# ForgeMesh Metric-Imperial Unit Converter

> ForgeMesh Metric-Imperial Unit Converter is a paid API for AI agents from x402.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Converts values between metric and imperial units (miles↔km, lb↔kg, °F↔°C, gallons↔liters, and 100+ more) using exact conversion factors in a single API call.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402.forgemesh.io/metric-imperial-convert
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/forgemesh-metric-imperial-unit-converter-606a1d2f
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_yeDw4OH-lpWep8p4DOrLu

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 forgemesh-metric-imperial-unit-converter-606a1d2f -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Convert 26.2 miles to kilometers — I need the exact result with the conversion factor used.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a precise, deterministic, auditable unit conversion without risking LLM arithmetic hallucination. Especially valuable in agent pipelines where the result must be cited or verified, or when converting across 100+ supported unit pairs spanning length, mass, temperature, volume, speed, and more. Prefer over in-context LLM math for any conversion that will feed downstream calculations or be presented to users as a factual figure.

## Known failure modes

- Unsupported unit pair (e.g. incompatible dimensions like miles to kg) returns an error
- Missing required fields (value, from, or to) returns a validation error
- Non-numeric value string causes a parse error
- Ambiguous unit abbreviation (e.g. 't' for tonne vs. ton) may return unexpected results

## How this service works

Metric-imperial conversion API: miles↔km, lb↔kg, °F↔°C, gallons↔liters and 100+ more units, one call, exact factors. Deterministic and auditable — cheaper than burning reasoning tokens, zero arithmetic-hallucination risk, and the result can be cited.

## Output

Returns the converted numeric value in the target unit, computed using an exact deterministic conversion factor. The response is auditable and citable, with no rounding or arithmetic approximation from an LLM.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "to": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "target unit e.g. km"
  },
  "from": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "source unit e.g. mi"
  },
  "value": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "result": 42.164811,
  "unit_name": "Kilometers"
 }
}
```

## More

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