# ah-recalls

> ah-recalls is a paid API for AI agents from x402.agentharbor.agency, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-27).

Looks up official U.S. product, vehicle, food, drug, or medical device recalls from CPSC, NHTSA, or FDA by product/brand name or vehicle make/model/year, returning normalized recall records newest first.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://x402.agentharbor.agency/recalls?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-27
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/ah-recalls-3fd21ff2
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_WzVSmZNfCqaWBFLE0UtUY

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 ah-recalls-3fd21ff2
```

Example prompt: Can you check if there are any official U.S. recalls for Honda Civic 2019 — look under vehicle recalls and show me the most recent ones?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need normalized, cross-agency recall data from official U.S. government sources (CPSC, NHTSA, FDA) in a single call. Prefer this over scraping individual agency websites when you need consistent output shape across consumer products, vehicles, food, drugs, and medical devices. It is especially useful for pre-purchase safety checks, compliance monitoring, or surfacing recall information to end users in a structured format.

## Known failure modes

- No recalls found for the given query — returns empty result (still a valid answer)
- Invalid category enum value — returns validation error
- Vehicle-specific parameters (make, model, year) used with non-vehicle category — returns error
- Source agency (CPSC, NHTSA, FDA) temporarily down — call not charged
- Query string too short (under 2 chars) or too long (over 100 chars) — returns validation error
- Invalid year format (not 4 digits) — returns validation error

## How this service works

Given a product or brand name (or a vehicle make, model and year), returns matching official U.S. recalls from CPSC (consumer products), NHTSA (vehicles) or FDA enforcement reports (food, drugs, medical devices), newest first, normalized to one shape: date, title or product, hazard or reason, remedy, classification, firm and a link to the record. An empty result is an answer. Not charged if a source is down.

## Output

A list of recall records (newest first), each containing: date of recall, title or product name, hazard or reason for recall, recommended remedy, recall classification, responsible firm, and a direct link to the official recall record. Returns an empty list if no recalls are found. Not charged if a data source is unavailable.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "category"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "make": {
       "type": "string",
       "maxLength": 50,
       "description": "Vehicle make, e.g. honda (vehicle only)"
      },
      "year": {
       "type": "string",
       "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}$",
       "description": "Vehicle model year, e.g. 2020 (vehicle only)"
      },
      "limit": {
       "type": "string",
       "pattern": "^[0-9]{1,2}$",
       "description": "Max results 1-25 (default 10)"
      },
      "model": {
       "type": "string",
       "maxLength": 50,
       "description": "Vehicle model, e.g. civic (vehicle only)"
      },
      "query": {
       "type": "string",
       "maxLength": 100,
       "description": "Product or brand text, 2-100 chars (not for vehicle)"
      },
      "category": {
       "enum": [
        "consumer",
        "vehicle",
        "food",
        "drug",
        "device"
       ],
       "type": "string",
       "description": "consumer, vehicle, food, drug or device"
      }
     },
     "additionalProperties": false
    }
   },
   "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/ah-recalls-3fd21ff2/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402.agentharbor.agency](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402.agentharbor.agency/llms.txt)