# Frontera Signal Weekly Construction Issue > Frontera Signal Weekly Construction Issue is a paid API for AI agents from fronterasignal.com, paid per call via x402, $0.25/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-13). Returns the latest (or a specific past) weekly construction research issue for Hidalgo and Cameron counties, including permits, material prices, labor data, housing market stats, and major projects — in English or Spanish. ## Facts - Endpoint: GET https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/issue?utm_source=zero.xyz - Price: $0.25/call - Payment: x402 - Status: unknown - Last checked: 2026-10-13 - Activations on Zero: 0 - Tags: x402 - Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/frontera-signal-weekly-construction-issue-fb7cfc8a - Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_jIVBD9640D835XcYJ260- 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 frontera-signal-weekly-construction-issue-fb7cfc8a ``` Example prompt: Pull the latest Frontera Signal weekly construction issue for Hidalgo and Cameron counties in English — I want to see this week's permits, housing stats, and major commercial projects. ## When to prefer this Choose this endpoint when you need structured, curated weekly construction intelligence specifically for Hidalgo and Cameron counties in South Texas, including building permits, commercial project values, housing supply metrics, and material/labor data. It is ideal when bilingual (English/Spanish) access is required or when you need to retrieve a specific historical weekly issue by ISO week number. Prefer this over generic permit databases or national real estate APIs when the focus is on the Rio Grande Valley / McAllen–Brownsville corridor. ## Known failure modes - Requested week has no published issue — returns error or empty result - Invalid week format (not YYYY-Www) causes validation error - Invalid lang value causes validation error - Latest issue may be a sample if the paid issue is not yet available - Data staleness: weekly stats go stale after 14 days, monthly stats after longer periods ## How this service works Use when you need a written weekly briefing on Rio Grande Valley construction (permits, materials, labor, housing supply, major projects) in English or Spanish, as structured JSON with headline, key figures, chart data and full text. Pass week=YYYY-Www for a past issue. ## Output A structured JSON object containing the issue title, date, language, week ID, issue number, publisher, full body in Markdown, an array of key stats (each with label, value, source, and as-of date), an array of charts (bar/line with labels, values, source, and highlights), cadence, data_as_of timestamp, a sample flag, and a disclaimer about data freshness. ## 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", "properties": { "lang": { "enum": [ "en", "es" ], "type": "string", "description": "en or es." }, "week": { "type": "string", "description": "ISO week of a published issue, YYYY-Www. Default: the latest issue." } } } }, "additionalProperties": false }, "output": { "type": "object", "required": [ "type" ], "properties": { "type": { "type": "string" }, "example": { "type": "object", "properties": { "dek": { "type": "string" }, "date": { "type": "string" }, "lang": { "type": "string" }, "stats": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "meta": { "type": "string" }, "as_of": { "type": "string" }, "delta": { "type": "string" }, "label": { "type": "string" }, "value": { "type": "string" }, "source": { "type": "string" } } } }, "title": { "type": "string" }, "charts": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "x": { "type": "array" }, "id": { "type": "string" }, "note": { "type": "string" }, "type": { "type": "string" }, "unit": { "type": "string" }, "as_of": { "type": "string" }, "items": { "type": "array" }, "title": { "type": "string" }, "today": { "type": "string" }, "kicker": { "type": "string" }, "labels": { "type": "array" }, "series": { "type": "array" }, "source": { "type": "s … (truncated) ``` ## Response schema (JSON Schema) ```json { "type": "json", "example": { "dek": "The new Cameron permit covers grading, utilities and ponds, with buildings still to come. In Hidalgo, nine months of ho…", "date": "2026-09-13", "lang": "en", "stats": [ { "meta": "May 2026 · latest available", "as_of": "May 2026", "label": "McAllen months of supply", "value": "9.1", "source": "Redfin" } ], "title": "Cameron County permits Fluidstack sitework as Hidalgo housing supply stays high", "charts": [ { "id": "commercial-by-value", "note": "Commercial projects with start dates this fall.", "type": "bar", "unit": "$", "as_of": "Sep 12, 2026", "title": "Commercial projects by filed value", "kicker": "Hidalgo and Cameron counties", "labels": [ "7 Palmas cold storage", "Amore Produce", "Bridge interiors", "Target Nolana paving", "Ross, Mission", "Ed Carey, Harlingen", "Re Pilates", "Ruleta warehouse" ], "source": "Frontera Signal", "values": [ 14000000, 8000000, 1925000, 898612, 850000, 250000, 205400, 200000 ], "highlight": "7 Palmas cold storage" } ], "sample": true, "cadence": "weekly", "week_id": "2026-W37", "issue_no": 1, "publisher": "Frontera Signal", "data_as_of": "Sep 12, 2026", "disclaimer": "Every value carries as_of, age_days, cadence and stale (weekly measures go stale after 14 days, monthly measures after …", "body_markdown": "Cameron County has permitted clearing, grading and utility work on the Fluidstack tract, while unsold houses in Hidalgo…" } } ``` ## More - Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/frontera-signal-weekly-construction-issue-fb7cfc8a/health.json - [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt) - [Other services from fronterasignal.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/fronterasignal.com/llms.txt)