# ClearCheck Federal Rulemaking Monitor

> ClearCheck Federal Rulemaking Monitor is a paid API for AI agents from loonie-toll.onrender.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Retrieves recent federal rulemaking documents by topic or docket ID, including comment volume and whether a comment period is currently open.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://loonie-toll.onrender.com/rulemaking
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/clearcheck-federal-rulemaking-monitor-f5b02d8e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_1n3dodpj1UW-LeUOlcjrJ

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 clearcheck-federal-rulemaking-monitor-f5b02d8e
```

Example prompt: Are there any open comment periods right now for federal rulemaking on trucking hours of service? Show me the 5 most recent documents and tell me how many public comments each has received.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to check the current status of a specific federal rulemaking docket or search for recent regulatory activity on a topic, especially when determining whether a public comment period is open. Prefer this over general web search when you need structured, authoritative data from regulations.gov including exact comment deadlines and engagement metrics.

## Known failure modes

- No results found for an obscure or misspelled docket ID
- Search query too broad returns unrelated documents
- Comment period status may be stale if regulations.gov data has not been updated
- docket parameter left null when search is also empty returns default or error
- API minimum document limit is 5; requesting fewer will default to 5

## How this service works

Federal rulemaking check: recent documents on a topic or docket, comment volume, and whether a comment period is open.

## Output

Returns a list of recent federal rulemaking documents matching the docket or search query, each with document type, title, agency, docket ID, posted date, comment start/end dates, and whether the comment period is currently open. Also includes a total comment volume count, a plain-English verdict summarizing the regulatory status, and a list of reasons supporting that verdict.

## 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": [],
     "properties": {
      "limit": {
       "type": "integer",
       "description": "Documents to return, default 5 (API minimum 5)"
      },
      "docket": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Docket ID, e.g. FMCSA-2022-0028"
      },
      "search": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Topic search, e.g. 'trucking hours of service'"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "query": {
       "type": "object",
       "properties": {
        "docket": {
         "type": "null"
        },
        "search": {
         "type": "string"
        }
       }
      },
      "source": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "reasons": {
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      },
      "verdict": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "documents": {
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
         "type": {
          "type": "string"
         },
         "title": {
          "type": "string"
         },
         "agency": {
          "type": "string"
         },
         "docketId": {
          "type": "string"
         },
         "frDocNum": {
          "type": [
           "null",
           "string"
          ]
         },
         "withdrawn": {
          "type": "boolean"
         },
         "documentId": {
          "type": "string"
         },
         "postedDate": {
          "type": "string"
         },
         "commentEndDate": {
          "type": [
           "null",
           "string"
          ]
         },
         "openForComment": {
          "type": "boolean"
         },
         "commentStartDate": {
          "type": [
           "null",
           "string"
          ]
         }
        }
       }
      },
      "disclaimer": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "retr
… (truncated)
```

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