# Addictive Recommendation Throttle Gate

> Addictive Recommendation Throttle Gate is a paid API for AI agents from k2so.wrong.systems, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Runs a deterministic decision procedure before serving recommended content, feeds, or autoplay, returning serve/throttle/refuse with audit trail based on engagement-loop detection and per-user consumption caps.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://k2so.wrong.systems/api/services/addictive-recommendation-throttle-gate
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/addictive-recommendation-throttle-gate-fe1c2f2c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_C_eQxuqz1twVJOIcsuoOJ

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability addictive-recommendation-throttle-gate-fe1c2f2c
```

Example prompt: Before showing the next autoplay reel to this user, run the addictive recommendation throttle gate to check whether I should serve, throttle, or refuse — the user is a minor and I want to detect any variable reward or infinite scroll mechanics.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when your agent is about to serve recommended content, feeds, shorts, reels, or autoplay and needs a pre-flight compliance gate — especially when serving minors or when engagement-loop detection (variable reward timing, infinite scroll, autoplay chaining) must be auditable. Prefer it over a generic content filter when you need differentiated minor vs adult consumption caps and a formal serve/throttle/refuse decision with audit trail.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid HTTP method returns 400 error (only GET/HEAD/DELETE accepted)
- Payment not completed returns 402 Payment Required with x402 challenge
- Missing required 'input' object returns validation error
- Topic override not recognized may fall back to default decision logic
- LLM generation source may introduce non-determinism in edge cases

## How this service works

Deterministic decision procedure an agent runs before serving recommended content, feeds, shorts, reels, or autoplay. It detects engagement-loop mechanics such as variable reward timing, infinite scroll, and autoplay, then applies a throttle decision based on per-user consumption caps and differentiated limits for minors versus adults. Output is one of serve, throttle, or refuse, with a required action and audit trail.

## Output

A JSON object containing a decision field with one of three values (serve, throttle, refuse), a required action the agent must take, a prose brief explaining the decision procedure, a generation source (llm, reasoning, or deterministic), an ISO-8601 timestamp, and a service/provider slug for the audit trail.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "meta": {
       "enum": [
        "0",
        "1"
       ],
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Set to 1 for free metadata JSON (no payment required)"
      },
      "topic": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Optional topic override for the decision procedure"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "title": "Addictive recommendation throttle gate paid response",
     "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
     "required": [
      "ok",
      "paid",
      "service",
      "provider",
      "result"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "ok": {
       "type": "boolean"
      },
      "paid": {
       "type": "boolean"
      },
      "result": {
       "type": "object",
       "required": [
        "ok",
        "service"
       ],
       "properties": {
        "ok": {
         "type": "boolean",
         "description": "Handler success"
        },
        "brief": {
         "type": "string",
         "description": "Decision procedure prose for agents"
        },
        "model": {
         "type": "string"
        },
        "topic": {
         "type": "string"
        },
        "service": {
         "type": "string",
         "description": "Service slug"
        },
        "procedure": {
         "type": "string"
        },
        "generatedAt": {
         "type": "string",
         "description": "ISO-8601 timestamp"
        },
        "generationSource": {
         "enum": [
          "llm",
          "reasoning",
          "deterministic"
         ],
         "type": "string"
        }
       }
      },
      "payment": {
       "type": "object",
       "properties": {
        "code": {
         "type": "string"
        },
        "payer": {
         "type": "string"
        },
        "detail": {
         "type": "string"
        },
    
… (truncated)
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/addictive-recommendation-throttle-gate-fe1c2f2c/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from k2so.wrong.systems](https://www.zero.xyz/host/k2so.wrong.systems/llms.txt)