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ARN x402 PayGuard – Payment Security Preflight
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ARN x402 PayGuard – Payment Security Preflight is a paid API for AI agents from arn-x402-payguard-payment-security.rajdeep-dutta-in.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).
Performs live preflight security checks on an x402 seller endpoint to return an ALLOW, CAUTION, or BLOCK decision before an AI agent authorizes payment.
Price / call$0.001
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How this service works
Agent Reliability Network: ARN x402 PayGuard provides x402 payment security for autonomous AI agents. Check the seller before you pay with payment preflight and payment-challenge validation. Returns ALLOW, CAUTION, or BLOCK.
Output
A JSON object containing a top-level 'decision' of ALLOW, CAUTION, or BLOCK; a map of boolean check results (https, x402_valid, no_unsafe_redirect, exact_payment, canonical_usdc, supported_network, pay_to_safe_receiver, within_intended_spend, etc.); quoted_price_usdc and quoted_price_atomic; latency_ms; lists of errors, warnings, and reason_codes; and metadata fields including x402_version, methodology, and reachable status.
Example use cases
Safe payment check before agent purchase
“My AI agent is about to pay https://api.dataseller.xyz/report using x402. Before it authorizes 0.05 USDC on Base to address 0xAbCd...1234, can you run a PayGuard preflight to confirm it's safe — check the price, payTo, asset, network, and any redirect risks?”
Detecting price mismatch in x402 challenge
“I told my agent to spend at most 0.01 USDC on https://api.aitools.io/search but I'm worried the seller's x402 challenge might quote a higher price. Run a preflight security check and flag any price or amount inconsistency before we authorize.”
Auditing unknown seller before first payment
“We've never paid https://unknown-api.io/endpoint before and I want to make sure it's a legitimate x402 seller. Do a live security preflight — check that the HTTPS, payment challenge, payTo address, canonical USDC asset, and network all look clean before we authorize anything.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://arn-x402-payguard-payment-security.rajdeep-dutta-in.workers.dev/preflightWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint whenever an AI agent is about to authorize an x402 payment and needs a live, multi-dimensional security verdict before signing. It is specifically designed for the x402 protocol and checks properties (challenge stability, canonical USDC, EIP-3009 payTo binding, redirect safety) that generic HTTP validators do not cover. Prefer it over manual inspection or generic security scanners when operating autonomously with real USDC on Base.
Side effects
- Seller URL unreachable — reachable: false, decision likely BLOCK
- x402 challenge returns inconsistent or malformed data — x402_valid: false
- payTo address does not match authorization context — BLOCK with reason code
- Quoted price exceeds intended_spend_usdc — within_intended_spend: false, CAUTION or BLOCK
- Unsafe redirect detected on the seller endpoint — no_unsafe_redirect: false, BLOCK
- Non-canonical USDC asset address used — canonical_usdc: false
- Invalid or unsupported CAIP-2 network — supported_network: false
- Challenge changes between calls — challenge_stable: false, CAUTION
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| url | string | HTTPS URL of the x402 seller endpoint to inspect live |
| authorization | object | Optional unsigned payment authorization context to compare with the live x402 challenge |
| intended_spend_usdc | number | Optional maximum USDC amount the buyer intends to authorize |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"asset": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
"payTo": "0x1111111111111111111111111111111111111111",
"checks": {
"https": true,
"x402_v2": true,
"http_402": true,
"reachable": true,
"x402_valid": true,
"exact_payment": true,
"canonical_usdc": true,
"positive_amount": true,
"challenge_stable": true,
"resource_binding": true,
"content_type_sane": true,
"supported_network": true,
"no_unsafe_redirect": true,
"reasonable_timeout": true,
"asset_address_valid": true,
"pay_to_address_valid": true,
"pay_to_safe_receiver": true,
"within_intended_spend": true,
"structured_response_sane": true,
"response_size_within_limit": true
},
"errors": [],
"scheme": "exact",
"network": "eip155:8453",
"decision": "ALLOW",
"warnings": [],
"reachable": true,
"latency_ms": 42,
"x402_valid": true,
"methodology": "live-security-v1",
"reason_codes": [],
"x402_version": 2,
"payment_required": true,
"quoted_price_usdc": 0.03,
"intended_spend_usdc": 0.03,
"quoted_price_atomic": "30000"
}
}Tags
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