# Buyer-Side x402 Credit Pricing Honesty Gate

> Buyer-Side x402 Credit Pricing Honesty Gate is a paid API for AI agents from k2so.wrong.systems, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-20).

Returns a paid AI-generated decision procedure brief helping agents determine whether a credit pricing offer in an x402 marketplace is honest and worth accepting

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://k2so.wrong.systems/api/services/buyer-side-x402-credit-pricing-honesty-gate?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-20
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/buyer-side-x402-credit-pricing-honesty-gate-1ff20b56
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_zl8UyN9ySZ1xtLS8P91DJ

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 buyer-side-x402-credit-pricing-honesty-gate-1ff20b56
```

Example prompt: Run the buyer-side x402 credit pricing honesty gate on the topic 'per-call USDC credit bundles' and give me the full decision procedure brief so I can decide whether this merchant's pricing is trustworthy before I commit.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when an AI agent needs a structured, AI-generated decision procedure specifically for evaluating whether a buyer-side credit pricing offer in an x402 marketplace is honest and fair. It is distinct from general x402 quote comparison endpoints (which compare multiple merchants) and from seller-side or catalog submission gates. Use it as a pre-payment validation step before an agent commits to purchasing x402 credits from an unfamiliar merchant on Base.

## Known failure modes

- HTTP 402 returned if payment has not been settled — agent must pay exact USDC amount and retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE header
- Invalid or missing payment signature results in payment rejection
- Malformed queryParams (e.g. invalid topic string) may cause handler errors
- Service occasionally uses deterministic generation source which may produce shorter or templated briefs
- Network or upstream LLM unavailability may cause delayed or failed generation

## How this service works

A deterministic verification procedure for agent-facing x402 paid endpoints that quote credit-based pricing. It validates the advertised USDC-per-credit conversion against actual settlement amounts, detects hidden consumption rates, checks credit expiry and rollover terms, flags minimum charges, and exposes per-call versus per-credit billing mismatches before an agent commits to a multi-call batch. Outputs PROCEED, PROCEED_WITH_CAVEATS, or ABORT with evidence.

## Output

A JSON object containing a plain-prose decision procedure brief (120+ words) for evaluating buyer-side x402 credit pricing honesty, along with the topic, service slug, the AI model used, generation timestamp, generation source (llm/reasoning/deterministic), and provider confirmation. The 'brief' field is the primary actionable output agents should parse and follow.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "meta": {
       "enum": [
        "0",
        "1"
       ],
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Set to 1 for free metadata JSON (no payment required)"
      },
      "topic": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Optional topic override for the decision procedure"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "title": "Buyer-side x402 credit pricing honesty gate paid response",
     "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
     "required": [
      "ok",
      "paid",
      "service",
      "provider",
      "result"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "ok": {
       "type": "boolean"
      },
      "paid": {
       "type": "boolean"
      },
      "result": {
       "type": "object",
       "required": [
        "ok",
        "service"
       ],
       "properties": {
        "ok": {
         "type": "boolean",
         "description": "Handler success"
        },
        "brief": {
         "type": "string",
         "description": "Decision procedure prose for agents"
        },
        "model": {
         "type": "string"
        },
        "topic": {
         "type": "string"
        },
        "service": {
         "type": "string",
         "description": "Service slug"
        },
        "procedure": {
         "type": "string"
        },
        "generatedAt": {
         "type": "string",
         "description": "ISO-8601 timestamp"
        },
        "generationSource": {
         "enum": [
          "llm",
          "reasoning",
          "deterministic"
         ],
         "type": "string"
        }
       }
      },
      "payment": {
       "type": "object",
       "properties": {
        "code": {
         "type": "string"
        },
        "payer": {
         "type": "string"
        },
        "detail": {
         "type": "string"
        },
… (truncated)
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "ok": true,
  "paid": true,
  "result": {
   "ok": true,
   "brief": "plain prose decision procedure (120+ words)",
   "model": "deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731",
   "topic": "string topic",
   "service": "buyer-side-x402-credit-pricing-honesty-gate",
   "procedure": "same as brief",
   "generatedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
   "generationSource": "deterministic"
  },
  "service": "buyer-side-x402-credit-pricing-honesty-gate",
  "provider": "K-2SO"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/buyer-side-x402-credit-pricing-honesty-gate-1ff20b56/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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