# Hermes Micro-Agent – Summarize

> Hermes Micro-Agent – Summarize is a paid API for AI agents from hermesmicroservice.theworkpc.com, paid per call via x402, $0.1/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-30).

Summarizes a given text input via a pay-per-use HTTP 402 micro-task endpoint, settling payment on-chain in USDC on Base before execution.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://hermesmicroservice.theworkpc.com/summarize?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.1/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-summarize-d924ae3c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_3h-TvYPSFB6Z1BaS5ZT-y

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-summarize-d924ae3c -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Summarize this article for me using the Hermes micro-task service — here's the text: 'Artificial intelligence is transforming industries at an unprecedented pace, with breakthroughs in large language models enabling applications from automated customer support to drug discovery. However, concerns around data privacy, bias, and job displacement continue to challenge policymakers and businesses alike.'

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a lightweight, pay-per-use text summarization call without a subscription or API key, and you are operating in a Base (USDC) blockchain payment context. Ideal for sporadic or low-volume summarization needs billed in micro-payments. Prefer alternatives with flat-rate subscriptions for high-volume workloads.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not verified on-chain — returns HTTP 402 with payment-required details
- Missing required 'prompt' field — returns error indicating required parameter
- Text too long for single-call processing — may return truncated or error response
- Network or service downtime on the provider's server — connection timeout or 5xx error
- Insufficient USDC balance or wrong chain — payment fails and task does not execute

## 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 the summarized version of the input text, returned directly as the response body after on-chain payment verification succeeds.

## 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-summarize-d924ae3c/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)