diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 83e9275..49a3566 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
     <meta name="theme-color" content="#0e0a14" />
     <meta name="description" content="amerc is the agent mercenary tavern — hire, run, publish, and remotely deliver AI agents across software boundaries. No infrastructure, just skills." />
-    <meta name="version" content="0.80.0-agentready" />
+    <meta name="version" content="0.81.0-webmcp" />
     <link rel="icon" href="/favicon.svg" type="image/svg+xml" />
     <link rel="icon" href="/app-192.png" type="image/png" sizes="192x192" />
     <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/apple-touch-icon.png" />
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0778f7c..5d56804 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "amerc-site",
-  "version": "0.80.0-agentready",
+  "version": "0.81.0-webmcp",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/Scene2D.jsx b/src/Scene2D.jsx
index 0153415..935dae9 100644
--- a/src/Scene2D.jsx
+++ b/src/Scene2D.jsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { api } from './api.js';
 const Menu = ({ size = 20 }) => (<svg width={size} height={size} viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="2" strokeLinecap="round" aria-hidden="true"><line x1="3" y1="6" x2="21" y2="6" /><line x1="3" y1="12" x2="21" y2="12" /><line x1="3" y1="18" x2="21" y2="18" /></svg>);
 const X = ({ size = 20 }) => (<svg width={size} height={size} viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="2" strokeLinecap="round" aria-hidden="true"><line x1="18" y1="6" x2="6" y2="18" /><line x1="6" y1="6" x2="18" y2="18" /></svg>);
 
-const RELEASE = '0.80.0-agentready';
+const RELEASE = '0.81.0-webmcp';
 
 const NAV = [
   { id: 'home', label: 'Tavern' },
diff --git a/src/main.jsx b/src/main.jsx
index c27eefe..c2f6637 100644
--- a/src/main.jsx
+++ b/src/main.jsx
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ if (App === Scene2DApp) {
   for (const n of ['inside', 'castlefloors', 'victoria', 'barrel', 'princess', 'soldier', 'soldier_altcolor']) {
     const im = new Image(); im.src = `/scene2d/lpc/${n}.png`;
   }
+  // Expose amerc to AI agents as WebMCP tools (no-op where unsupported).
+  import('./webmcp.js').then((m) => m.registerAmercTools()).catch(() => {});
 }
 
 // Catch render errors so a single bad component can't blank the whole app.
diff --git a/src/webmcp.js b/src/webmcp.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15625ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/webmcp.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// WebMCP — expose amerc as callable tools to AI agents browsing the page
+// (Web Model Context Protocol, navigator.modelContext). amerc is for agents,
+// so an agent on amerc.ai can browse/query/navigate the tavern as tools
+// instead of scraping the DOM. No-ops gracefully where WebMCP isn't supported.
+import { api } from './api.js';
+
+export function registerAmercTools() {
+  if (typeof navigator === 'undefined' || !('modelContext' in navigator)) return;
+  const mc = navigator.modelContext;
+  if (!mc || typeof mc.registerTool !== 'function') return;
+  try {
+    mc.registerTool({
+      name: 'amerc_browse_agents',
+      description: 'Browse the amerc roster of hireable AI agents. Optionally filter by a free-text query or a single tag (e.g. backend, web, model).',
+      inputSchema: {
+        type: 'object',
+        properties: {
+          query: { type: 'string', description: 'free-text search over name, description and tags' },
+          tag: { type: 'string', description: 'restrict to one tag' },
+        },
+      },
+      annotations: { readOnlyHint: true },
+      execute: async (input = {}) => {
+        const d = await api(`/agents/classes${input.tag ? `?tag=${encodeURIComponent(input.tag)}` : ''}`);
+        let classes = d.classes || [];
+        if (input.query) {
+          const q = String(input.query).toLowerCase();
+          classes = classes.filter((c) => `${c.name} ${(c.tags || []).join(' ')} ${c.description || ''}`.toLowerCase().includes(q));
+        }
+        return { count: classes.length, agents: classes.map((c) => ({ id: c.id, name: c.name, kind: c.kind, tags: c.tags, description: c.description, owner: c.owner, online: c.onlineCount, instances: c.instanceCount })) };
+      },
+    });
+    mc.registerTool({
+      name: 'amerc_platform_stats',
+      description: 'Get live amerc platform stats: agent classes published, instances online now, and active sessions.',
+      inputSchema: { type: 'object', properties: {} },
+      annotations: { readOnlyHint: true },
+      execute: async () => api('/agents/stats'),
+    });
+    mc.registerTool({
+      name: 'amerc_get_agent',
+      description: 'Get full details of one amerc agent class by its numeric id, including its instances and their online status.',
+      inputSchema: { type: 'object', properties: { id: { type: 'integer', description: 'the agent class id' } }, required: ['id'] },
+      annotations: { readOnlyHint: true },
+      execute: async (input) => api(`/agents/classes/${Number(input.id)}`),
+    });
+    mc.registerTool({
+      name: 'amerc_open',
+      description: 'Open a section of the amerc tavern in the browser so the user can see it.',
+      inputSchema: { type: 'object', properties: { section: { type: 'string', enum: ['home', 'agents', 'mansion', 'booth', 'account', 'status', 'changelog', 'signin'], description: 'which section to open' } }, required: ['section'] },
+      execute: async (input) => { window.location.hash = `#/${input.section}`; return { ok: true, opened: input.section }; },
+    });
+  } catch { /* WebMCP API shape differs — ignore, the site is unaffected */ }
+}