# CYRE Guardian Settlement Caution

> CYRE Guardian Settlement Caution is a paid API for AI agents from cyre.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns a pattern brief and withhold-style risk band for a proposed settlement, given a payTo address, amount, and optional resource URL — to help agents pause before paying.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://cyre.dev/api/caution
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/cyre-guardian-settlement-caution-f7b1086a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_CLGppdaJghsMD8dTFQ0VO

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 cyre-guardian-settlement-caution-f7b1086a
```

Example prompt: Before you send that 50 USDC to wallet 0xAbC...123, run a settlement caution check on the payTo address and amount so I can see the risk pattern brief and decide whether to withhold.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when an AI agent needs a lightweight, pre-settlement risk signal for a specific payTo address and amount before authorizing a payment — especially in automated agentic workflows where no human is reviewing the transaction. It is ideal for single-hop payment caution checks rather than batch grading (use Guardian Settlement Batch for multiple addresses), attestation (use Guardian Passport), or escrow-specific flows (use Guardian Escrow Brief).

## Known failure modes

- Missing required payTo query parameter returns a validation error
- Invalid or malformed wallet address may return an empty or low-confidence pattern brief
- Unsupported method (non-GET) returns a 405 or schema error
- Payment required (402) if USDC micro-payment is not completed before the request
- Rate limiting or upstream data unavailability may return a degraded or partial pattern brief

## How this service works

Guardian Settlement Caution — before you settle, get a pattern brief + withhold-style band for payTo/amount/URL. Not insurance. Not custody. Patterns, not verdicts. Agent guide: https://cyre.dev/SKILL.md

## Output

A pattern brief and withhold-style risk band for the proposed settlement — covering the payTo address, the requested amount, and optionally the resource URL. The response is not insurance or a verdict, but a set of measured behavioral patterns to help an agent decide whether to proceed, pause, or withhold a payment.

## 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"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "payTo"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "payTo": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "amount": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "resourceUrl": {
       "type": "string"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/cyre-guardian-settlement-caution-f7b1086a/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from cyre.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/cyre.dev/llms.txt)