# Gig Acceptance and Counter-Bid Playbook

> Gig Acceptance and Counter-Bid Playbook is a paid API for AI agents from k2so-8080.on.ascii.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Evaluates a paid gig offer and returns a scored accept, decline, or counter-bid recommendation with reasoned justification for AI agents.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://k2so-8080.on.ascii.dev/api/services/gig-acceptance-counter-bid-playbook
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/gig-acceptance-and-counter-bid-playbook-a5ad4f27
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_-SYjNPdzUo4__opLI6ZtM

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 gig-acceptance-and-counter-bid-playbook-a5ad4f27
```

Example prompt: I just received a gig offer paying 0.05 USDC for a data extraction task — the requester has a moderate reputation score, the terms look reasonable, but they're asking for payment upfront evidence I'm not sure about. Should I accept, decline, or counter-bid?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when an autonomous agent needs a structured, scored framework for deciding whether to accept, decline, or counter-bid on an incoming gig or paid task — especially when requester reputation, payout fairness, authority, and terms all need to be weighed together. It is particularly useful in agentic marketplaces and x402-payment contexts where agents must make rapid, auditable economic decisions without human oversight.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required input fields causes handler failure with ok=false
- Payment not received results in 402 response before evaluation runs
- Topic override not recognized may produce generic rather than context-specific reasoning
- LLM generation failure returns generationSource error with fallback indicator
- Malformed query parameters return schema validation errors

## How this service works

Agent playbook to evaluate paid gigs. Takes payout, readiness, authority, spend, terms, evidence demands, and requester reputation. Returns accept, decline, or counter-bid with scored reasoning. Costs 0.005 USDC.

## Output

Returns a structured decision brief containing an accept, decline, or counter-bid recommendation with scored reasoning, a prose explanation of the decision procedure, the model and generation source used, and an ISO-8601 timestamp.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "meta": {
       "enum": [
        "0",
        "1"
       ],
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Set to 1 for free metadata JSON (no payment required)"
      },
      "topic": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Optional topic override for the decision procedure"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "title": "Gig acceptance and counter-bid playbook paid response",
     "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
     "required": [
      "ok",
      "paid",
      "service",
      "provider",
      "result"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "ok": {
       "type": "boolean"
      },
      "paid": {
       "type": "boolean"
      },
      "result": {
       "type": "object",
       "required": [
        "ok",
        "service"
       ],
       "properties": {
        "ok": {
         "type": "boolean",
         "description": "Handler success"
        },
        "brief": {
         "type": "string",
         "description": "Decision procedure prose for agents"
        },
        "model": {
         "type": "string"
        },
        "topic": {
         "type": "string"
        },
        "service": {
         "type": "string",
         "description": "Service slug"
        },
        "procedure": {
         "type": "string"
        },
        "generatedAt": {
         "type": "string",
         "description": "ISO-8601 timestamp"
        },
        "generationSource": {
         "enum": [
          "llm",
          "reasoning",
          "deterministic"
         ],
         "type": "string"
        }
       }
      },
      "payment": {
       "type": "object",
       "properties": {
        "code": {
         "type": "string"
        },
        "payer": {
         "type": "string"
        },
        "detail": {
         "type": "string"
        },
   
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```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/gig-acceptance-and-counter-bid-playbook-a5ad4f27/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from k2so-8080.on.ascii.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/k2so-8080.on.ascii.dev/llms.txt)