# DeFi Protocol Search by Name or Token Symbol

> DeFi Protocol Search by Name or Token Symbol is a paid API for AI agents from twin.unykorn.org, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-03).

Searches a DefiLlama index of 6,000+ DeFi protocols by name or token symbol, returning matching protocol records.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://twin.unykorn.org/defi/protocol-search?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-03
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/defi-protocol-search-by-name-or-token-symbol-96fb3882
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_jW-dXxLchxULkBmBqS90x

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 defi-protocol-search-by-name-or-token-symbol-96fb3882 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search the DefiLlama index for DeFi protocols matching 'Curve' and return up to 20 results — I want to see protocol names, token symbols, and any related metadata.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to discover or identify DeFi protocols by name or token symbol from a comprehensive index of 6,000+ protocols. Prefer this over manual research or general web search when you need structured protocol metadata quickly and cost-effectively. It is ideal for agents building DeFi dashboards, doing due diligence on tokens, or resolving protocol identifiers programmatically.

## Known failure modes

- Empty query string returns an error or empty results
- Limit exceeding 50 is rejected
- No matching protocols returns an empty result set
- Network or upstream DefiLlama data unavailability causes service errors
- Ambiguous short symbols may return many loosely related results

## How this service works

Find DeFi protocols by name or token symbol (DefiLlama index of 6,000+) — Genesis402 / UnyKorn Operator Network

## Output

A list of matching DeFi protocol records from the DefiLlama index, each containing protocol name, token symbol, and associated metadata, up to the requested limit (default 10, max 50).

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "params": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "q": {
     "type": "string",
     "description": "required: search text"
    },
    "limit": {
     "type": "integer",
     "maximum": 50,
     "minimum": 1,
     "description": "optional: max rows (default 10, max 50)"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "ok": true,
  "type": "defi-protocol-search",
  "receipt": {
   "tx_hash": "0x<64hex>",
   "amount_usd": 0.002,
   "receipt_id": "g402-<16hex>"
  },
  "sources": [
   {
    "ok": true,
    "name": "<source>"
   }
  ],
  "limitations": "<text>",
  "generated_at": "<iso time>",
  "evidence_hash": "sha256:<64hex>"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/defi-protocol-search-by-name-or-token-symbol-96fb3882/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from twin.unykorn.org](https://www.zero.xyz/host/twin.unykorn.org/llms.txt)