# Mekong Trade Intel AI Search

> Mekong Trade Intel AI Search is a paid API for AI agents from api.mekongtradeintel.com, paid per call via x402, $0.007/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-25).

Performs a Google-backed web search and returns an AI-synthesized summary with key points and direct answers, not just links

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.mekongtradeintel.com/aisearch?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.007/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-25
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/mekong-trade-intel-ai-search-5c255811
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_VdXivWYXvo9xlhsShv78v

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 mekong-trade-intel-ai-search-5c255811
```

Example prompt: Search the web for 'best practices for cold email outreach in 2024' and give me a synthesized summary with the key points — pull from about 8 sources.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a synthesized, human-readable answer from current web data rather than raw search result links. It is ideal when the agent needs to directly answer a question using live internet information without scraping individual pages. Prefer this over static knowledge bases when recency matters, and over raw search APIs when you need AI-distilled key points rather than a list of URLs. Best for research, current events, technical lookups, and any query requiring cross-source synthesis.

## Known failure modes

- Query exceeds 500 character limit — truncate or shorten query
- num_results out of range (must be 3–10) — defaults to 8 if omitted
- Query too vague or ambiguous — AI summary may be low-quality or generic
- Google returns no relevant results — summary will reflect lack of data
- Payment failure via x402 — call is not executed if USDC payment of $0.007 cannot be processed
- Rate limiting or upstream Google API errors — may return error response

## How this service works

AI-synthesized web search. $0.007/call. Google results + AI summary with key points and direct answers — not just links, actual understanding.

## Output

An AI-synthesized summary answering the query directly, with key points extracted from multiple Google search results — structured as actual understanding rather than a list of URLs.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "query": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Search query (required, max 500 chars)"
  },
  "num_results": {
   "type": "number",
   "description": "Results to synthesize, 3-10 (default 8)"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/mekong-trade-intel-ai-search-5c255811/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.mekongtradeintel.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.mekongtradeintel.com/llms.txt)