# GitHub User Profile Lookup

> GitHub User Profile Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from whatchuneed.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Fetches public GitHub user profile data including bio, follower counts, and repository stats for a given username

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://whatchuneed.vercel.app/api/util/github-user
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/github-user-profile-lookup-d553344d
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_NMackuaRZTMX_HfNjr3PB

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 github-user-profile-lookup-d553344d -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the GitHub profile for the user 'torvalds' — I want to know their bio, follower count, and how many public repos they have?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need quick, structured access to a GitHub user's public profile data without setting up GitHub API authentication yourself. It is ideal for enriching developer profiles, vetting contributors, or displaying user stats in an application at low per-call cost via x402.

## Known failure modes

- Username not found — returns error if the GitHub username does not exist
- Rate limiting — GitHub API rate limits may cause intermittent failures under high load
- Empty fields — bio, name, or avatar_url may be null if the user hasn't filled them in
- Invalid input — missing or malformed username field returns a validation error

## How this service works

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## Output

Returns a JSON object with the GitHub user's display name, username, bio, avatar URL, number of followers, number of users they follow, and count of public repositories.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "username"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "username": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "bio": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "name": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "username": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "followers": {
   "type": "integer"
  },
  "following": {
   "type": "integer"
  },
  "avatar_url": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "public_repos": {
   "type": "integer"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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