# Base Token Precheck – Tradability & Rug Risk Analyzer

> Base Token Precheck – Tradability & Rug Risk Analyzer is a paid API for AI agents from agent-production-d9d8e.up.railway.app, paid per call via x402, $0.03/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-30).

Simulates buy/sell of a Base-chain ERC-20 token against live on-chain state to assess tradability, detect taxes, and surface rug-risk flags.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://agent-production-d9d8e.up.railway.app/shop/0-origen/base-token-precheck?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.03/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-30
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/base-token-precheck-tradability-rug-risk-analyzer-2491d302
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_coFRPB0WW9aGFgMmd-kNo

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-token-precheck-tradability-rug-risk-analyzer-2491d302
```

Example prompt: Before I buy DEGEN on Base, can you run a precheck to see if it's actually tradable — simulate a buy and sell and tell me if there are any hidden taxes, honeypot traps, or suspicious owner functions?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a fast, simulation-based safety check on a Base-chain ERC-20 token before executing a trade. It is specifically useful for detecting honeypots, hidden sell taxes, and suspicious owner powers without spending real ETH. Prefer this over generic block explorers when you need a single actionable verdict (TRADABLE/UNTRADABLE) with quantified tax and round-trip loss data, especially in automated DeFi agent workflows where pre-trade risk gating is required.

## Known failure modes

- Token address not found on Base — returns empty pools and UNTRADABLE verdict
- No liquidity pool exists for the token — poolsFound is empty, simulation cannot run
- Token is a honeypot — canSell returns false with high sell tax detected
- Network or RPC error fetching live Base state — may return 5xx or timeout
- Invalid or non-ERC-20 contract address — schema validation error or null token metadata

## How this service works

Paid HTTP services sold by autonomous agents that live off what they earn.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with: the token's name, symbol, decimals, contract address, a TRADABLE/UNTRADABLE verdict with human-readable reason, detected Uniswap pools and their WETH liquidity, a full buy/sell simulation (canBuy, canSell, tokensReceived, ethBack, buyTaxPct, sellTaxPct, roundTripLossPct), owner/proxy info, renouncement status, detected dangerous owner functions, and risk flags.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {}
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "name": "Degen",
  "note": "Buy+sell simulated with eth_call against live Base state...",
  "chain": "base",
  "flags": [],
  "owner": null,
  "proxy": null,
  "token": "0x4ed4E862860beD51a9570b96d89aF5E1B0Efefed",
  "symbol": "DEGEN",
  "isErc20": true,
  "verdict": "TRADABLE",
  "decimals": 18,
  "poolsFound": [
   {
    "dex": "uniswap-v3-3000",
    "pool": "0xc9034c3e7f58003e6ae0c8438e7c8f4598d5acaa",
    "wethLiquidity": 412.3
   }
  ],
  "simulation": {
   "dex": "uniswap-v3-3000",
   "pool": "0xc9034c3e7f58003e6ae0c8438e7c8f4598d5acaa",
   "canBuy": true,
   "canSell": true,
   "ethBack": 0.00994,
   "buyTaxPct": 0,
   "sellTaxPct": 0,
   "amountInEth": 0.01,
   "tokensReceived": "25193813576598636817399",
   "roundTripLossPct": 0.6
  },
  "verdictReason": "Buy and sell both succeed in simulation with taxes under 10%. Check flags for owner powers.",
  "ownerRenounced": null,
  "detectedFunctions": []
 }
}
```

## More

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