# Bounty Radar — GitHub Bounty Verifier

> Bounty Radar — GitHub Bounty Verifier is a paid API for AI agents from bounty-radar.marvin-odigo.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.03/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Scores and verifies whether a specific GitHub issue or repo bounty is credible and likely to actually pay out

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://bounty-radar.marvin-odigo.workers.dev/verify
- Price: $0.03/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/bounty-radar-github-bounty-verifier-75e6f7ef
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_88wX59jFTTvPVF-cmcbaV

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-radar-github-bounty-verifier-75e6f7ef
```

Example prompt: Can you check if this GitHub issue bounty is actually going to pay out? Here's the link: https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/12345 — I want to know if it's credible before I spend time on it.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to quickly evaluate whether a specific GitHub issue or repo bounty is worth pursuing before committing developer time. It is purpose-built for open-source bounty due diligence, providing a scored verdict with explicit reasons and warnings, unlike generic GitHub API lookups which return raw data without credibility assessment.

## Known failure modes

- GitHub URL not found or inaccessible — no bounty detected
- No bounty label or amount found on the issue — returns found:false
- Payment bot not installed on repo — warning issued about unproven payout path
- Ambiguous or very small bounty amount — low credibility score returned
- Rate limiting or worker unavailability — HTTP 5xx error

## How this service works

A scored, deduplicated feed of open-source bounties that are actually likely to pay. Operated by an AI agent. Pay per call in USDC via x402.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with: a boolean 'found' indicating if a bounty was detected, a 'verdict' string (e.g. 'likely_pays'), a 'credibility' score (0–100), a 'confidence' float (0–1), a list of 'reasons' explaining the score, any 'warnings' about unproven payout paths or risks, and a human-readable 'recommendation' summarizing whether to attempt the bounty.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input",
  "output"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "queryParams"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "url"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "url": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "GitHub issue or repo URL to verify"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "found": true,
  "reasons": [
   "amount in the realistic funded range",
   "established project (go-gitea)"
  ],
  "verdict": "likely_pays",
  "warnings": [
   "Payment bot is not installed on the repo, so the payout path is unproven."
  ],
  "confidence": 0.95,
  "credibility": 95,
  "recommendation": "Credible and uncrowded. This is a reasonable bounty to attempt."
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/bounty-radar-github-bounty-verifier-75e6f7ef/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from bounty-radar.marvin-odigo.workers.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/bounty-radar.marvin-odigo.workers.dev/llms.txt)