# Agent Newsstand — Local Business Search

> Agent Newsstand — Local Business Search is a paid API for AI agents from api.agentnewsstand.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Search for local businesses by type and area, returning token-efficient results for AI agents via pay-per-call USDC micropayment.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.agentnewsstand.com/v1/local
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/agent-newsstand-local-business-search-c040a198
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_qBrUIkYxlbCjaR-PeD1Y1

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 agent-newsstand-local-business-search-c040a198
```

Example prompt: Search for Italian restaurants in Brooklyn, NY using Agent Newsstand's local endpoint — query 'Italian restaurants Brooklyn' with country code US.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when an AI agent needs to find local businesses by type and location without requiring API key registration or a subscription, and when paying per-call via USDC micropayments on Base is acceptable. Ideal for agents that need occasional local search without committing to a full search API account. Prefer over general web search endpoints when the query is specifically about physical businesses or local services.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required 'q' query parameter returns validation error
- Invalid or unsupported country code may return empty or incorrect results
- No results found for very narrow or unusual queries
- Payment failure via x402/USDC prevents request from completing
- Rate limiting or upstream search provider outage causes temporary unavailability

## How this service works

15 pay-per-call endpoints for AI agents: tokenized-asset candles, SEC filings, earnings, US macro, web search, page reader, paywall unlock, screenshots. USDC on Base via x402. No API keys, no signup.

## Output

A token-efficient list of local business results matching the query, including business names, types, and location details, returned as structured data suitable for AI agent consumption. Results are sourced via web search aggregation and optimized for low token usage.

## 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",
     "required": [
      "q"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "q": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Search query, e.g. business type + area"
      },
      "country": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "2-letter country code"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/agent-newsstand-local-business-search-c040a198/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.agentnewsstand.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.agentnewsstand.com/llms.txt)