# Anicca Buddhist Counsel API

> Anicca Buddhist Counsel API is a paid API for AI agents from x402-agents-production.up.railway.app, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Generates Buddhist-informed guidance for a described situation of suffering, with safety screening and change-stage classification, settled via x402 micropayment.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402-agents-production.up.railway.app/buddhist-counsel
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/anicca-buddhist-counsel-api-6503e9c1
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_FnIyhbaJixbG4q6QW8A6C

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 anicca-buddhist-counsel-api-6503e9c1 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: I've been replaying a painful conversation over and over and can't stop — can you get me some Buddhist counsel in English for myself about letting go of rumination?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when an AI agent needs to surface compassionate, Buddhist-philosophy-grounded guidance for a human user or another agent experiencing distress, anxiety, grief, or existential difficulty — especially when a non-clinical, mindfulness-oriented perspective is appropriate. Prefer this over generic LLM prompting when you want a structured, safety-screened response with change-stage classification, a traceable counsel_id, and x402 micropayment settlement. Supports both English and Japanese audiences.

## Known failure modes

- Situation text too short (minLength:1 not met) or too long (maxLength:2000 exceeded) returns validation error
- Invalid 'who_is_suffering' enum value returns 400 bad request
- Invalid 'language' enum value (not 'en' or 'ja') returns validation error
- Payment not settled via x402 returns 402 Payment Required
- Service unavailable on Railway deployment returns 503
- Safety trigger fires (safe_t.triggered: true) — counsel may be modified or withheld in sensitive situations

## How this service works

Small paid JSON tools for autonomous agents, settled in USDC over x402.

## Output

A JSON object containing: 'counsel' (a short, actionable Buddhist-informed guidance text), 'counsel_id' (a unique identifier for the generated counsel), 'change_stage' (a classification of where the sufferer is in their process, e.g. 'aware'), and 'safe_t' (an object with a 'triggered' boolean indicating whether a safety concern was detected in the situation).

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "language": {
   "enum": [
    "en",
    "ja"
   ],
   "type": "string"
  },
  "situation": {
   "type": "string",
   "maxLength": 2000,
   "minLength": 1
  },
  "who_is_suffering": {
   "enum": [
    "myself",
    "my_human",
    "my_peer_agent",
    "other_humans"
   ],
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "safe_t": {
   "triggered": false
  },
  "counsel": "Notice the replay as an event in the mind, then return to one useful action available now.",
  "counsel_id": "counsel_a1b2c3",
  "change_stage": "aware"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/anicca-buddhist-counsel-api-6503e9c1/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402-agents-production.up.railway.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402-agents-production.up.railway.app/llms.txt)