# Intelica Competitive Intelligence API

> Intelica Competitive Intelligence API is a paid API for AI agents from api.intelica.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status down (last checked 2026-09-15).

Analyzes a target market and returns a competitive moat index, detected competitors, and a strategic action recommendation (enter/avoid/monitor/acquire/partner)

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.intelica.dev/intel
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: down
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/intelica-competitive-intelligence-api-a292a1cb
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_763vNCWs8bC941Tbvhkjs

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 intelica-competitive-intelligence-api-a292a1cb -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Run a competitive intelligence analysis on the Southeast Asia payments market — we're seeing Stripe, Adyen, and 2C2P as competitors, our current moat index estimate is 0.6, and I need a recommendation on whether to enter, avoid, or monitor, with a confidence score and rationale.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a structured, scored competitive intelligence output with an explicit strategic action recommendation and execution roadmap — particularly in payments or fintech verticals where the Intelica Moat Index provides a quantitative defensibility signal. Prefer this over generic market research tools when you need a machine-readable action enum (enter/avoid/monitor/acquire/partner) with confidence scoring suitable for automated decision pipelines.

## Known failure modes

- Missing or malformed decision_recommendation object (required sub-fields: action, confidence_score, rationale) causes validation error
- Moat index value outside 0–1 range rejected
- Competitors array empty or null may yield low-confidence output
- Payment not settled via x402 results in 402 Payment Required response
- Malformed execution_plan object may cause partial or null execution plan in response

## How this service works

Intelica competitive intelligence — structured market analysis with IMI score and go/no-go decision

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing: an Intelica Moat Index (0–1 float scoring competitive defensibility), an array of detected competitors, a decision recommendation object with an action enum (enter/avoid/monitor/acquire/partner), confidence score, risk level (high/medium/low), and rationale string, plus an execution plan with phased week-by-week actions and budget guidance.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "execution_plan": {
   "type": "object"
  },
  "intelica_moat_index": {
   "type": "number",
   "maximum": 1,
   "minimum": 0
  },
  "detected_competitors": {
   "type": "array",
   "items": {
    "type": "string"
   }
  },
  "decision_recommendation": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "action",
    "confidence_score",
    "rationale"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "action": {
     "enum": [
      "enter",
      "avoid",
      "monitor",
      "acquire",
      "partner"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "rationale": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "risk_level": {
     "enum": [
      "high",
      "medium",
      "low"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "confidence_score": {
     "type": "number",
     "maximum": 1,
     "minimum": 0
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

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