# AnswerPool Agency Regulations Feed

> AnswerPool Agency Regulations Feed is a paid API for AI agents from answerpool.io, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns every rule and proposed rule published by a specified US federal agency, newest first, with pre-computed deadline countdowns and significance flags.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://answerpool.io/v1/regs/agency
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/answerpool-agency-regulations-feed-34777d65
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_lbBKnbVNLTBFsErVHfxlj

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 answerpool-agency-regulations-feed-34777d65
```

Example prompt: Pull all the rules and proposed rules from the SEC, and show me which ones are significant or have comment periods closing soon — I want the effective-date countdowns too.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a complete, pre-processed snapshot of all regulatory activity for a single federal agency in one call — especially when deadline math (days to comment close, days to effective date) and significance flags matter. It replaces the need to integrate directly with the Federal Register API and compute date arithmetic yourself. Prefer it over general Federal Register APIs when building compliance monitors, regulatory dashboards, or alert systems focused on a specific agency.

## Known failure modes

- Unknown or misspelled agency identifier returns empty results or 404
- Agency with no recent rules returns count of 0 and empty documents array
- Network timeout if Federal Register source is slow
- Rate limiting or payment failure if x402 USDC payment is not processed
- Stale as_of timestamp if upstream Federal Register data is delayed

## How this service works

AnswerPool turns SEC EDGAR, the Federal Register, USAspending, NIH, BLS and OpenAlex into structured JSON answers that AI agents and developers fetch in one call. 69 endpoints free, no account; derived analyses $0.02–$0.05 per call by card credits or USDC (x402). MCP server, full provenance.

## Output

A JSON object containing an as_of timestamp, total count of matching documents, and an array of rule records each with title, action type, abstract, topics, agencies, docket IDs, CFR references, regulation ID numbers, publication and effective dates, comment close date, pre-computed days_to_effective and days_to_comment_close integers, and an array of flags such as 'significant', 'comments_close_soon', 'effective_soon', and 'final_rule_pending_effect'.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "as_of": "2026-09-02T14:00:00Z",
  "count": 1,
  "documents": [
   {
    "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-12341",
    "type": "Rule",
    "flags": [
     "significant",
     "effective_soon",
     "final_rule_pending_effect"
    ],
    "title": "Cybersecurity Risk Management Rule",
    "action": "Final rule.",
    "topics": [
     "Securities"
    ],
    "abstract": "Requires registrants to disclose material cybersecurity incidents.",
    "agencies": [
     "Securities and Exchange Commission"
    ],
    "docket_ids": [
     "SEC-2026-001"
    ],
    "significant": true,
    "effective_on": "2026-09-12",
    "cfr_references": [
     "17 CFR 240"
    ],
    "document_number": "2026-12341",
    "publication_date": "2026-08-30",
    "comments_close_on": null,
    "days_to_effective": 10,
    "days_to_comment_close": null,
    "regulation_id_numbers": [
     "3235-AN00"
    ]
   }
  ],
  "total_matching": 3
 }
}
```

## More

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