# KiteEndpoints.ai - Skip Tracing API

> KiteEndpoints.ai - Skip Tracing API is a paid API for AI agents from kite-endpoints.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.17/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Performs skip tracing to locate individuals by searching public and private records to find contact information, addresses, and personal data.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://kite-endpoints.vercel.app/api/skip-tracing
- Price: $0.17/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/kiteendpoints-ai-skip-tracing-api-90375f65
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_4C-_K9STLxYoph05y33nd

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 kiteendpoints-ai-skip-tracing-api-90375f65 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you skip trace John Michael Smith, last known address 4521 Oak Street, Dallas TX, and find his current contact information and address?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to locate an individual's current contact details or address using partial identifying information, especially for debt collection, legal service of process, reconnecting with lost contacts, or tenant verification. Prefer this over general people-search APIs when you need a pay-per-request model without subscription commitments, paying $0.17 USDC per call on Base chain.

## Known failure modes

- Individual not found in available records — returns empty or null result
- Insufficient identifying input leads to ambiguous or no match
- Record data may be outdated if individual has recently moved
- Service timeout or upstream data provider failure
- Invalid or malformed input causes request rejection

## How this service works

400+ paid API endpoints. Social media, AI, crypto, finance, weather, ecommerce, tools. Pay per request with USDC on Base chain.

## Output

Returns a result object containing located personal data for the traced individual, which may include current address, phone numbers, email addresses, associated records, and other publicly available identifying information.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "example": {
  "result": {
   "data": "example response"
  }
 },
 "properties": {
  "result": {
   "type": "object",
   "description": "API response data"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/kiteendpoints-ai-skip-tracing-api-90375f65/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from kite-endpoints.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/kite-endpoints.vercel.app/llms.txt)