# Alephant Topic Briefing Agent

> Alephant Topic Briefing Agent is a paid API for AI agents from pay.alephant.io, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Searches for the latest news on a given topic tag and generates a deduplicated, easy-to-read briefing summary from multiple sources.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://pay.alephant.io/x402/topic-briefing-agent
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/alephant-topic-briefing-agent-b8a03336
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_t-oriAuSZ0e08o_RFm2bG

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 alephant-topic-briefing-agent-b8a03336 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull together the latest news briefing on 'artificial intelligence regulation' — give me up to 10 items in English?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a quick, readable, deduplicated news briefing on a specific keyword or topic tag — particularly when you want aggregated insights from multiple sources rather than raw article links. Best when the user wants a curated summary rather than raw search results, and when the topic fits a single concise tag.

## Known failure modes

- No news found for obscure or misspelled topic tag — empty result set
- Unsupported language code returns validation error
- Limit exceeding 10 is rejected — capped at maximum
- Payment failure via x402 protocol blocks the request
- Topic too broad returns loosely related or redundant items

## How this service works

Based on a user-provided topic tag, it automatically finds the latest related news and turns it into a clear, easy-to-read briefing. It aggregates information from multiple sources, highlights key points, removes duplicate results, and generates summaries that are easy for general readers to understand, helping users stay up to date on the latest developments around a topic.

## Output

A structured briefing containing up to 10 deduplicated news items related to the topic tag, with key points highlighted and summaries written for general readers, returned in the requested language (English or Chinese).

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "tag": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "The topic tag or keyword to search for"
  },
  "lang": {
   "enum": [
    "en-US",
    "zh-CN"
   ],
   "type": "string",
   "default": "en-US",
   "description": "The response language"
  },
  "limit": {
   "type": "number",
   "default": 10,
   "maximum": 10,
   "description": "The maximum number of news items to return, up to 10"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/alephant-topic-briefing-agent-b8a03336/health.json
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