# Conda-Forge Package Status Oracle

> Conda-Forge Package Status Oracle is a paid API for AI agents from oracles-production.up.railway.app, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns the current latest version, publish date, and download URL for a named conda-forge package, resolved live.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://oracles-production.up.railway.app/v1/conda/status
- 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/conda-forge-package-status-oracle-3ad22228
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Hct7twJOT84KIRuFYRw8J

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 conda-forge-package-status-oracle-3ad22228
```

Example prompt: What's the latest version of numpy available on conda-forge right now, and when was it published?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need up-to-date conda-forge package metadata (version, date, URL) for any Python or data-science package. Prefer this over PyPI-based lookups when the user specifically needs conda-forge availability. Ideal for version-checking workflows, dependency auditing, or monitoring when a package has received a new conda-forge release.

## Known failure modes

- Package name not found on conda-forge — returns empty or error entity
- Missing both id and package query parameters — returns list of tracked entities or error
- conda-forge upstream unavailable — live resolution fails
- Invalid entityId format — malformed pkg: prefix causes lookup failure
- Payment not completed — 402 response blocking the request

## How this service works

Look up the current published version of any conda-forge package on conda-forge (Python/data-science) — latest version string, release date, and repo/docs URL. Answers "what is the newest version of numpy, pandas, scipy, scikit-learn?" for environment.yml pinning. Use ?package=<name> (resolved live).

## Output

Returns a package entity object containing the latest version string, publish/release date, and download URL for the specified conda-forge package, resolved live at request time.

## 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",
     "properties": {
      "id": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "entityId to look up; omit to list tracked entities"
      },
      "package": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Any conda-forge (Python/data-science) package name — resolved and fetched live if not already tracked"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "entity": {
       "type": "object"
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/conda-forge-package-status-oracle-3ad22228/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from oracles-production.up.railway.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/oracles-production.up.railway.app/llms.txt)