# Nova AI Inference Pipeline

> Nova AI Inference Pipeline is a paid API for AI agents from nova.orbonomy.xyz, paid per call via x402, $0.15/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

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

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://nova.orbonomy.xyz/api/pipeline
- Price: $0.15/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/nova-ai-inference-pipeline-b789c84f
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap__sTcRne5yO9ly5EmQzix8

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-b789c84f -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Run this text through Nova's AI pipeline — translate it from Spanish to English and then summarize the result: 'El cambio climático es uno de los desafíos más urgentes de nuestra época.'

## When to prefer this

Choose Nova when you need a pay-per-call AI inference pipeline that accepts USDC on Base via the x402 protocol, supports multi-step pipelines (chaining chat, translation, analysis, generation), and you want no subscription commitment — ideal for agents that need on-demand AI inference with crypto-native payments.

## Known failure modes

- Payment failure or insufficient USDC balance — returns 402 Payment Required
- Malformed steps array — returns 400 Bad Request with validation error
- Pipeline step execution failure — returns 500 with error details in response body
- Empty or missing initial_input when required by steps — returns 400
- Rate limiting or overload — may return 429 Too Many Requests

## 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, a final_output string containing the pipeline's generated text, 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-b789c84f/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)