# Maha Strategies Citation Binding Check

> Maha Strategies Citation Binding Check is a paid API for AI agents from www.mahastrategies.com, paid per call via x402, $0.016/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Compares up to 20 declared citation source identities, revisions, and locators for exact mismatches and returns an integrity receipt

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://www.mahastrategies.com/api/v1/micro/citation-binding-check
- Price: $0.016/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/maha-strategies-citation-binding-check-81931da4
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_70NwHTi1dckdkqJVndWHV

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 maha-strategies-citation-binding-check-81931da4 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Check these 5 citation bindings for exact mismatches in their source identities and locators — the data class is 'public' — and give me an integrity receipt I can log.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to verify the internal consistency of declared citation metadata (identities, revisions, locators) for up to 20 citations at once and obtain a tamper-evident integrity receipt. This endpoint does NOT fetch source documents, verify that cited passages exist, or validate that claims are supported by the sources — it only checks for exact mismatches in the declared metadata fields. Prefer it over general-purpose validation tools when you specifically need citation-binding-level integrity checks with a verifiable receipt digest.

## Known failure modes

- More than 20 bindings submitted — rejected by schema maxItems constraint
- Missing required fields (dataClass or bindings) — validation error returned
- Invalid dataClass value (not 'public' or 'synthetic') — schema rejection
- Empty bindings array (minItems:1 not met) — rejected
- Payment failure via x402 protocol — request not processed
- Malformed JSON body or wrong bodyType — parsing error

## How this service works

Check citation metadata before an evidence review. Compare up to 20 declared source identities, revisions and locators; return exact mismatches and an integrity receipt. No source retrieval, passage-existence check or claim-support verification.

## Output

Returns a structured response containing: a version string, an offerId ('citation-binding-check'), the amount charged (5003 base units), an inputDigest (hash of the submitted bindings), a result object detailing exact mismatches found, a boundaries array listing any constraint violations (0–128 items), and a receiptDigest for integrity verification.

## 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",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "dataClass",
      "bindings"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "bindings": {
       "type": "array",
       "maxItems": 20,
       "minItems": 1
      },
      "dataClass": {
       "enum": [
        "public",
        "synthetic"
       ],
       "type": "string"
      }
     },
     "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "version",
      "offerId",
      "amountBaseUnits",
      "inputDigest",
      "result",
      "boundaries",
      "receiptDigest"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "result": {
       "type": "object"
      },
      "offerId": {
       "enum": [
        "citation-binding-check"
       ],
       "type": "string"
      },
      "version": {
       "enum": [
        "maha-microproducts/0.1"
       ],
       "type": "string"
      },
      "boundaries": {
       "type": "array",
       "maxItems": 128,
       "minItems": 0
      },
      "inputDigest": {
       "type": "string",
       "maxLength": 71
      },
      "receiptDigest": {
       "type": "string",
       "maxLength": 71
      },
      "amountBaseUnits": {
       "enum": [
        "16000"
       ],
       "type": "string"
      }
     },
     "additionalProperties": false
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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