# Council of AI — OTS Proofs Population Slice

> Council of AI — OTS Proofs Population Slice is a paid API for AI agents from councilof.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-02).

Returns the current count and verifiable OpenTimestamps (.ots) proof population data with signed attestation from the Council of AI measurement ledger.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://councilof.ai/api/pop/ots-proofs?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-02
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/council-of-ai-ots-proofs-population-slice-ccc78356
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_i7tGhQ1_MxljQ7mM8Z0Qa

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 council-of-ai-ots-proofs-population-slice-ccc78356
```

Example prompt: Pull the latest signed OTS proof count from Council of AI — I want to see how many published OpenTimestamps proofs they have right now, with the attestation signature and state.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a cryptographically attested, independently verifiable count of OpenTimestamps proofs published by Council of AI — specifically when auditability, signed evidence, and ledger integrity matter. Prefer it over generic AI leaderboard APIs when you need tamper-evident proof of measurement activity, not just scores. Use it when building compliance workflows, transparency dashboards, or automated audits that require ed25519-signed attestation and SHA-256 checksums.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not included or insufficient (x402 payment required — must send 0.01 USDC)
- Unsigned runs returned with null sig_ed25519 — attestation present but not officially signed
- Source manifest /interop/ots/manifest.json unavailable or stale
- Malformed attestation schema causing verification failure
- Network or upstream ledger unavailability returning non-200 status

## How this service works

We measure how AI systems behave against frozen, published tests and publish checkable evidence. Issued measurement cards are signed; unsigned supporting runs are labelled. Read the live board and corrections ledger.

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing: the total count of published .ots proofs that parse as valid proofs (n), a slice identifier (id: 'ots-proofs'), the raw proof rows/artifact bytes, an as-of ISO timestamp, measurement state ('MEASURED'), settlement metadata (payer, network, transaction), source manifest path, and a full attestation block including schema URL, SHA-256 hash, payload hash, surface label, and an optional ed25519 signature indicating whether the card is officially signed.

## 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",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "n": 643,
  "id": "ots-proofs",
  "kind": "slice",
  "rows": "<the population rows / artifact bytes, verbatim>",
  "as_of": "2026-09-27T10:37:43Z",
  "state": "MEASURED",
  "n_unit": "published .ots proofs that parse as proofs",
  "schema": "csoai.population-door/0.1",
  "settle": {
   "payer": "<0x… or null>",
   "network": "<caip2 or null>",
   "transaction": "<0x… or null>"
  },
  "source": [
   "/interop/ots/manifest.json"
  ],
  "attestation": {
   "schema": "https://councilof.ai/schema/card-v0.json",
   "sha256": "<hex>",
   "payload": {
    "kind": "csoai.population.slice/0.1",
    "rows_sha256": "<hex>"
   },
   "surface": "population.slice",
   "sig_ed25519": "<hex or null>"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/council-of-ai-ots-proofs-population-slice-ccc78356/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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