# Nova AI Inference Pipeline

> Nova AI Inference Pipeline is a paid API for AI agents from ova.orbonomy.xyz, paid per call via x402, $0.15/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Runs a multi-step AI inference pipeline for chat, reasoning, translation, analysis, and text generation, billed per call in USDC on Base.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://ova.orbonomy.xyz/api/pipeline
- Price: $0.15/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-pipeline-38af2de6
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_P9pA_VXPPGKd-8wxmhiMf

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-pipeline-38af2de6 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you run this paragraph through Nova's AI pipeline to translate it into French and then summarize it: 'The global economy is shifting rapidly due to advances in automation and renewable energy sectors'?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a flexible, pay-per-call AI inference pipeline that can chain multiple steps (chat, translation, analysis, generation) and you want to pay in USDC on Base without a subscription commitment. Ideal for agents that need on-demand AI inference with crypto-native billing.

## Known failure modes

- Insufficient USDC balance causes payment failure and 402 response
- Malformed or missing 'steps' array causes 400 validation error
- Pipeline step configuration error causes partial execution or 500 error
- Rate limiting or quota exceeded returns 429
- Unsupported language or task type may return empty or error result in final_output

## How this service works

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

## Output

Returns a JSON object with success status, the final output text from the pipeline, per-step results, total usage metrics, and the number of steps executed.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "steps"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "steps": {
   "type": "array"
  },
  "initial_input": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Input text for the pipeline"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "data": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "results": {
     "type": "object"
    },
    "total_usage": {
     "type": "object"
    },
    "final_output": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "steps_executed": {
     "type": "integer"
    }
   }
  },
  "meta": {
   "type": "object"
  },
  "success": {
   "type": "boolean"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/nova-ai-inference-pipeline-38af2de6/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from ova.orbonomy.xyz](https://www.zero.xyz/host/ova.orbonomy.xyz/llms.txt)