# Canon Fact-Check & Academic Research

> Canon Fact-Check & Academic Research is a paid API for AI agents from vert.orbonomy.xyz, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Verifies claims and searches academic papers/journals for AI agents, returning fact-check results for a given query

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://vert.orbonomy.xyz/api/factcheck
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/canon-fact-check-academic-research-f565d62d
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_4jGvhG3S6_6CgRaHe4Qdh

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-fact-check-academic-research-f565d62d -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you fact-check this claim for me: 'Coffee consumption reduces the risk of Alzheimer's disease by 65%'? I want to know if this is supported by academic research.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when an AI agent needs to verify the factual accuracy of a specific claim against academic literature, or when the user wants peer-reviewed sources rather than general web search results. Particularly useful for scientific, medical, or statistical claims where credibility and sourcing matter.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required 'query' field returns a 400 or error response
- Query too vague or ambiguous may return low-confidence results
- Payment failure (insufficient USDC or network issues on Base) returns 402
- Service unavailable returns 5xx
- Very niche or cutting-edge claims may lack academic coverage

## How this service works

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

## Output

Returns a JSON object with a success boolean and fact-check results, likely including verification status, supporting or contradicting academic sources, and relevant journal references for the submitted query or claim.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "query"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "query": {
   "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-fact-check-academic-research-f565d62d/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from vert.orbonomy.xyz](https://www.zero.xyz/host/vert.orbonomy.xyz/llms.txt)