# Grove API - Tip & Fund Anyone on the Internet

> Grove API - Tip & Fund Anyone on the Internet is a free API for AI agents from grove.city, Free, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Sends a micropayment tip to any person on the internet, funded via x402 protocol with USDC.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://grove.city/api
- Price: Free
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/grove-api-2da22134
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_5xbqXSykcC49e7i1hyCvW

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 grove-api-2da22134 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you send a $5 USDC tip to @alice on Grove to say thanks for her open-source project?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you want to send a micropayment tip to any internet user via Grove City using the x402 protocol and USDC stablecoin, especially when a lightweight, permissionless tipping mechanism is needed without traditional payment rails.

## Known failure modes

- Insufficient USDC balance — payment cannot be processed
- Invalid or unresolvable recipient identifier — recipient not found on Grove
- x402 payment protocol error — funding step fails
- Network or API unavailability — service unreachable
- Invalid tip amount — zero or negative value rejected

## How this service works

A unified API you can /fund using x402 to /tip anyone on the internet.

## Output

Returns a confirmation of the tip transaction, including payment status and any transaction identifiers, indicating whether the USDC tip was successfully sent to the recipient.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/grove-api-2da22134/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from grove.city](https://www.zero.xyz/host/grove.city/llms.txt)