# Energy Bill Toolkit EBT Screener

> Energy Bill Toolkit EBT Screener is a paid API for AI agents from energybilltoolkit.co.uk, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Screens a US household for potential EBT (Electronic Benefits Transfer / SNAP food assistance) eligibility based on state, household size, and gross monthly income

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://energybilltoolkit.co.uk/mcp-ebt/api/screener/check
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/energy-bill-toolkit-ebt-screener-57d3b861
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_T2eZB4E-pVH5HCBpTvrs0

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 energy-bill-toolkit-ebt-screener-57d3b861 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you check whether a household of 3 people in Texas with a gross monthly income of $2,800 would likely qualify for EBT food assistance?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a quick, pay-per-use programmatic screen for US EBT/SNAP eligibility by state, household size, and income — particularly useful in social services intake flows, benefits counseling tools, or energy assistance pre-qualification pipelines where a lightweight real-time check is needed without building your own income-threshold logic.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or missing two-letter state code returns an error
- Negative or zero household size or income values may cause validation rejection
- Non-US state codes unsupported
- Ambiguous eligibility near income thresholds may not account for all state-specific deductions

## How this service works

Pay-per-use EBT screening endpoint

## Output

Returns a screening result indicating whether the described household is likely eligible for EBT/SNAP benefits, based on state-level income thresholds and household size rules. May include eligibility status and relevant threshold comparisons.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "state": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Two-letter US state code"
  },
  "householdSize": {
   "type": "number",
   "description": "Number of people in the household"
  },
  "grossMonthlyIncome": {
   "type": "number",
   "description": "Gross monthly household income (USD)"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/energy-bill-toolkit-ebt-screener-57d3b861/health.json
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