# NetIntel Router – x402 Endpoint Recommender

> NetIntel Router – x402 Endpoint Recommender is a paid API for AI agents from router.netintel.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-11).

Takes a plain-language job description and returns the top 3 live-checked, priced x402 API endpoints from the Coinbase Bazaar catalog ranked by fit, demand, and health.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://router.netintel.dev/route/recommend?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-11
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/netintel-router-x402-endpoint-recommender-aa297d38
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_v2ocQFZo2B0X6SHzAurT4

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 netintel-router-x402-endpoint-recommender-aa297d38
```

Example prompt: I need to find the best x402 API endpoint to summarize long articles — can you search the Coinbase Bazaar catalog for me and return the top 3 live, health-checked options with their current prices and input requirements?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when an AI agent needs to dynamically discover which x402 API to call for a given task, especially when you want live health verification and real pricing at decision time rather than relying on a static registry. Ideal for multi-step agent pipelines that need to self-route to the best available tool without hardcoded endpoint lists. Prefer this over manual Bazaar browsing or static tool registries when freshness, health, and cost matter.

## Known failure modes

- No matching endpoints found — returns empty recommendations array with no charge
- Live health check fails for all candidate endpoints — may return fewer than 3 results
- Query too short or too vague — fails schema validation (q must be 2-300 characters)
- Catalog temporarily unavailable — service error with no charge
- Endpoint price quote fetch timeout — affected endpoints excluded from results

## How this service works

Which x402 endpoint should I call? Describe the job in plain words; get the 3 best endpoints from different providers, each health-checked live just now, with its current price quote, its inputs and the reasons — ranked over the whole Coinbase Bazaar catalog by fit, real paying demand and health. Uncharged when nothing passes.

## Output

Returns up to 3 ranked endpoint recommendations, each containing: the resource URL, HTTP method, provider name, a live price quote fetched at query time, the full input schema, 30-day paying-user count, and a natural-language explanation of why it was chosen. Also includes a log of every endpoint that was live-checked during the routing process and the scoring formula version used.

## 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",
     "required": [
      "q"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "q": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "The job, in plain words (2-300 characters)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "query": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "checked": {
       "type": "array",
       "description": "Every endpoint live-checked for this answer and its result"
      },
      "formula_version": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "recommendations": {
       "type": "array",
       "description": "Up to 3, each: resource_url, method, provider, live_quote, input_schema, payers_30d, why"
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/netintel-router-x402-endpoint-recommender-aa297d38/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from router.netintel.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/router.netintel.dev/llms.txt)