# FTC Green Guides Environmental Claim Checker

> FTC Green Guides Environmental Claim Checker is a paid API for AI agents from x402-niche-briefs.fly.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-30).

Returns FTC Green Guides (16 CFR Part 260) and California SB 343/AB 1305 substantiation rules, compliant phrasing, and deceptive traps for a given environmental marketing claim type.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://x402-niche-briefs.fly.dev/v1/ftc-green-guides-check?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-30
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/ftc-green-guides-environmental-claim-checker-976aadfd
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_2h-lddzwWjN3vnNAxVgpN

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 ftc-green-guides-environmental-claim-checker-976aadfd
```

Example prompt: Check the FTC Green Guides rules for making a 'recyclable' claim — I need to know the substantiation threshold, compliant phrasing I can use on packaging, and what deceptive traps to avoid.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a quick, structured lookup of FTC Green Guides compliance rules for a specific environmental marketing claim type — especially when you need both the federal (16 CFR Part 260) and California (SB 343/AB 1305) requirements in one call. It is ideal for e-commerce operators, product marketers, and compliance teams that need substantiation thresholds and ready-to-use compliant phrasings without engaging legal counsel for routine copy review. Not a substitute for legal advice on novel or edge-case claims.

## Known failure modes

- Missing or invalid 'claim' query parameter returns an error or defaults to 'recyclable'
- Unsupported claim type outside the enum returns a validation error
- Service unavailability on fly.dev host returns a 5xx error
- Payment not completed via x402 protocol results in 402 Payment Required response
- Stale regulatory data if the service has not been updated after FTC rule changes

## How this service works

FTC Green Guides (16 CFR Part 260) & CA SB 343 / AB 1305 environmental marketing claim checker. Pass ?claim=recyclable|biodegradable|compostable|carbon_neutral|recycled_content (default recyclable). Returns substantiation thresholds (60% access rule for recyclable, 1-year rule for biodegradable), compliant phrasing, and deceptive traps. Educational reference only; not legal advice.

## Output

A structured response including the applicable CFR section, the unqualified rule description, the specific substantiation threshold (e.g. 60% access rule for recyclable, 1-year degradation rule for biodegradable), an array of compliant example phrasings, an array of deceptive example phrasings to avoid, state law watchouts (especially California SB 343/AB 1305), and an educational disclaimer that this is not legal advice.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "claim"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "claim": {
       "enum": [
        "recyclable",
        "biodegradable",
        "compostable",
        "carbon_neutral",
        "recycled_content"
       ],
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Environmental marketing claim type"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
     "required": [
      "as_of",
      "claim",
      "cfr_section",
      "unqualified_rule",
      "substantiation_threshold",
      "compliant_examples",
      "deceptive_examples",
      "state_law_watchouts",
      "disclaimer"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "as_of": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "claim": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "disclaimer": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "cfr_section": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "unqualified_rule": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "compliant_examples": {
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      },
      "deceptive_examples": {
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      },
      "state_law_watchouts": {
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      },
      "substantiation_threshold": {
       "type": "string"
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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