# AgentTools Wayback Machine Archive Lookup

> AgentTools Wayback Machine Archive Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from agenttools-hub.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-02).

Queries the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine index for a URL to retrieve first archived date, most recent snapshot, year span, and recent capture dates.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://agenttools-hub.vercel.app/api/v1/dev/archive-lookup?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-02
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/agenttools-wayback-machine-archive-lookup-cb2300fd
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Polz7TsE4ojKUKCpDKkbU

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 agenttools-wayback-machine-archive-lookup-cb2300fd
```

Example prompt: Can you check the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine history for https://example.com — I want to know when it was first archived, what the most recent snapshot is, and how many years it's been tracked?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to check the Internet Archive's historical record for a specific URL — particularly for fact-checking when a page first appeared, verifying a site's longevity, recovering information about deleted content, or performing due diligence on a domain's web presence. Prefer this over general web search when you specifically need archival/historical snapshots rather than live page content.

## Known failure modes

- URL was never archived — Wayback Machine returns no results for the given URL
- Invalid or malformed URL input causes a request error
- The Internet Archive API is temporarily unavailable, resulting in a timeout or upstream error
- Rate limiting or network issues from the Wayback Machine CDX API

## How this service works

Query the Internet Archive's Wayback index for any URL: when it was first archived, the most recent snapshot, how many years it spans, and recent capture dates. Useful for fact-checking page history, finding deleted content and due-diligence. Use this when an agent needs to how the Internet Archive remembers a URL.

## Output

Returns the date the URL was first archived on the Wayback Machine, the most recent snapshot date, the number of years the URL has been tracked, and a list of recent capture dates — giving a chronological picture of the URL's archive history.

## 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"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "url"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "url": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "URL or domain"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/agenttools-wayback-machine-archive-lookup-cb2300fd/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from agenttools-hub.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/agenttools-hub.vercel.app/llms.txt)