# BentCrypto Token Risk API

> BentCrypto Token Risk API is a paid API for AI agents from api.bentcrypto.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns a scored pre-trade risk assessment for a Base network token contract address, helping users and AI agents evaluate crypto token safety before trading.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.bentcrypto.com/mpp/v1/token/risk
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/bentcrypto-token-risk-api-5dcd1952
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_P-ZXB-ynZDS_0OoAFVN3w

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 bentcrypto-token-risk-api-5dcd1952
```

Example prompt: Before I buy this Base token at 0x4ed4E862860beD51a9570b96d89aF5E1B0Efefed, can you run a risk check on it and tell me if there are any red flags I should know about?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a fast, machine-readable, scored risk assessment for a specific token contract on the Base network before executing a trade or recommending a token. Prefer this over generic blockchain explorers when you need a structured risk score rather than raw on-chain data, and when operating in an autonomous agent context that requires pay-per-request pricing without subscriptions.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or malformed contract address returns an error response
- Non-Base chain addresses are rejected — only Base chain is supported
- Unrecognized or unindexed contract addresses may return no data or a low-confidence score
- Payment failure via x402 protocol results in request being rejected
- Rate limiting or network errors may cause transient failures

## How this service works

Crypto intelligence APIs for token risk, wallet risk and pre-trade security checks, plus practical education. Machine-readable JSON with x402 pay-per-request pricing.

## Output

A JSON object containing a risk score and risk intelligence signals for the specified Base token contract address, including indicators relevant to pre-trade safety such as contract risk factors, liquidity signals, and an overall risk rating.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "address"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "chain": {
   "enum": [
    "base"
   ],
   "type": "string",
   "description": "MPP Token Risk canary supports Base only."
  },
  "address": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Base token contract address."
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "risk": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "level": {
     "type": "string",
     "description": "Machine-readable risk level when available."
    },
    "score": {
     "type": "number",
     "description": "Normalized risk score when available."
    }
   },
   "description": "Risk assessment generated from available evidence.",
   "additionalProperties": true
  },
  "chain": {
   "enum": [
    "solana",
    "base"
   ],
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Blockchain analyzed."
  },
  "address": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Token mint or contract address analyzed."
  },
  "success": {
   "type": "boolean",
   "description": "Whether the analysis request completed successfully."
  },
  "metadata": {
   "type": "object",
   "description": "Analysis provenance and execution metadata.",
   "additionalProperties": true
  },
  "confidence": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "coverage_percent": {
     "type": "number",
     "maximum": 100,
     "minimum": 0,
     "description": "Percentage of expected evidence covered when available."
    }
   },
   "description": "Evidence confidence and coverage information.",
   "additionalProperties": true
  }
 },
 "description": "Paid token-risk analysis result. Exact evidence fields depend on chain and provider coverage.",
 "additionalProperties": true
}
```

## More

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