# Edge Agents Japan CPI Inflation Intelligence

> Edge Agents Japan CPI Inflation Intelligence is a paid API for AI agents from pay.edge-agents.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns evidence-backed macro analysis of Japan's Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) with provenance, confidence scores, contradictions, and sourced findings.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://pay.edge-agents.ai/v1/services/macro-jp-inflation
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/edge-agents-japan-cpi-inflation-intelligence-5aeedcad
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_V3f_VW7fWLQD9tlb_1HAB

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-japan-cpi-inflation-intelligence-5aeedcad
```

Example prompt: Can you pull me the latest evidence-backed Japan CPI inflation analysis from Edge Agents — I need the current confidence level, key findings, and source provenance for a strategy briefing?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need point-in-time, evidence-backed Japan CPI inflation analysis with explicit provenance and confidence scoring — particularly for board-level, CFO, or autonomous agent workflows where auditability and source verification matter. Prefer it over generic data providers when you need contradiction flagging, signed provenance, and structured quality metadata rather than a raw number. Best for decision support contexts where the chain of evidence must be defensible.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not received — endpoint returns HTTP 402 requiring x402 USDC micropayment before data is served
- Data temporarily unavailable — dataStatus field may indicate incomplete coverage for a reporting period
- Evidence gaps — limitations array in response explicitly states what source data is missing or stale
- Network timeout — real-time macro data aggregation may occasionally exceed response window
- Invalid or malformed request — schema requires specific query parameters; missing fields return error

## How this service works

Edge Agents provides evidence-backed macro, market and decision intelligence for AI agents, individual leaders and investors, businesses and government teams requiring consulting, procurement and decision support. Machine services are purchasable per request over x402 on 5 settlement rails (Base/USDC, XRPL/RLUSD, Solana/USDC, Arbitrum/USDC and Polygon/USDC).

## Output

A structured JSON object containing: an analysis summary with macro family classification and inflation intents, a quality block with status (e.g. 'strong') and confidence level (e.g. 'high'), evidence assets with sourcing policy and provenance (signed issuer URL), a serviceId, dataStatus, generatedAt timestamp, schema version, and a disclaimer clarifying it is 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 Japan Consumer Price Inflation findings appear here."
  },
  "evidence": {
   "assets": [
    "JPN"
   ],
   "policy": "point-in-time",
   "sources": "Reported from the actual live report; never inferred from this example."
  },
  "serviceId": "macro-jp-inflation",
  "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"
 }
}
```

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