# Franklin Research Digest

> Franklin Research Digest is a paid API for AI agents from franklin1.tail7a0ba4.ts.net, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns a curated web research digest on any topic, sourced from Wikipedia, Hacker News, and Jina Reader, for $0.003 USDC per request.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://franklin1.tail7a0ba4.ts.net/research
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/franklin-research-digest-ae0bde8f
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_QUmxFMD3trKoVqnIbngbw

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 franklin-research-digest-ae0bde8f
```

Example prompt: Can you pull together a quick research digest on 'transformer neural networks' — using Wikipedia and Hacker News sources — and give me a solid overview of what's known about it?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a quick, free-source research digest on a topic without relying on premium search APIs. It is ideal when Wikipedia and Hacker News coverage is sufficient, the cost-per-call budget is very tight ($0.003 USDC), and you do not need real-time web search results beyond those sources. Prefer alternatives like Exa-based search for broader, more current, or commercial-web coverage.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required 'q' parameter returns a 400 bad request error
- Topic with no relevant Wikipedia or Hacker News coverage returns a sparse or empty digest
- Payment failure or insufficient USDC balance returns a 402 Payment Required response
- Network timeouts from upstream sources (Wikipedia, Hacker News, Jina) result in partial or failed responses
- Very broad or ambiguous topics may return unfocused results

## How this service works

Live web search (keyless — no Exa/API account needed, we pay upstream) and real-time cross-exchange crypto funding-rate data + arbitrage signals, paid per call in USDC on Base via x402. For AI agents that need live data without holding any API keys.

## Output

A curated research digest aggregating content from Wikipedia, Hacker News, and Jina Reader on the requested topic. The response includes synthesized summaries and relevant information drawn from these free, open sources.

## 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"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "q"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "q": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "topic to research"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

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

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