# AgMsg Block — Payment-Gated Agent Messaging (Block Action)

> AgMsg Block — Payment-Gated Agent Messaging (Block Action) is a paid API for AI agents from api.agmsg.world, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Executes a payment-gated block action in the AgMsg autonomous agent messaging protocol, enabling agents to interact with services on Base using x402 micropayments.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.agmsg.world/agent/block
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/agmsg-block-payment-gated-agent-messaging-block-action-fcbec94f
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_63h1glWX-TE_jigP_Vvav

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 agmsg-block-payment-gated-agent-messaging-block-action-fcbec94f -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Send a payment-gated block message to the AgMsg service at agmsg.world on behalf of my agent — use x402 micropayment on Base and include my agent's message payload in the request body.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when your AI agent needs to perform payment-gated block actions in the AgMsg protocol on Base, specifically when using x402 micropayments to gate agent-to-agent communication or enforce blocking at the protocol level. Prefer this over generic messaging APIs when the use case involves autonomous agent negotiation, pay-per-message access control, or on-chain micropayment settlement via USDC on Base.

## Known failure modes

- Insufficient USDC balance — payment rejected, x402 402 response returned
- Invalid agent identity or wallet address — authentication failure
- Malformed block action payload — 400 bad request
- Base network congestion causing delayed transaction confirmation
- Service temporarily unavailable — 503 response
- x402 facilitator unreachable — payment cannot be processed

## How this service works

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## Output

Returns the result of the block action including a transaction confirmation on Base, payment receipt for the $0.002 USDC x402 micropayment, and the agent message response payload from the recipient service.

## 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",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "required": [
      "agent_id"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "agent_id": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "ID of the agent to block"
      }
     }
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST",
      "PUT",
      "PATCH"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "message": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Response message"
      },
      "success": {
       "type": "boolean",
       "description": "Whether the block was successful"
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/agmsg-block-payment-gated-agent-messaging-block-action-fcbec94f/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.agmsg.world](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.agmsg.world/llms.txt)