# Edge Agents US CPI Headline Pulse

> Edge Agents US CPI Headline 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 2026-09-14).

Returns evidence-backed analysis of the latest US CPI headline inflation reading with confidence ratings, provenance, and bounded decision intelligence.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://pay.edge-agents.ai/v1/services/us-cpi-headline-pulse
- 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-us-cpi-headline-pulse-f432b67f
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_FXjE3NbVhUOzCN8xF7R-P

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-us-cpi-headline-pulse-f432b67f
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the latest US CPI headline pulse from Edge Agents and tell me what the current inflation momentum signal is, including the confidence level and evidence quality?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a structured, evidence-backed, signed and provenance-tracked summary of the US CPI headline reading — especially for AI agents, CFOs, or strategy teams that require bounded decisions with explicit confidence ratings rather than raw statistical releases. Prefer it over raw BLS data feeds when you need the analysis already framed with momentum signals, quality status, and verifiable provenance in a single API call. Most suitable for decision-support workflows where auditability and contradiction flagging matter.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not processed (402) — USDC micropayment via x402 protocol not completed or insufficient funds
- Service unavailable if underlying CPI report data source is stale or unavailable — dataStatus may be incomplete
- Empty evidence assets array if live report data has not yet been published for the current period
- Confidence may be downgraded if contradictions exist in source data
- Network timeout if the analysis layer takes longer than expected to generate the bounded decision

## 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 JSON object containing: a quality block (status and confidence level), an analysis block (macro family classification, inflation intents such as momentum/evidence, and a narrative summary), an evidence block (assets, policy, sources), serviceId, dataStatus, a signed provenance object (issuer and signed flag), generatedAt timestamp, limitations list, schemaVersion, and a disclaimer that this is general market research rather than 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": [
    "momentum",
    "evidence",
    "inflation"
   ],
   "summary": "Fresh US CPI Headline Pulse findings appear here."
  },
  "evidence": {
   "assets": [
    "USA"
   ],
   "policy": "point-in-time",
   "sources": "Reported from the actual live report; never inferred from this example."
  },
  "serviceId": "us-cpi-headline-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"
 }
}
```

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