Autonomous Economic Agents (AEA) by Fetch.ai is a versatile framework that empowers developers to design, implement, and orchestrate autonomous software agents capable of interacting with each other, external environments, and digital ledgers. Leveraging a plugin-based architecture, AEA provides pre-built modules for communication protocols, cryptographic ledger APIs, decentralized identity, and customizable decision-making skills. Agents can discover and transact within decentralized marketplaces, perform goal-driven behaviors, and adapt through real-time data feeds. The framework supports simulation tools for testing and debugging multi-agent scenarios, as well as deployment onto live blockchains or peer-to-peer networks. With built-in interoperability and agent-to-agent messaging, AEA streamlines the development of complex autonomous economic applications such as energy trading, supply chain optimization, and smart IoT coordination.