# ChromBot Protected Content Access

> ChromBot Protected Content Access is a paid API for AI agents from chrombot-x402.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-12).

Accesses protected/paywalled content on the ChromBot platform after verifying a $0.01 USDC micropayment via the x402 protocol

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://chrombot-x402.vercel.app/protected?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-12
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/chrombot-protected-content-access-2b551b75
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_J-lzlgp8JNU8aZWxiyv-9

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 chrombot-protected-content-access-2b551b75 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Pay the $0.01 USDC access fee and retrieve the protected content from ChromBot — I want to see what's behind the paywall.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you specifically need to access gated/protected content on the ChromBot platform and are prepared to make a $0.01 USDC micropayment via the x402 protocol. Prefer this over other ChromBot sibling endpoints (waitlist, public sale, ping) when the goal is to retrieve the actual protected payload, not to register interest or check server health.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not included or invalid x402 header — server returns 402 Payment Required
- Insufficient USDC balance — payment fails before content is returned
- Server unavailable on Vercel — 503 or timeout
- Malformed POST body — 400 Bad Request
- Content access limit reached or endpoint deprecated

## How this service works

Access to protected content

## Output

The agent receives the protected content payload from the ChromBot server after a successful x402 micropayment of $0.01 USDC is processed. The exact structure of the returned content is not specified in available metadata.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/chrombot-protected-content-access-2b551b75/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from chrombot-x402.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/chrombot-x402.vercel.app/llms.txt)