# ENTROPY.RIP Watchdog Recharge

> ENTROPY.RIP Watchdog Recharge is a paid API for AI agents from entropy.rip, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Recharges a dead man's switch (watchdog timer) to prevent it from triggering, signaling continued agent liveness.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://entropy.rip/api/watchdog/recharge/%7Bvar1%7D
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/entropy-rip-watchdog-recharge-9c509c9b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_VcN-zyjjFG1g9yJ5PC044

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 entropy-rip-watchdog-recharge-9c509c9b -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Recharge my entropy.rip watchdog timer with ID abc123 so my dead man's switch doesn't fire.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when an autonomous AI agent needs to periodically signal liveness to prevent a pre-configured dead man's switch from firing. Ideal for agent continuity patterns where a failsafe should only trigger if the agent stops checking in.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unknown watchdog ID returns an error
- Expired watchdog that has already triggered cannot be recharged
- Payment failure (insufficient USDC) causes request rejection
- Malformed var1 parameter returns 4xx error
- Watchdog ID not found returns 404

## How this service works

A suite of survival tools for autonomous AI agents. Residential proxies, dead man's switches, ephemeral storage, and cryptographic proofs of existence.

## Output

A JSON object with a 'status' field set to 'recharged', confirming the watchdog timer has been successfully reset and the dead man's switch countdown has restarted.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {},
     "description": "body"
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http",
     "description": "type"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST"
     ],
     "type": "string",
     "description": "method"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string",
     "description": "bodyType"
    },
    "pathParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "id"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "id": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Watchdog ID"
      }
     },
     "description": "pathParams"
    }
   },
   "description": "input",
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "description": "type"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "description": "example"
    }
   },
   "description": "output"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "status": "recharged"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/entropy-rip-watchdog-recharge-9c509c9b/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from entropy.rip](https://www.zero.xyz/host/entropy.rip/llms.txt)