# Nova AI Inference API

> Nova AI Inference API is a paid API for AI agents from nuvo.orbonomy.xyz, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Accepts a natural language query and returns an AI-generated answer via a pay-per-call inference endpoint on USDC/Base.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://nuvo.orbonomy.xyz/api/search
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/nova-ai-inference-api-4a3edff6
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_2drgH7YFLwRjshFRxA2w0

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 nova-ai-inference-api-4a3edff6 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Ask Nova to summarize the pros and cons of electric vehicles for a general audience — I want a clear, balanced answer I can share in a newsletter.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need on-demand AI inference (chat, reasoning, translation, analysis, or generation) paid per-call in USDC on Base, especially in agentic or crypto-native workflows where you want pay-as-you-go without a subscription.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required 'query' field returns a validation error
- Payment failure or insufficient USDC balance results in a 402 payment required response
- Empty or ambiguous query may return a low-quality or generic answer
- Model unavailability may return a 503 or error in the response body
- Network timeout if inference takes too long

## How this service works

Pay-per-call AI inference. Chat, reason, translate, analyze, generate. USDC on Base.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with a success flag, the AI-generated answer string, the model used, the original query echoed back, and token usage statistics.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "query"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "query": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Search query"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "data": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "model": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "query": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "usage": {
     "type": "object"
    },
    "answer": {
     "type": "string"
    }
   }
  },
  "meta": {
   "type": "object"
  },
  "success": {
   "type": "boolean"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/nova-ai-inference-api-4a3edff6/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from nuvo.orbonomy.xyz](https://www.zero.xyz/host/nuvo.orbonomy.xyz/llms.txt)