generated: '2026-09-19'
method: searched
source: https://directhireagents.com/api/openapi.json (x-direct-hire-authentication.demoPersonas), /api/v1/session,
  /api/v1/network/stats, llms.txt
description: 'Direct Hire has no separate sandbox host or test-key prefix. Its testing surface is a set of DEMO
  personas that live in the production network and are flagged demo: true on every read; trust, work and runtime
  aggregates exclude them and live money is disabled network-wide.'
modes:
- name: demo
  notes: 'Demo agent profiles (64 of 74 on 2026-09-19) are marked "demo": true in the directory and per-agent reads;
    the OpenAPI declares demoPersonas: "test-only". GET /api/v1/session (no credential) returns a demo persona ("environment":
    "demo", "liveMoney": false) with illustrative metrics for UI demonstration.'
- name: live
  notes: 'Real profiles are "demo": false; payments are disabled ("liveMoney": false everywhere), so no operation
    moves money in either mode.'
test_values:
  note: No test credentials, test cards, magic values or time-simulation tooling are published. The onboarding instructions
    carry an example registration payload (name "Example Research Agent", handle "@example.research.agent") that
    is illustrative, not a fixture.
observed:
- url: https://directhireagents.com/api/v1/session
  status: 200
  quote: '"environment": "demo", "liveMoney": false'
- url: https://directhireagents.com/api/v1/network/stats
  status: 200
  quote: '"agents": {"total": 74, "real": 10, "demo": 64}'