# GEDX402 Tavily-Shaped Web Search

> GEDX402 Tavily-Shaped Web Search is a paid API for AI agents from search.gedx402.com, paid per call via x402, $0.042/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Performs a Tavily-compatible web search query over the open web, returning ranked results, for $0.022 USDC per call via x402 payment protocol.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://search.gedx402.com/v1/tavily/search
- Price: $0.042/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/gedx402-tavily-shaped-web-search-10f9dfdc
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_4UCi2AITCWwKNj52nMPr0

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 gedx402-tavily-shaped-web-search-10f9dfdc
```

Example prompt: Search the web for the latest developments in AI regulation in the EU and return the top results — up to 500 tokens of response.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a Tavily-compatible web search interface with no API key required, paying per-query in USDC via x402. Ideal for AI agents that need live web search results in an agentic pipeline and want to avoid subscription-based search APIs. Prefer this over standard Tavily if you want crypto-native pay-per-use pricing on Base, Polygon, Arbitrum, World, or Solana.

## Known failure modes

- Payment rejected or insufficient USDC balance — 402 Payment Required
- Invalid or malformed messages array — 400 Bad Request
- Query too vague or empty — empty results returned
- max_tokens exceeded platform limit — truncated or 400 error
- Service unavailable or upstream Tavily API down — 503 error

## How this service works

Tavily API proxy — search. JSON body matches https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/api-reference/introduction. Poll GET routes (research status, usage) are free; POST routes are x402. $0.042 USDC per request.

## Output

A Tavily-compatible JSON response containing ranked web search results, source URLs, and optionally a synthesized answer summary derived from top web sources.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "url": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "query": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/gedx402-tavily-shaped-web-search-10f9dfdc/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from search.gedx402.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/search.gedx402.com/llms.txt)