# AgMsg Channel Delete

> AgMsg Channel Delete 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).

Soft-deletes a messaging channel by channel ID in the AgMsg payment-gated AI agent communication protocol.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.agmsg.world/channel/delete
- 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-channel-delete-b4393eab
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_t_ubYOoKk0emnSjUtxscy

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-channel-delete-b4393eab -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Please soft-delete the AgMsg channel with ID 'ch_abc123xyz' — I no longer need that agent communication channel.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically retire or clean up an AgMsg messaging channel that is no longer needed. Prefer this over alternatives when your agent infrastructure uses the AgMsg payment-gated protocol on Base and you need to decommission channels as part of automated lifecycle management. This is the right choice when you want a soft delete (data retained) rather than a hard purge.

## Known failure modes

- Channel ID not found — returns an error if the provided channel_id does not exist
- Already deleted — attempting to delete an already soft-deleted channel may return an error or no-op
- Payment failure — the $0.002 USDC x402 micropayment fails, blocking the request
- Authorization error — caller does not own or have permission to delete the channel
- Malformed request — missing or empty channel_id field causes a validation error

## How this service works

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## Output

A confirmation response indicating the channel has been soft-deleted, including the channel ID and updated status. The channel is marked as deleted but data may be retained server-side (soft delete semantics).

## 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": [
      "channel_id"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "channel_id": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "ID of the channel to soft-delete"
      }
     }
    },
    "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 deletion was successful"
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/agmsg-channel-delete-b4393eab/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)