Install Jentic One Beta
Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the BPAY Group API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.
Two steps, two machines. Install the instance in a safe environment, then register your agent from wherever it runs.
Step 1: Jentic One Host machine
# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Fbpaygroup.com.au%2Fbpaygroup" | shStep 2: Agent machine
# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Fbpaygroup.com.au%2Fbpaygroup" | sh
jentic register # connects your agent to your Jentic One instanceJentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.
What an agent can do with BPAY Group API.
List BPAY bills available for payment in the connected account
Initiate a BPAY payment against a biller code and customer reference number
Retrieve the status of a previously submitted payment by its id
Authenticate API requests with an issued Authorization header key
Reconcile completed payments back to the originating bill record
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Patterns agents use BPAY Group API for, with concrete tasks.
★ Programmatic BPAY bill payment from accounting software
Australian accounts payable teams trigger BPAY payments directly from their accounting software so they avoid retyping biller codes and customer reference numbers into a banking portal. POST /payments submits the payment and GET /payments/{id} confirms the outcome. Most teams ship a basic integration in a few days once the API key is issued.
Initiate a BPAY payment for biller code 12345, customer reference 9876543210, and amount AUD 250 from the configured source, returning the new payment id
Payment status reconciliation for AP ledgers
Finance teams reconcile each submitted BPAY payment against the AP ledger so invoices flip to paid only when the BPAY scheme confirms the payment. The reconciliation job calls GET /payments/{id} for any in-flight payment and updates the local record. A nightly run keeps ledgers accurate without manual matching.
For each pending payment id in our local store, call GET /payments/{id} and update the local status to paid, failed, or pending based on the response
Bill discovery for treasury workflows
Treasury teams pull a forward view of bills due so they can plan cash. GET /bills returns the bills the account is aware of, ready to feed a cash forecast or scheduling tool. Combined with payment initiation, the team can move from forecast to action without leaving their internal portal.
Call GET /bills, filter to bills with a due date inside the next 14 days, and return the total AUD owed
Agent-driven BPAY payments via Jentic
An AI agent embedded in a finance team's workflow handles instructions like 'pay the Origin Energy bill for $312.50' by calling BPAY directly. Through Jentic the agent searches for 'initiate a BPAY payment', loads the schema, and executes the call while the Authorization API key stays in your Jentic One instance.
Search Jentic for 'initiate a BPAY payment', load the POST /payments schema, and execute it for biller code 67890, reference 1122334455, and amount AUD 312.50
3 endpoints — jentic publishes the only available openapi specification for bpay group api, keeping it validated and agent-ready.
METHOD
PATH
DESCRIPTION
/bills
List BPAY bills
/payments
Initiate a BPAY payment
/payments/{id}
Retrieve a payment by id
/bills
List BPAY bills
/payments
Initiate a BPAY payment
/payments/{id}
Retrieve a payment by id
What agents get from Jentic-routed access to this vendor.
Setup
Wiring BPAY by hand means passing your API key in the Authorization header and coordinating the bill listing and payment initiation calls yourself. Through Jentic you install once, import the BPAY Group API from the API Directory, store the key once, and your agent calls it.
Permission scoping
BPAY lists bills and initiates payments through the request body, with only the payment lookup carrying an id in the path, so scope the agent to the operations it needs, such as listing bills or checking a payment, and add payment initiation only if the agent requires it. Every operation you allow is one you have explicitly chosen.
Credential isolation
Your BPAY Authorization API key is stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time. It never enters the agent's prompt, logs, or context.
Intent-based discovery
Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'pay a BPAY bill' or 'check a BPAY payment', and Jentic returns the matching BPAY operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the reference docs.
Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.
Stripe API
Card and wallet payment processor; not a substitute for the BPAY bill scheme but an alternative way to settle invoices.
Choose Stripe when accepting card or wallet payments globally; choose BPAY when the requirement is specifically to use the Australian BPAY bill payment rails.
Specific to using BPAY Group API through Jentic.
Why is there no official OpenAPI spec for BPAY Group API?
BPAY does not publish an OpenAPI specification. Jentic generates and maintains this spec so that AI agents and developers can call BPAY Group API via structured tooling. It is validated against the live API and kept up to date. Get started with Jentic One, the self-hosted execution layer.
What authentication does the BPAY Group API use?
BPAY uses an API key passed in the Authorization request header. The key is issued through the BPAY Group developer portal; in Jentic it is stored in the vault and injected at execution so the raw key never enters the agent's context.
Can I initiate a BPAY payment with the BPAY Group API?
Yes. POST /payments with the biller code, customer reference number, amount, and source account; BPAY returns a payment id you can later poll with GET /payments/{id} for the settled status.
How do I check the status of a payment through Jentic?
Run pip install jentic, then search Jentic for 'check a BPAY payment status', load the GET /payments/{id} schema, and execute it with the payment id. Jentic handles the Authorization header automatically and returns the payment record.
What are the rate limits for the BPAY Group API?
BPAY does not document explicit per-second rate limits in the spec; reconciliation jobs should poll GET /payments/{id} on a measured schedule rather than tight loops. For bill discovery, call GET /bills periodically rather than on every page load.
Can I list bills due before paying them?
Yes. GET /bills returns the bills the account is currently aware of through the BPAY scheme, which lets a treasury or AP tool plan and stage payments before issuing POST /payments calls.
Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the BPAY Group API?
Yes. Because Jentic One is self-hosted, your own rules decide which BPAY operations the agent may call and which credentials it may use. You can allow only the read operations, GET /bills to list bills and GET /payments/{id} to check a payment status, and withhold POST /payments so the agent can report on payments without ever initiating one. Add payment initiation to the allowed set only when the agent genuinely needs to move money, so every operation the agent can reach is one you have explicitly chosen.
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For Agents
List BPAY bills, initiate payments, and check payment status against the Australian BPAY bill payment scheme through three endpoints.
Use for: List BPAY bills due in the next 7 days for our account, Initiate a BPAY payment for biller code 12345 with customer reference 9876543210, Check the status of payment id pay_abc123 to see if it has settled, Find every payment submitted in the last month that is still pending
Not supported: Does not handle card or wallet payments, foreign-currency transfers, or KYC onboarding - use for Australian BPAY bill listing and payment initiation only.
Jentic publishes the only available OpenAPI specification for BPAY Group API, keeping it validated and agent-ready. BPAY is the long-standing Australian bill payment scheme used by households and businesses to pay registered billers via internet and mobile banking. The API exposes bill lookup, payment initiation, and payment status retrieval so accounting systems and AI agents can pay BPAY bills programmatically and reconcile their state. Authentication uses an Authorization header carrying an issued API key.