# CloudClaw Basic Research Purchase

> CloudClaw Basic Research Purchase is a paid API for AI agents from api.the402.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.053/call, status down (last checked 2026-09-13).

Purchases and initiates a CloudClaw Basic Research job, returning a job ID and thread ID for async result retrieval

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.the402.ai/v1/services/svc_afb74b129900488d/purchase
- Price: $0.053/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: down
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/api-the402-ai-aee73a96
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_aXby3XXrgoWZRsClbmf8z

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 api-the402-ai-aee73a96 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Use CloudClaw Basic Research to look into the latest trends in serverless computing and give me the job ID so I can check back on the results.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to initiate a background research job through the402.ai's CloudClaw Basic Research service specifically, and you want an async job_id/thread_id pattern to poll for results later. Prefer this over synchronous search APIs when the research task may take longer to process and you need to track progress via job status polling.

## Known failure modes

- Payment authorization failure — USDC balance insufficient or x402 payment rejected
- Invalid or missing research query — service returns 400 bad request
- Service ID mismatch or unavailable — 404 or 503 response
- Rate limiting or quota exceeded — 429 response
- Job creation failure — status returned as 'error' with no job_id

## How this service works

Purchase: CloudClaw Basic Research

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing a job_id (unique identifier for tracking the research job), a status string (initial job state), and a thread_id (for following the research conversation or result thread).

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "id"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "id": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "job_id": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "status": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "thread_id": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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