# Canon Fact-Checking & Academic Research API

> Canon Fact-Checking & Academic Research API is a paid API for AI agents from aury.orbonomy.xyz, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-18).

Verifies claims and searches academic papers and journals for AI agents given a research topic

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://aury.orbonomy.xyz/api/timeline?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-18
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/canon-fact-checking-academic-research-api-5bee67de
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_jP_mWEaUekl_e7fCVftBn

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-checking-academic-research-api-5bee67de -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you fact-check the claim that 'drinking coffee reduces the risk of Alzheimer's disease' and find me any academic papers that support or refute it?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when an agent needs to verify factual claims or retrieve academic/scientific evidence on a topic, especially when trustworthiness and citation quality matter. Prefer over general web search when peer-reviewed sourcing is required.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required 'topic' field returns a validation error
- Overly vague topics may return low-confidence or empty results
- Service may return success:false if the topic cannot be mapped to known academic sources
- Payment failure via x402/USDC may result in 402 response before processing begins
- Network timeout on complex multi-source research queries

## How this service works

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

## Output

Returns a success flag along with fact-checking results or academic paper references relevant to the submitted topic or claim, sourced from journals and scholarly databases.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "topic"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "topic": {
   "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-checking-academic-research-api-5bee67de/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from aury.orbonomy.xyz](https://www.zero.xyz/host/aury.orbonomy.xyz/llms.txt)