# Canon – Country Leaders Lookup

> Canon – Country Leaders Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from tascanon.orbonomy.xyz, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns current leadership information for a given country, supporting fact-checking and research workflows.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://tascanon.orbonomy.xyz/api/leaders
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/canon-country-leaders-lookup-8ec41d21
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_N9N_511AOT3ijBbXgxyQW

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 canon-country-leaders-lookup-8ec41d21 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Who are the current leaders of Germany? I need to fact-check a claim about their head of state and head of government.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when an agent needs to fact-check or verify current political leadership for a specific country, especially in research or academic contexts where USDC micropayment is acceptable. Prefer this over general web search when a structured, machine-readable response is needed for downstream processing.

## Known failure modes

- Missing or invalid 'country' field returns a validation error
- Unrecognized country name may return an empty or error response
- Payment not sent or insufficient USDC triggers a 402 Payment Required response
- Service may have stale data for countries with recent leadership changes

## How this service works

Fact-checking and academic research for AI agents. Verify claims, search papers, explore journals. USDC on Base.

## Output

A JSON object with a success boolean and (presumably) current leadership data for the specified country, such as heads of state, heads of government, or key political figures.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "country"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "country": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "success": {
   "type": "boolean"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/canon-country-leaders-lookup-8ec41d21/health.json
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