# Hermes Micro-Agent – describe_image

> Hermes Micro-Agent – describe_image is a paid API for AI agents from hermesmicroservice.theworkpc.com, paid per call via x402, $0.15/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-30).

Analyzes and describes the content of an image using AI, returning a natural-language description via a pay-per-use HTTP 402 endpoint settled in USDC on Base.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://hermesmicroservice.theworkpc.com/describe_image?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.15/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-30
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/hermes-micro-agent-describe-image-e2582401
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_wSOtcH4uqhRpcVMEVCj0k

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-e2582401 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you describe what's in this image for me? Here's the URL: https://example.com/photo.jpg — just tell me what you see in plain English.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a fast, pay-per-call AI image description without committing to a subscription-based vision API. Ideal for sporadic or low-volume image analysis tasks where USDC micropayments on Base are acceptable. Particularly suited for AI agents that need on-demand visual understanding without provisioning API keys or managing billing accounts.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or inaccessible image URL returns an error or empty response
- Insufficient USDC balance or failed on-chain payment verification results in HTTP 402 rejection
- Unsupported image format may cause processing failure
- Ambiguous or low-quality images may yield vague or inaccurate descriptions
- Network timeout if the image URL is slow to fetch

## 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 natural language description of the image content, including objects, scenes, people, colors, and other visually notable elements, returned as a string.

## 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-e2582401/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from hermesmicroservice.theworkpc.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/hermesmicroservice.theworkpc.com/llms.txt)