# Edge Agents UK Bank Rate Intelligence

> Edge Agents UK Bank Rate 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, live Bank of England Official Bank Rate data with quality scoring, sourcing provenance, and macro context for AI agents and decision-makers.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://pay.edge-agents.ai/v1/services/uk-bank-rate
- 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-uk-bank-rate-intelligence-72424426
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_2fZIn59CCYJbaoHFhFXmN

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-uk-bank-rate-intelligence-72424426
```

Example prompt: What is the current Bank of England Official Bank Rate? I need an evidence-backed answer with confidence scoring and source provenance for a GBP macro analysis.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a signed, evidence-backed, sourced report on the Bank of England Official Bank Rate rather than scraped or inferred data. It is ideal for AI agents requiring verifiable provenance (signed issuer), confidence scoring, and explicit disclaimer handling for compliance-sensitive macro or investment contexts. Prefer it over general web search when auditability, quality flagging, and structured GBP policy data in a consistent schema are required.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not completed or x402 payment header missing — endpoint requires $0.01 USDC per call
- Rate data temporarily unavailable from primary source — response may indicate partial coverage in limitations field
- Stale or incomplete evidence — report will explicitly state source freshness limitations rather than inferring
- Malformed request — service returns error if required headers are absent
- Network or upstream policy data delay — response may reflect slightly lagged official publication

## 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.

## Output

A signed JSON report containing: the current Bank of England Official Bank Rate, a quality status and confidence level, a cross-market analysis summary with intent tags (e.g. leverage, evidence), evidence assets (GBP), live policy status, the sources used, a provenance object with issuer URL and signed flag, a generatedAt timestamp, schema version, data completeness status, and a standard disclaimer noting this is general market research and 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": "cross-market",
   "intents": [
    "leverage",
    "evidence"
   ],
   "summary": "Fresh Official Bank Rate findings appear here."
  },
  "evidence": {
   "assets": [
    "GBP"
   ],
   "policy": "live",
   "sources": "Reported from the actual live report; never inferred from this example."
  },
  "serviceId": "uk-bank-rate",
  "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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