# Inventory Skew

> Inventory Skew is a paid API for AI agents from api.delx.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Skews a market-maker inventory target away from neutral using local deterministic math, returning a tilted inventory target as JSON.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.delx.ai/api/v1/x402/inventory-skew
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/inventory-skew-45b4fc25
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_38ZlQOO2UGmKkBOcXNiv7

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 inventory-skew-45b4fc25 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: I need to skew my market-maker inventory target away from neutral — my current inventory is 150 and my target is 100. Can you calculate the skewed inventory target for me?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a lightweight, deterministic inventory tilt calculation for simple market-making heuristics without deploying a full strategy engine. Ideal for bots that need a quick, cheap ($0.001 USDC) advisory skew value with no API keys, no RPC calls, and no external data dependencies. Not suitable when you need live market data integration, full strategy computation, or production-grade risk controls.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required fields (target or inventory) returns a validation error
- Non-integer values for target or inventory may cause rejection
- Payment failure via x402 prevents response delivery
- Extreme input values may produce edge-case outputs requiring caller validation

## How this service works

Skew an inventory target away from neutral for MM heuristics. Call when simple market-making inventory tilt without a full strategy engine. Returns skewed inventory target as deterministic JSON for $0.001 USDC via x402 on Base. First-party local math only—no RPC, live market feed, API keys, storage, or mediagen. Advisory only; the caller owns capital, risk, and production controls.

## Output

A deterministic JSON object containing the skewed inventory target value, computed locally using market-making heuristics applied to the provided target and current inventory inputs. No external data sources or randomness involved.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "target": {
   "type": "integer",
   "description": "Input field: target."
  },
  "inventory": {
   "type": "integer",
   "description": "Input field: inventory."
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "skew": 3,
  "schema": "delx/util-inventory-skew/v1",
  "target": 0,
  "inventory": 3
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/inventory-skew-45b4fc25/health.json
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