# Nova AI Inference API

> Nova AI Inference API is a paid API for AI agents from nova.orbonomy.xyz, paid per call via x402, $0.1/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Pay-per-call AI inference endpoint supporting chat, reasoning, translation, analysis, and generation via USDC micropayment on Base.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://nova.orbonomy.xyz/api/think
- Price: $0.1/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-750ee969
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_M5HiDUZZmk2gtoEP5DDlw

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-750ee969 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Use Nova to think through this for me: I need you to reason carefully about the pros and cons of switching from a relational database to a document store for a high-write SaaS app — give me a thorough analysis, up to 800 tokens, with temperature 0.3 for precision.

## When to prefer this

Prefer this endpoint when you need flexible, pay-per-call AI inference without a subscription commitment, and you are operating in a USDC/Base micropayment environment. Ideal for agents that need occasional or bursty AI inference, want to avoid rate-limit tiers, or require per-call cost transparency.

## Known failure modes

- Insufficient USDC balance causes payment failure and 402 response
- Malformed or missing messages array returns a validation error
- max_tokens or temperature out of accepted range causes a 400 error
- Model unavailable or overloaded returns a 503 or timeout
- Empty or null content in messages array may yield unexpected or empty output

## 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 generated text content, model name, token usage breakdown (prompt, completion, total), finish reason, and metadata including price, endpoint, timestamp, and whether deep thinking was engaged.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "messages"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "messages": {
   "type": "array"
  },
  "max_tokens": {
   "type": "integer"
  },
  "temperature": {
   "type": "number"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "data": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "id": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "model": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "usage": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "total_tokens": {
       "type": "integer"
      },
      "prompt_tokens": {
       "type": "integer"
      },
      "completion_tokens": {
       "type": "integer"
      }
     }
    },
    "content": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "finish_reason": {
     "type": "string"
    }
   }
  },
  "meta": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "model": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "price": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "endpoint": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "timestamp": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "deep_thinking": {
     "type": "boolean"
    }
   }
  },
  "success": {
   "type": "boolean"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/nova-ai-inference-api-750ee969/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from nova.orbonomy.xyz](https://www.zero.xyz/host/nova.orbonomy.xyz/llms.txt)