# Apify Actor Idea Validator

> Apify Actor Idea Validator is a paid API for AI agents from api.timzinin.com, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Validates and scores a proposed Apify actor idea by checking market demand, competition, and feasibility using keywords and category context

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.timzinin.com/api/apify-actor-idea-validator
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/apify-actor-idea-validator-dede0b4d
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_W8JeVe0ckUXxSzN2j89Ej

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 apify-actor-idea-validator-dede0b4d -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you validate my Apify actor idea called 'LinkedIn Job Scraper' with keywords like 'linkedin', 'jobs', 'scraper' in the 'social media' and 'recruitment' categories — give me up to 20 results with full evidence detail?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need automated, evidence-backed validation of a specific Apify actor idea before committing development resources — particularly useful when you want keyword-driven market demand signals and competition data scoped specifically to the Apify marketplace ecosystem. Prefer this over general market research tools when the target platform is Apify and you need structured scoring rather than raw search results.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required fields (idea title or at least one keyword) returns a 400 validation error
- Idea title or keyword containing control characters or URL patterns is rejected by regex pattern
- freshnessMinutes set too low may result in stale cache hits or forced re-fetches
- maxResults exceeding 100 or below 1 returns a schema validation error
- Invalid schemaVersion value causes request rejection
- Payment not made or insufficient USDC balance results in HTTP 402 response blocking the call

## How this service works

Pay-per-call data & tool APIs

## Output

Returns a structured validation report for the proposed Apify actor idea, including market demand signals, competition data, feasibility indicators, and optionally detailed evidence items supporting the assessment — all scoped to the provided title, keywords, and categories.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "idea": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "title",
    "keywords"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "title": {
     "type": "string",
     "pattern": "^(?!.*[\\u0000-\\u001F\\u007F])(?!.*[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9+.-]{1,31}:(//|[^\\s]+)).*$",
     "maxLength": 120,
     "minLength": 3
    },
    "keywords": {
     "type": "array",
     "items": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^(?!.*[\\u0000-\\u001F\\u007F])(?!.*[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9+.-]{1,31}:(//|[^\\s]+)).*$",
      "maxLength": 80,
      "minLength": 1
     },
     "maxItems": 10,
     "minItems": 1,
     "uniqueItems": true
    },
    "categories": {
     "type": "array",
     "items": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^(?!.*[\\u0000-\\u001F\\u007F])(?!.*[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9+.-]{1,31}:(//|[^\\s]+)).*$",
      "maxLength": 40,
      "minLength": 1
     },
     "maxItems": 5,
     "minItems": 0,
     "uniqueItems": true
    },
    "description": {
     "type": "string",
     "pattern": "^(?!.*[\\u0000-\\u001F\\u007F])(?!.*[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9+.-]{1,31}:(//|[^\\s]+)).*$",
     "maxLength": 1000
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "requestId": {
   "type": "string",
   "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._:-]{0,127}$"
  },
  "maxResults": {
   "type": "integer",
   "maximum": 100,
   "minimum": 1
  },
  "detailLevel": {
   "enum": [
    "compact",
    "evidence"
   ],
   "type": "string"
  },
  "schemaVersion": {
   "enum": [
    "1.0"
   ],
   "type": "string"
  },
  "freshnessMinutes": {
   "type": "integer",
   "maximum": 10080,
   "minimum": 0
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/apify-actor-idea-validator-dede0b4d/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.timzinin.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.timzinin.com/llms.txt)