# Kronos by ForgeMesh — Preflight Market Intelligence

> Kronos by ForgeMesh — Preflight Market Intelligence is a paid API for AI agents from kronos.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns a preflight check for a crypto symbol, indicating whether trading is allowed, current market state, cooldown status, and any active warnings before an agent executes a trade.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://kronos.forgemesh.io/api/kronos/preflight
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/kronos-by-forgemesh-preflight-market-intelligence-4633ed23
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_h7DBZIpiOOqyIfW-x7Uex

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 kronos-by-forgemesh-preflight-market-intelligence-4633ed23
```

Example prompt: Before placing any BTC/USD trade, run a preflight check on Kronos to tell me whether trading is currently allowed and what the market state is — flag any warnings or cooldowns.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when an autonomous trading agent needs a lightweight, low-cost gate check before executing any crypto trade — specifically to verify market state, cooldown periods, and risk warnings for a given symbol. Prefer this over full market data APIs when you only need a go/no-go signal with minimal latency. Ideal as the first step in an agentic trading pipeline that requires auditability and risk guardrails via x402 micropayments on Base.

## Known failure modes

- Missing or invalid symbol parameter returns an error or empty response
- Payment not processed via x402 results in 402 Payment Required response
- Unknown or unsupported trading pair may return allowed:false or an error
- Network timeout from upstream market data sources
- Cooldown state may return allowed:false with no actionable warning detail

## How this service works

Paid crypto market-intelligence API for autonomous agents. Calibrated ranges, signal context, risk state, decision journals, and outcome audits via x402 micropayments on Base.

## Output

A JSON object containing: the queried symbol (e.g. 'BTC/USD'), a boolean 'allowed' field indicating whether trading is permitted, a 'market_state' string (e.g. 'NORMAL'), an 'in_cooldown' boolean, and a 'warnings' array listing any active risk signals or alerts.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "symbol": {
       "type": "string"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "symbol": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "allowed": {
       "type": "boolean"
      },
      "market_state": {
       "type": "string"
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "symbol": "BTC/USD",
  "allowed": true,
  "warnings": [],
  "in_cooldown": false,
  "market_state": "NORMAL"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/kronos-by-forgemesh-preflight-market-intelligence-4633ed23/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from kronos.forgemesh.io](https://www.zero.xyz/host/kronos.forgemesh.io/llms.txt)