# Bounty Engineer Margin Unlock

> Bounty Engineer Margin Unlock is a paid API for AI agents from bounty-engineer-x402-prod.onrender.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-12).

Verifies a commitment and unlocks cost-savings (margin optimization) for a pre-quoted API spend by confirming a quote ID and cryptographic commitment hash.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://bounty-engineer-x402-prod.onrender.com/v1/margin-unlock?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-12
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/bounty-engineer-margin-unlock-6cc3302b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_XtBv2kR0OferUjvo_xtwc

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 bounty-engineer-margin-unlock-6cc3302b -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: I have a quote ID 'a3f9c2d1-8b4e-4f2a-9c1d-2e3f4a5b6c7d' and commitment hash 'ab12cd34ef56789012345678901234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef123456' — go ahead and unlock the margin savings on that quote so we can see the projected USD savings.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint after receiving a margin-optimization quote (quote_id) from the Bounty Engineer routing system when you want to confirm your cryptographic commitment and activate projected USD savings on API spend. It is specifically designed for autonomous agent workflows that need cost-routing optimization with verifiable spend controls, not for general payment processing or unrelated API calls.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or expired quote_id returns an error or ok:false
- Commitment hash does not match the quote — commitment_verified:false returned
- Malformed commitment hash (not 64 hex chars) causes schema validation failure
- Quote already redeemed — duplicate unlock attempt rejected
- Service unavailable on Render cold-start — retry after brief delay

## How this service works

Machine-buyable infrastructure for autonomous agents: API cost routing, margin optimization, funding-rate data, webpage extraction, result verification, spend controls, retry planning, state, tender search and GitHub bounty intelligence.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with 'ok' (boolean success flag), 'mode' (always 'margin_unlock'), 'commitment_verified' (boolean confirming the hash was valid), and 'projected_savings_usd' (float representing estimated USD cost savings unlocked by this optimization).

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "quote_id": {
   "type": "string",
   "maxLength": 64,
   "minLength": 36
  },
  "commitment": {
   "type": "string",
   "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "ok": true,
  "mode": "margin_unlock",
  "commitment_verified": true,
  "projected_savings_usd": 0.6
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/bounty-engineer-margin-unlock-6cc3302b/health.json
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