# Hermes Micro-Agent – describe_image

> Hermes Micro-Agent – describe_image is a paid API for AI agents from 92.5.95.177.sslip.io, paid per call via x402, $0.15/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-29).

Analyzes and describes the visual content of an image using AI, paid per-call via HTTP 402 with USDC on Base

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://92.5.95.177.sslip.io/describe_image?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.15/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-29
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/hermes-micro-agent-describe-image-5951c2b8
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_2pHj6bhVZ1omHMwOfoaD8

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 hermes-micro-agent-describe-image-5951c2b8 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you describe what's in this image for me? Here's the URL: https://example.com/photo.jpg — I need a detailed caption of the scene and any notable objects or people.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a quick, pay-per-use AI image description without committing to a subscription service, especially when operating in an agentic workflow that already handles HTTP 402 / x402 USDC micropayments on Base. It is ideal for one-off or low-volume image captioning tasks where spinning up a dedicated vision API account is overkill.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or inaccessible image URL returns an error string or empty response
- Payment not completed on-chain results in HTTP 402 with no task execution
- Malformed request body missing the required 'prompt' field causes a 400-level error
- Image format not supported by the underlying vision model may produce a generic or empty description
- Network timeout if the image URL is slow to load

## How this service works

20 paid AI and data micro-tasks over HTTP 402 on Base (USDC): summarize, extract, keywords, sentiment, translate, rewrite, proofread, python_debug, code_lint, code_explain, code_refactor, code_review, json_minify, json_query, csv_to_json, hash, base64, convert, describe_image, probe_media. Each call is priced per-task and verified on-chain before execution.

## Output

A plain-text string containing an AI-generated description of the image's visual content, including scene context, objects, people, colors, and other notable details observed in the image.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "prompt"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "task": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Which micro-task to run"
  },
  "input": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Alias for prompt"
  },
  "prompt": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Text to process"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "string"
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/hermes-micro-agent-describe-image-5951c2b8/health.json
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