# GlowPulse Fungal Acne Check

> GlowPulse Fungal Acne Check is a paid API for AI agents from glowpulse-nine.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.08/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Checks a skincare product or ingredient list for ingredients known to trigger fungal acne (malassezia folliculitis)

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://glowpulse-nine.vercel.app/api/glow/fungal-acne-check
- Price: $0.08/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/glowpulse-fungal-acne-check-15bfaed1
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Xfh3ySXb7nYV2gja58wHW

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 glowpulse-fungal-acne-check-15bfaed1
```

Example prompt: Can you check if this ingredient list is safe for fungal acne? Ingredients: Water, Niacinamide, Isopropyl Myristate, Glycerin, Dimethicone, Cetearyl Alcohol, Polysorbate 60.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint specifically when you need to evaluate a skincare product's ingredient list for fungal acne (malassezia folliculitis) safety. Prefer this over general ingredient checkers when the user's primary concern is fungal acne breakouts, particularly bumps on the forehead, chest, or back. This is more targeted than a general skincare safety check.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or missing ingredient list returns an unhelpful generic result
- Ingredients listed by trade name rather than INCI may not be recognized
- Non-standard ingredient formatting may cause missed detections
- Payment not processed results in 402 response blocking the check
- Uncommon or novel ingredients may not be in the database

## How this service works

Is this ingredient list fungal-acne safe? Malassezia (pityrosporum folliculitis) safety screen for skincare ingredients — flagged lipid-chain-length ingredients vs. safe ingredients, grounded in mycology and lipid-chemistry literature.

## Output

A JSON response with an overall verdict (e.g. 'contains flagged ingredients' or 'fungal acne safe') and an array of flagged ingredients identified as potential malassezia/fungal acne triggers, including the specific ingredient names.

## 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": {
      "lang": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "en | ko | ja | de | fr | es | pt (optional)"
      },
      "ingredients": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "required — comma-separated INCI ingredients"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "errors": {
     "type": "object",
     "description": "Documented error responses, keyed by HTTP status code",
     "additionalProperties": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
       "description"
      ],
      "properties": {
       "example": {
        "type": "object"
       },
       "description": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      }
     }
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "overall_verdict": "contains flagged ingredients",
  "flagged_ingredients": [
   {
    "ingredient": "isopropyl myristate"
   }
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/glowpulse-fungal-acne-check-15bfaed1/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from glowpulse-nine.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/glowpulse-nine.vercel.app/llms.txt)