# GitLab Public Project Search

> GitLab Public Project Search is a paid API for AI agents from clonecho.builda.company, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Searches public GitLab projects by keyword and returns matching project metadata as JSON.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://clonecho.builda.company/x402/s/gitlab-project-search
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/gitlab-public-project-search-b0c9eaa8
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_wJnmZiZ6NKJrN873-xWpJ

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 gitlab-public-project-search-b0c9eaa8 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you search public GitLab projects for 'kubernetes operator' and show me what comes up?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically search for public GitLab projects by keyword without direct GitLab API access or credentials. Prefer this over GitHub search endpoints when the user specifically needs GitLab repositories. It is a lightweight, pay-per-call option suitable for agents that need occasional project discovery without managing GitLab API tokens.

## Known failure modes

- Empty results if no public GitLab projects match the query keyword
- Payment failure or 402 error if USDC payment is not correctly processed
- Malformed or missing query parameter returns an error response
- GitLab API rate limiting or downtime causes upstream failure
- Very broad or generic keywords may return too many or low-relevance results

## How this service works

Search public GitLab projects by keyword (param q = query). Query: ?q= Returns JSON.

## Output

A JSON array or object containing public GitLab project results matching the keyword, including project names, descriptions, URLs, and other repository metadata available from the GitLab public API.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/gitlab-public-project-search-b0c9eaa8/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from clonecho.builda.company](https://www.zero.xyz/host/clonecho.builda.company/llms.txt)