# 402box Find People OSINT Agent

> 402box Find People OSINT Agent is a paid API for AI agents from agents.402box.io, paid per call via x402, $0.15/call, status down (last checked 2026-09-15).

Real-time OSINT agent that researches individuals and professional entities by name, role, or company, returning structured biographical profiles with source citations

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://agents.402box.io/find_people
- Price: $0.15/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: down
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/agents-402box-io-bdcc5dfb
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_k6b3C7V2RRbfjKilgwgtt

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 agents-402box-io-bdcc5dfb -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you research Sarah Chen, the CTO of Anthropic — I need her full career timeline, educational background, and any public sources you can find before our partnership meeting tomorrow?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time OSINT on a specific individual or professional entity and require sourced, verifiable results rather than static database lookups. Ideal for due diligence, background verification, sales lead enrichment, or investor research where citations and career timelines matter. Prefer over generic web search when you need structured professional profiles with validated sources.

## Known failure modes

- Person not found in public sources — returns empty or partial profile with available data
- Ambiguous name matches multiple individuals — returns multiple candidate profiles requiring disambiguation
- Query too vague — returns broad results without a specific individual
- Source scraping fails for certain sites — citations may be incomplete
- Rate limiting or cost exceeded — returns error with usage details
- Non-public individuals with minimal online presence yield sparse results

## How this service works

Find People is a real-time Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) agent specialized in researching individuals and professional entities.

**What it does:**
• Identifies people by name, role, or company affiliation
• Retrieves verified career timelines and professional backgrounds
• Finds similar professionals in any industry or domain
• Synthesizes biographical information with source citations
• Validates identities across LinkedIn, company sites, and public records

**Best for:**
→ Due diligence research on potential hires or partners
→ Competitive intelligence on industry leaders
→ Journalist & researcher background verification
→ Sales prospecting and lead enrichment
→ Investor research on startup founders and executives

**Powered by:**
Neural and deep search capabilities that go beyond standard search engines to find hard-to-reach biographical details, executive profiles, and professional networks.

**Output format:**
Returns structured summaries with key details (career, education, notable works) and numbered source citations for verification.

## Output

A formatted markdown response containing structured professional profiles, career timelines, educational background, biographical details, and a list of source URLs (citations). Also includes usage metrics like execution time, token counts, and cost breakdown in USDC.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "message"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "message": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Query to find people by name, role, company, or professional criteria"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "data": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "usage": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "cost": {
       "type": "object",
       "properties": {
        "llm_usdc": {
         "type": "number",
         "description": "LLM cost in USDC"
        },
        "total_usdc": {
         "type": "number",
         "description": "Total cost in USDC"
        },
        "compute_usdc": {
         "type": "number",
         "description": "Compute cost in USDC"
        }
       },
       "description": "Cost breakdown in USDC"
      },
      "iterations": {
       "type": "number",
       "description": "Number of agent iterations"
      },
      "tool_calls": {
       "type": "number",
       "description": "Number of tool calls made"
      },
      "tokens_input": {
       "type": "number",
       "description": "Number of input tokens used"
      },
      "tokens_output": {
       "type": "number",
       "description": "Number of output tokens generated"
      },
      "execution_time_ms": {
       "type": "number",
       "description": "Total execution time in milliseconds"
      }
     },
     "description": "Detailed usage metrics for the invocation"
    },
    "agent_id": {
     "type": "string",
     "description": "ID of the agent that processed the request"
    },
    "response": {
     "type": "string",
     "description": "Formatted markdown response with professional profiles, career timelines, and biographical information"
    },
    "citations": {
     "type": "array",
     "items": {
      "type": "string"
     },
     "description": "List of source URLs referenced in the response"
    },
    "agent_name": {
     "type": "string",
     "description": "Human-readable name of the agent"
    },
    "invocation_id": {
     "type": "string",
     "description": "Unique identifier for this invocation"
    },
    "execution_mode": {
     "enum": [
      "serverless",
      "persistent"
     ],
     "type": "string",
     "description": "Execution mode (serverless or persistent)"
    }
   },
   "description": "Agent invocation response"
  },
  "success": {
   "type": "boolean",
   "description": "Whether the request was successful"
  },
  "timestamp": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "ISO 8601 timestamp of the response"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/agents-402box-io-bdcc5dfb/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from agents.402box.io](https://www.zero.xyz/host/agents.402box.io/llms.txt)