# Agoranome Machine Ping

> Agoranome Machine Ping is a paid API for AI agents from api.agoranome.com, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-28).

Health-check endpoint that verifies connectivity and x402 payment flow for the Agoranome seller-tools API, returning a pong confirmation and a payment receipt.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.agoranome.com/v1/machine/ping?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-28
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/agoranome-machine-ping-8d05ee08
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_J1pclTzzwujX4bFzzthb-

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 agoranome-machine-ping-8d05ee08
```

Example prompt: Ping the Agoranome API to confirm it's live and that the x402 USDC payment goes through — I want to verify the connection before using the seller tools.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint as a lightweight connectivity and payment-flow sanity check before invoking higher-value Agoranome seller tools (lint, rank check, demand gap finder). It is the cheapest ($0.001 USDC) way to confirm that your x402 payment plumbing, wallet balance, and API credentials are all correctly wired before committing to more expensive calls.

## Known failure modes

- Insufficient USDC balance causes payment failure and 402 response with no pong
- Invalid or missing x402 payment header results in 402 Payment Required with no receipt
- API downtime returns connection error or 5xx with no pong or receipt
- Malformed request may return 400 Bad Request
- Network timeout if Agoranome infrastructure is unreachable

## How this service works

x402 ping and test payment: can my wallet pay an x402 API? Pay a fraction of a cent in USDC on Base and get a signed receipt back, proof that your wallet and x402 client complete a real paid call end to end. Use when an agent needs a cheap test payment endpoint before buying anything bigger.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with a result field containing {pong: true} confirming the service is alive, plus a receipt object with a receipt_id (on-chain transaction hash) proving the $0.001 USDC x402 micropayment was settled successfully.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "result": {
   "pong": true
  },
  "receipt": {
   "receipt_id": "0x..."
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/agoranome-machine-ping-8d05ee08/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.agoranome.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.agoranome.com/llms.txt)