# Hermes Micro-Agent – probe_media

> Hermes Micro-Agent – probe_media 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).

Probes and analyzes a media URL or file to extract metadata and descriptive information about the media content

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://hermesmicroservice.theworkpc.com/probe_media?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-probe-media-a4748b38
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_0HfsSk_XKSAcnookuT1BY

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-probe-media-a4748b38 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you probe this media URL and tell me what it contains — its format, duration, and any other useful metadata? Here's the link: https://example.com/sample-video.mp4

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to inspect or verify a media URL's properties before processing, ingesting, or displaying it — especially in automated pipelines where media format compatibility or accessibility must be confirmed. Prefer this over describe_image when the media type is unknown or non-image (audio, video, streaming). This is ideal for agentic workflows where paying $0.15 USDC per call via HTTP 402 on Base is acceptable for reliable, on-chain-verified media probing.

## Known failure modes

- Media URL is inaccessible or returns a 404, resulting in an error or empty response
- URL points to a non-media resource, causing unexpected or generic output
- Payment not confirmed on-chain before execution, resulting in HTTP 402 rejection
- Prompt field missing or malformed, causing a validation error
- Large or slow-loading media files may cause timeout or incomplete probe results

## 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 text string describing the probed media resource, including detected format, type, accessible status, duration or size if available, and any other extractable metadata about the media at the given URL.

## 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-probe-media-a4748b38/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)