# Business Frameworks: Build-for-Transfer vs Run-for-Cash Decision Engine

> Business Frameworks: Build-for-Transfer vs Run-for-Cash Decision Engine is a paid API for AI agents from business-frameworks.matryoshka-paradigms.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-11).

Applies a deterministic rule-based framework to classify a business as 'build-for-transfer' or 'run-for-cash' based on position durability and revenue share metrics, returning the decision, matching actions, and a quarterly check.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://business-frameworks.matryoshka-paradigms.workers.dev/apply/value/decide/build-or-run-for-cash?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-11
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/business-frameworks-build-for-transfer-vs-run-for-cash-decision-engine-405a1493
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_HzgDO5_XDPKvnzSDb6opt

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 business-frameworks-build-for-transfer-vs-run-for-cash-decision-engine-405a1493 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: My business has a durable competitive position that competitors can't replicate in a year or two, 72% of revenue is repeating, and 65% is founder-free — should I be building for transfer or running for cash, and what actions should I take?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a transparent, deterministic, rule-based business strategy classification — not an AI opinion — grounded in a specific framework with cited sources. Prefer this over general AI business advice when you want reproducible, auditable decisions tied to concrete revenue metrics and position durability. Especially useful for quarterly reviews where consistency and comparability across periods matter.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required fields (durable_position, founder_free_revenue_share_pct, repeating_revenue_share_pct) returns a validation error
- Percentages outside 0–100 range are rejected by schema validation
- Payment failure ($0.05 USDC x402) results in 402 response before processing
- Malformed JSON body returns a parse error

## Output

Returns a deterministic build-for-transfer or run-for-cash classification, a list of recommended matching actions, a quarterly check summary, the underlying decision node text explaining the rule applied, and public citations supporting the framework — all computed without an AI model.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
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 "required": [
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 ],
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    "bodyType",
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   ],
   "properties": {
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     "required": [
      "durable_position",
      "founder_free_revenue_share_pct",
      "repeating_revenue_share_pct"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "durable_position": {
       "type": "boolean",
       "description": "true if a competitor cannot copy the position within a year or two; false for a window"
      },
      "previous_quarter": {
       "type": "object",
       "properties": {
        "repeating_revenue_share_pct": {
         "type": "number"
        },
        "founder_free_revenue_share_pct": {
         "type": "number"
        }
       }
      },
      "repeating_revenue_share_pct": {
       "type": "number",
       "maximum": 100,
       "minimum": 0
      },
      "founder_free_revenue_share_pct": {
       "type": "number",
       "maximum": 100,
       "minimum": 0
      }
     }
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

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