# APEX Runner AI Narrative Signal

> APEX Runner AI Narrative Signal is a paid API for AI agents from apexrunner.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.525/call, status down (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns the current AI-extracted macro narrative, dominant themes, and sentiment (bullish/bearish/neutral) driving crypto price action

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://apexrunner.ai/signals/ai-narrative
- Price: $0.525/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: down
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/apex-runner-ai-narrative-signal-5492352c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_832sxlqqgcErPdFGb0nBt

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 apex-runner-ai-narrative-signal-5492352c
```

Example prompt: What is the current AI-detected macro narrative and sentiment driving the crypto market right now — is it bullish, bearish, or neutral, and what are the key themes?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a real-time, AI-synthesized macro narrative and sentiment signal for crypto markets — especially for informing trading strategy context, filtering signals by sentiment, or enriching trading bot logic with narrative awareness. Prefer this over raw price feeds or on-chain metrics when you need a human-readable interpretation of what the market is 'thinking'.

## Known failure modes

- HTTP 402 Payment Required if x402 payment of 0.75 USDC is not provided
- Stale or unavailable narrative if the AI analysis pipeline has not recently run
- Generic or low-signal response if market conditions are ambiguous or data sources are unavailable
- Unexpected schema change if the service updates its output format

## How this service works

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## Output

A JSON object with three fields: 'narrative' (a short string describing the dominant macro story, e.g. 'risk-off rotation'), 'sentiment' (one of: bullish, bearish, or neutral), and 'keywords' (an array of key theme strings such as 'inflation', 'fed', 'liquidity')

## Example request

```json
{
 "method": "GET"
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "required": [
    "method"
   ]
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "keywords": [
   "inflation",
   "fed",
   "liquidity"
  ],
  "narrative": "risk-off rotation",
  "sentiment": "bearish"
 },
 "keywords": "array of string — key themes extracted from the narrative (e.g. inflation, fed, liquidity)",
 "narrative": "string — short description of the dominant macro narrative driving price action",
 "sentiment": "string — narrative sentiment: bullish, bearish, or neutral"
}
```

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