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CRAN Package Description Metadata Lookup
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CRAN Package Description Metadata Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from clonecho.builda.company, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).
Fetches DESCRIPTION-file metadata for a specified R package on CRAN, returning structured JSON with package details.
Price / call$0.02
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Description-file metadata for an R package on CRAN (param pkg = package name). Query: ?pkg= Returns JSON.
Output
A JSON object containing the DESCRIPTION file metadata for the specified R package on CRAN, including fields such as package name, version, title, description, author, maintainer, license, dependencies, and other standard DESCRIPTION file entries.
Example use cases
Example prompt
“Can you pull up the CRAN package metadata for 'data.table' — I want to know its version, author, maintainer, and what it depends on?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://clonecho.builda.company/x402/s/cran-packageWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need structured metadata about an R package hosted on CRAN, such as version, author, maintainer, or dependency information. Prefer this over scraping the CRAN web page directly or using general web search when you need machine-readable, structured JSON output for a known package name.
Side effects
- Package name not found on CRAN — returns error or empty response
- Misspelled package name yields no results
- CRAN is temporarily unavailable causing timeout
- Package has been archived and metadata may be incomplete
Tags
x402
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