# Bounty Preflight

> Bounty Preflight is a paid API for AI agents from bounty-preflight.tiety23.chatgpt.site, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Analyzes a GitHub issue URL to assess bounty risk, competition level, and viability before you invest coding time

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://bounty-preflight.tiety23.chatgpt.site/api/v1/preflight
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/bounty-preflight-78074f26
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_4lKQ_nmhAzweoIDZnum1U

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-preflight-78074f26
```

Example prompt: Before I start coding, can you run a preflight check on this GitHub bounty issue — https://github.com/some-org/some-repo/issues/42 — and tell me if it's safe to pursue or if there's too much competition?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when a developer or agent needs to quickly assess whether a specific GitHub bounty issue is worth pursuing — especially when phantom bounties, closed issues, or high competition are a concern. Prefer this over manual GitHub inspection when you want a structured risk score and competition count in a single call, particularly in automated bounty-hunting workflows.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-public GitHub issue URL returns an error
- Issue no longer exists or has been deleted
- Rate limiting or payment failure for USDC micropayment
- GitHub API unavailability causing stale or incomplete data
- Issue URL points to a PR or non-bounty issue, yielding low signal

## How this service works

Live GitHub bounty risk and competition intelligence, payable per request in USDC on Base.

## Output

Returns a numeric risk score (0–100), a verdict (e.g. SAFE, VERIFY, RISKY), a list of risk flags (e.g. number of competing attempts), and a list of positive signals (e.g. issue is open). The agent can use these to decide whether to pursue the bounty.

## 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",
    "queryParams"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "GET"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "url"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "url": {
       "type": "string",
       "format": "uri",
       "description": "A public GitHub issue URL"
      }
     }
    }
   }
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "score": 53,
  "verdict": "VERIFY",
  "risk_flags": [
   "7 possible competing attempt(s)"
  ],
  "positive_signals": [
   "issue is open"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/bounty-preflight-78074f26/health.json
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