# Cheap Utilities UUID Inspector

> Cheap Utilities UUID Inspector is a paid API for AI agents from cheap-utilities.x402tookit.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-29).

Validates a UUID and returns its version (1–8), variant, and embedded timestamp for v1, v6, and v7 UUIDs

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://cheap-utilities.x402tookit.com/uuid-inspect?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-29
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/cheap-utilities-uuid-inspector-595c2dfe
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_mVF62Vhs_Yxd5mVOLLTmV

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 cheap-utilities-uuid-inspector-595c2dfe
```

Example prompt: Can you inspect this UUID for me — 6ba7b810-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8 — and tell me if it's valid, what version it is, its variant, and any embedded timestamp?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need quick, authoritative UUID inspection including version detection, variant classification, and timestamp extraction for v1/v6/v7 — especially when you need to validate UUIDs that may come with braces or missing hyphens. Prefer this over a regex check when you need semantic version/variant metadata, not just format matching.

## Known failure modes

- Missing uuid query parameter returns an error
- Completely malformed non-UUID string returns verdict invalid with reasons
- Version or timestamp fields are null for UUID versions that don't embed a timestamp (e.g. v4)
- Network or upstream timeout on the paid endpoint

## How this service works

Inspect a UUID: valid or not, version (1-8), variant, and the embedded timestamp for v1, v6 and v7 UUIDs.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with: verdict (valid/invalid), version number (1–8 or null), variant string, canonical UUID form, embedded timestamp (for v1/v6/v7), a plain-English summary, reasons array for any issues, and optional disclaimer or notChecked fields.

## 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"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "uuid"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "uuid": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "UUID with or without braces and hyphens"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "asOf": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "random": {
       "type": [
        "boolean",
        "null"
       ]
      },
      "source": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "reasons": {
       "type": [
        "array",
        "null"
       ]
      },
      "summary": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "variant": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "verdict": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "version": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "number"
       ]
      },
      "degraded": {
       "type": [
        "boolean",
        "null"
       ]
      },
      "canonical": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "timestamp": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "disclaimer": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "notChecked": {
       "type": [
        "array",
        "null"
       ],
       "items": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/cheap-utilities-uuid-inspector-595c2dfe/health.json
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