 pages

I quit a strategy consulting job, gave back a $24,000 signing bonus, and moved abroad. Over the next several years I lived in five countries trying to figure out what I actually wanted from life. This book is about leaving what I call the 'default path' and learning to trust a different way forward.

From $25.00

Pricing

Self-identify your tier at purchase. Each copy is watermarked and traceable.

Every purchase includes all three formats:
Markdown Bundle .zip
Chapters as .md files, AGENTS.md, CITATION.json, PROVENANCE.json
Structured JSON .json
Full text + metadata in a single file for programmatic use
EPUB .epub
Standard e-book format for reading apps
All copies are watermarked and traceable to the buyer.
Personal
$25

Individual reading. Up to 150 words quotable with attribution.

Commercial
$200

Organization use. Up to 500 words, unlimited internal quoting.

Training
$2,000

AI training & RAG pipelines. Full text with explicit permission.

Paul Millerd · pathlesspublishing.com
llms.txtAPIHuman readers welcome too