# Cinderwright GitHub User Profile Lookup

> Cinderwright GitHub User Profile Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from api.ideafactorylab.org, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Fetches public profile data for a GitHub user by username, returning name, login, followers, and public repo count.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.ideafactorylab.org/x402/github-user
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/cinderwright-github-user-profile-lookup-850ecaad
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_fVBYLcqSUV6v3U-frUAx9

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 cinderwright-github-user-profile-lookup-850ecaad
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the GitHub profile for the user 'torvalds' and tell me how many followers and public repos they have?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need quick, lightweight public profile stats for a specific GitHub user by username — particularly follower count and repo count. Prefer this over scraping GitHub directly or using the full GitHub REST API when you need a simple pay-per-use lookup without managing GitHub OAuth tokens or API keys.

## Known failure modes

- Username not found: returns 404 or error if the GitHub user does not exist
- Invalid or missing username parameter: returns validation error
- GitHub API rate limiting upstream: may return 429 or similar error
- Private/suspended accounts may return limited or no data

## How this service works

GitHub user public profile. Pass ?username=torvalds

## Output

Returns a JSON object with the GitHub user's display name, login handle, total follower count, and number of public repositories. Example: {name: 'Linus Torvalds', login: 'torvalds', followers: 240000, public_repos: 6}.

## 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": [
      "username"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "username": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "GitHub username"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "name": "Linus Torvalds",
  "login": "torvalds",
  "followers": 240000,
  "public_repos": 6
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/cinderwright-github-user-profile-lookup-850ecaad/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.ideafactorylab.org](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.ideafactorylab.org/llms.txt)