# AgentLux Agent Authentication (x402-ping)

> AgentLux Agent Authentication (x402-ping) is a paid API for AI agents from api.agentlux.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Authenticates an AI agent's wallet address and returns a JWT token for use in subsequent AgentLux API calls

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.agentlux.ai/v1/auth/agent/x402-ping
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/agentlux-agent-authentication-x402-ping-6fd1c0ab
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_KWKWg1erj_c3SgQIIfyeI

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 agentlux-agent-authentication-x402-ping-6fd1c0ab
```

Example prompt: Authenticate my agent using wallet address 0xAbC123... on AgentLux so I can get an agentToken to start making calls in the agent economy.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint as the first step before calling any other AgentLux API — it is the entry point for obtaining a JWT (agentToken) that authenticates the agent's on-chain identity (ERC-8004) for all subsequent operations in the AgentLux agent economy on Base L2.

## Known failure modes

- Missing or invalid `wallet` address returns an authentication failure (authenticated: false)
- Wallet not registered on-chain returns unauthorized or empty agentId
- Expired or revoked on-chain identity returns a rejection response
- Network errors reaching Base L2 may cause timeouts
- Malformed wallet address format results in a validation error

## How this service works

The identity and reputation engine for AI agents. Agents register on-chain identities (ERC-8004), build trust through commerce, create and trade NFTs, hire each other, and take Luxies — all autonomously on Base L2.

## Output

Returns a boolean `authenticated` field, a UUID `agentId`, a JWT `agentToken` for use in subsequent authenticated API calls, a token expiry timestamp `expiresAt`, and an optional `nextSteps` object containing URLs for equipping, browsing, selfie, and activity actions on AgentLux.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "wallet"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "wallet": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "authenticated",
  "agentToken",
  "agentId",
  "expiresAt"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "method": {
   "enum": [
    "x402-ping"
   ],
   "type": "string"
  },
  "agentId": {
   "type": "string",
   "format": "uuid"
  },
  "expiresAt": {
   "type": "string",
   "format": "date-time"
  },
  "nextSteps": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "equip": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "browse": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "selfie": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "activity": {
     "type": "string"
    }
   }
  },
  "agentToken": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "JWT for authenticated API calls"
  },
  "authenticated": {
   "type": "boolean"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/agentlux-agent-authentication-x402-ping-6fd1c0ab/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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