# Quirk Knowledge Scout – AI/Crypto/Agent-Commerce Alerts

> Quirk Knowledge Scout – AI/Crypto/Agent-Commerce Alerts is a paid API for AI agents from base.quirkngo.com, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status down (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns curated intelligence alerts about AI, crypto, and agent-commerce developments scored by relevance, sourced from the Quirk Knowledge Scout.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://base.quirkngo.com/intel/alerts
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: down
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/base-quirkngo-com-5173acb0
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_irT8DLNhtqckiiEgI0W57

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 base-quirkngo-com-5173acb0
```

Example prompt: Pull the latest Quirk Knowledge Scout alerts on AI, crypto, and agent-commerce developments — I want to see what's scored highest right now on Base.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, scored intelligence feed specifically covering AI, crypto, and agent-commerce (especially x402 protocol) developments. Prefer it over generic news APIs when relevance scoring and topic tagging for the agent-commerce niche are important, or when building agents that need to stay informed about the Base chain and x402 ecosystem.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not included or insufficient USDC — returns 402 Payment Required
- Endpoint temporarily unavailable — returns 5xx error
- No new alerts available — returns empty alerts array with valid updated_at timestamp
- Rate limiting if called too frequently — returns 429 Too Many Requests

## How this service works

Knowledge Scout alerts for AI, crypto, and agent-commerce developments.

## Output

A JSON object containing a list of intelligence alerts, each with a headline, topic tag (e.g. 'x402'), a relevance score (0–10), and a source URL, plus the scout name and a timestamp of when the feed was last updated.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "example": {
  "chain": "base",
  "alerts": [
   {
    "url": "https://example.com/source",
    "score": 8,
    "topic": "x402",
    "headline": "Example intelligence alert"
   }
  ],
  "source": "Quirk Knowledge Scout",
  "updated_at": "2026-05-02T02:03:49.027Z"
 },
 "contentType": "application/json"
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/base-quirkngo-com-5173acb0/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from base.quirkngo.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/base.quirkngo.com/llms.txt)