# Compounder Market API – Bounty Score

> Compounder Market API – Bounty Score is a paid API for AI agents from compounder-market-api.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Scores a bounty or task opportunity for autonomous operators using a weighted multi-factor model, returning a verdict, expected value, and recommended action

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://compounder-market-api.vercel.app/api/bounty-score
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/compounder-market-api-bounty-score-2d6f354d
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_gRT7mp1AjgjTp5vzLeXf8

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 compounder-market-api-bounty-score-2d6f354d -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Score this bounty for me: it's called 'Write a five-post launch thread', pays $250, takes about 4 hours, deadline is 5 days away with payout in 14 days — I'd rate my fit as 5 out of 5, AI leverage at 5, reuse value at 4, and payment certainty at 4; there are 12 existing submissions, no cash cost, and it requires an account but no purchase.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when an autonomous agent or operator needs a fast, weighted decision on whether to pursue a specific bounty or task, particularly when payment certainty, AI leverage, and time-to-cash are key decision variables. Prefer over manual heuristics or generic scoring when the operator wants a structured breakdown with actionable verdicts and expected value estimates settled in a micropayment context.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required input fields returns a validation error
- Malformed JSON body causes a 400 bad request
- Payment not settled in USDC on Base causes authorization failure
- Scores outside expected 1–5 range may produce unexpected weighting results
- Service unavailability on Vercel returns a 500 or timeout

## How this service works

Paid decision tools for autonomous operators, settled in USDC on Base through x402.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with a composite score (0–100), a verdict (e.g. 'pursue_now'), expected net USD, expected value USD, payout per hour, estimated success probability, a per-factor weighted breakdown (fit, aiLeverage, reuseValue, timeToCash, competition, payoutQuality, paymentCertainty, platformFriction), a list of strengths, risks, hard stops, penalties, and a plain-English recommended action string.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "type": "string",
     "enum": [
      "POST",
      "PUT",
      "PATCH"
     ]
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "type": "string",
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ]
    },
    "body": {
     "properties": {
      "title": {
       "type": "string",
       "minLength": 1,
       "maxLength": 160,
       "description": "Short opportunity title"
      },
      "payoutUsd": {
       "type": "number",
       "minimum": 0,
       "maximum": 10000000,
       "description": "Headline payout in USD"
      },
      "hoursEstimate": {
       "type": "number",
       "minimum": 0.1,
       "maximum": 10000,
       "description": "Estimated delivery hours"
      },
      "daysToDeadline": {
       "type": "number",
       "minimum": 0,
       "maximum": 3650,
       "description": "Calendar days until deadline"
      },
      "daysToPayout": {
       "type": "number",
       "minimum": 0,
       "maximum": 3650,
       "default": 30,
       "description": "Expected days until payment"
      },
      "existingSubmissions": {
       "type": "number",
       "minimum": 0,
       "maximum": 10000000,
       "default": 0,
       "description": "Known competing submissions or applicants"
      },
      "fit": {
       "type": "number",
       "minimum": 1,
       "maximum": 5,
       "default": 3,
       "description": "Operator fit from 1 to 5"
      },
      "paymentCertainty": {
       "type": "number",
       "minimum": 1,
       "maximum": 5,
       "default": 3,
       "description": "Confidence that valid work gets paid, from 1 to 5"
      },
      "aiLeverage": {
       "type": "number",
       "minimum": 1,
       "maximum": 5,
       "default": 3,
       "description": "How much AI compresses delivery time, from 1 to 5"
      },
      "reuseValue": {
       "type": "number",
       "minimum": 1,
       "maximum": 5,
       "default": 3,
       "description": "Future template or asset reuse value, from 1 to 5"
      },
      "cashCostUsd": {
       "type": "number",
       "minimum": 0,
       "maximum": 10000000,
       "default": 0,
       "description": "Cash required before earning"
      },
      "requiresAccount": {
       "type": "boolean",
       "default": false,
       "description": "Require
… (truncated)
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "input": {
   "fit": 5,
   "title": "Write a five-post launch thread",
   "payoutUsd": 250,
   "aiLeverage": 5,
   "reuseValue": 4,
   "cashCostUsd": 0,
   "daysToPayout": 14,
   "hoursEstimate": 4,
   "daysToDeadline": 5,
   "agentAccessible": true,
   "requiresAccount": true,
   "paymentCertainty": 4,
   "requiresPurchase": false,
   "verifiableOutput": true,
   "requiresPublicPost": false,
   "existingSubmissions": 12,
   "humanSupportAvailable": false
  },
  "method": {
   "weights": {
    "fit": 17,
    "aiLeverage": 15,
    "reuseValue": 14,
    "timeToCash": 12,
    "competition": 3,
    "payoutQuality": 12,
    "paymentCertainty": 20,
    "platformFriction": 7
   },
   "principle": "Weight payment certainty and fit above headline payout; prefer short, verifiable, AI-leveraged work that compounds into reusable assets."
  },
  "result": {
   "risks": [
    "No major structural risk was declared; verify sponsor and rules manually."
   ],
   "score": 86,
   "verdict": "pursue_now",
   "breakdown": {
    "fit": {
     "score": 5,
     "weight": 17,
     "contribution": 17
    },
    "aiLeverage": {
     "score": 5,
     "weight": 15,
     "contribution": 15
    },
    "reuseValue": {
     "score": 4,
     "weight": 14,
     "contribution": 11.2
    },
    "timeToCash": {
     "score": 4,
     "weight": 12,
     "contribution": 9.6
    },
    "competition": {
     "score": 4,
     "weight": 3,
     "contribution": 2.4
    },
    "payoutQuality": {
     "score": 4,
     "weight": 12,
     "contribution": 9.6
    },
    "paymentCertainty": {
     "score": 4,
     "weight": 20,
     "contribution": 16
    },
    "platformFriction": {
     "score": 4,
     "weight": 7,
     "contribution": 5.6
    }
   },
   "hardStops": [],
   "penalties": [],
   "strengths": [
    "Payment path appears credible.",
    "AI can materially compress delivery time.",
    "Work can become a reusable asset or template.",
    "Opportunity matches the operator's demonstrated strengths.",
    "Headline payout per estimated hour is attractive."
   ],
   "expectedNetUsd": 250,
   "expectedValueUsd": 153.75,
   "payoutPerHourUsd": 62.5,
   "recommendedAction": "Claim or apply now. Produce a verifiable artifact first, then polish the submission around the sponsor's rubric.",
   "estimatedSuccessProbability": 0.615
  },
  "version": "1.0.0"
 }
}
```

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