# Edge Agents AI – Australia Macro CPI Pulse

> Edge Agents AI – Australia Macro CPI Pulse is a paid API for AI agents from pay.edge-agents.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-21).

Returns an evidence-backed, point-in-time summary of Australia's Consumer Price Index conditions, including inflation intent classification, policy context, and sourced findings.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://pay.edge-agents.ai/v1/services/australia-macro-cpi-pulse?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-21
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/edge-agents-ai-australia-macro-cpi-pulse-7c8c284f
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_PjTQ4IhBgfwPp8aZLZFB9

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 edge-agents-ai-australia-macro-cpi-pulse-7c8c284f
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the latest Australia CPI pulse — I need an evidence-backed read on current inflation conditions, including the policy stance and confidence level?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a structured, evidence-backed, point-in-time read on Australian CPI and inflation conditions — especially when you require source provenance, a confidence rating, and policy context in a single machine-readable response. Prefer this over generic LLM inference or news scraping when auditability, signed provenance, and classification of inflation intent matter. It is particularly suited for AI agents that need to incorporate fresh Australian macro data into downstream analysis, briefings, or decision support without hallucination risk.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not received or invalid x402 payment header — endpoint returns 402 Payment Required
- Upstream data unavailable for the reporting period — response may indicate incomplete dataStatus or reduced confidence
- Stale or delayed source data — generatedAt timestamp will reflect actual data freshness and limitations field will note coverage gaps
- Network or service error — standard HTTP 5xx response

## How this service works

Direct Australian Bureau of Statistics headline CPI annual percentage change with month-over-month acceleration, sourced from the official ABS Data API. Purpose: Answer whether Australian consumer-price inflation is accelerating, cooling or stable using direct ABS evidence. 1-hour freshness target; missing evidence is reported explicitly rather than invented.

## Output

A JSON object containing a quality assessment (status and confidence), an analysis block with family classification and inflation-related intents plus a plain-language summary, an evidence block listing relevant assets (AUS), policy stance, and sources, along with the serviceId, dataStatus, generatedAt timestamp, schemaVersion, provenance (issuer URL and signed flag), limitations, and a disclaimer clarifying this is general market research not investment advice.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "required": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "quality": {
   "status": "strong",
   "confidence": "high"
  },
  "analysis": {
   "family": "macro",
   "intents": [
    "evidence",
    "inflation"
   ],
   "summary": "Fresh Australia CPI Pulse findings appear here."
  },
  "evidence": {
   "assets": [
    "AUS"
   ],
   "policy": "mixed",
   "sources": "Reported from the actual live report; never inferred from this example."
  },
  "serviceId": "australia-macro-cpi-pulse",
  "dataStatus": "complete",
  "disclaimer": "General, impersonal market research; not investment advice or a buy, sell or hold recommendation.",
  "provenance": {
   "issuer": "https://edge-agents.ai",
   "signed": true
  },
  "generatedAt": "2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z",
  "limitations": [
   "Coverage, source freshness and unavailable evidence are stated in every paid report."
  ],
  "schemaVersion": "2.0"
 }
}
```

## More

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