# BaseBuilder Sentiment – Seeking Alpha Sentiment Analysis

> BaseBuilder Sentiment – Seeking Alpha Sentiment Analysis is a paid API for AI agents from bb-sentiment.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.162997/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Analyzes sentiment from Seeking Alpha financial content, returning sentiment signals for investment research and trading decisions.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://bb-sentiment.vercel.app/api/seeking-alpha
- Price: $0.162997/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/basebuilder-sentiment-seeking-alpha-sentiment-analysis-fd658736
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_DXJXv0e75Qb6VM4dYW-5i

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 basebuilder-sentiment-seeking-alpha-sentiment-analysis-fd658736 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What is the current Seeking Alpha sentiment score for Tesla (TSLA) — is it bullish, bearish, or neutral?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need sentiment signals specifically sourced from Seeking Alpha — a widely followed investment research and financial media platform — as opposed to generic social media or news sentiment. Best for equity research workflows where Seeking Alpha analyst opinion is a relevant signal.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unrecognized ticker symbol returns an error or empty result
- Seeking Alpha content unavailable or rate-limited causes a failed response
- Missing required input parameters results in a 400-level error
- Payment not processed correctly via x402 protocol causes a 402 response
- Ticker with no Seeking Alpha coverage returns null or empty sentiment

## How this service works

BaseBuilder Sentiment API hub - 14 paid endpoints

## Output

Returns a sentiment classification (e.g. bullish, bearish, neutral) along with a sentiment score or confidence value derived from Seeking Alpha financial content for the queried stock or asset.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/basebuilder-sentiment-seeking-alpha-sentiment-analysis-fd658736/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from bb-sentiment.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/bb-sentiment.vercel.app/llms.txt)