# AI Hedge Fund Institutional Research Exchange — Search

> AI Hedge Fund Institutional Research Exchange — Search is a paid API for AI agents from research.johnnybucks.tech, paid per call via x402, $0.15/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Search a read-only institutional financial research database by natural language query, returning forecasts and research results.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://research.johnnybucks.tech/api/x402/search
- Price: $0.15/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/ai-hedge-fund-institutional-research-exchange-search-261ae9d9
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Pvp_wO4cnwh1HKy_Y_6MW

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 ai-hedge-fund-institutional-research-exchange-search-261ae9d9 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search the institutional research exchange for the latest forecasts and analyst research on NVIDIA — give me up to 10 results.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need read-only access to institutional-grade financial research and forecasts via a pay-per-call model, and do not need trade execution, brokerage connectivity, or live market data feeds. Best suited for agents that need to retrieve structured research results on specific tickers, sectors, or macro themes without managing a subscription.

## Known failure modes

- Empty results array when no matching research exists for the query
- Missing or malformed 'query' field causes request rejection
- Rate limiting or payment failure if x402 payment is not properly attached
- Ambiguous queries may return low-relevance or zero results
- Service unavailability returning non-200 HTTP status

## How this service works

Read-only x402 research APIs. No trading, broker, or execution is exposed.

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing a total count of matching records, an entity type label (e.g. 'forecast'), and a results array of research items matching the query. Results may be empty if no matching research is found.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "limit": {
   "type": "number"
  },
  "query": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "example": {
  "total": 0,
  "entity": "forecast",
  "results": []
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/ai-hedge-fund-institutional-research-exchange-search-261ae9d9/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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