# NovaPath Public Business Records Search

> NovaPath Public Business Records Search is a paid API for AI agents from instructional-decision-engine-x402.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-31).

Searches 12,890 reviewed public business records across permits, fleets, FDA device decisions, food enforcement, and NY healthcare, returning up to five source-linked matches with keyword relevance explanations.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://instructional-decision-engine-x402.vercel.app/research/search?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-31
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/novapath-public-business-records-search-e279abe8
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Dww4J1pPNKyHJ8vBzbzn2

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 novapath-public-business-records-search-e279abe8 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search NovaPath's public business records for 'food recall peanut butter enforcement' in the recall vertical and return up to 5 results.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to search across multiple public business record domains (permits, fleet, FDA devices, food recalls, NY healthcare) in a single call with source-linked, relevance-ranked results. Prefer it over general web search when you need structured, reviewed public record data with stable identifiers and explainable keyword matching.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or blank query rejected before payment is charged
- Query shorter than 3 characters or longer than 120 characters returns validation error
- No matching records found returns empty result set
- Invalid vertical enum value returns schema validation error
- Query containing personal/contact data or URLs may be rejected per policy

## How this service works

Search 12,890 reviewed public business records across permits, fleets, FDA device decisions, food enforcement and NY healthcare. Returns up to five source-linked matches with explainable keyword relevance. Fixed October 18 edition; empty searches are rejected before payment.

## Output

Returns up to five public record matches, each with a stable source link, matched keywords, and an explainable relevance score drawn from 12,890 reviewed records across permits, fleets, FDA devices, food enforcement, and NY healthcare.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "limit": {
   "type": "integer",
   "maximum": 5,
   "minimum": 1
  },
  "query": {
   "type": "string",
   "maxLength": 120,
   "minLength": 3,
   "description": "Public business or topical keywords only; 1–10 distinctive terms. No personal/contact data, URLs or instructions."
  },
  "vertical": {
   "enum": [
    "all",
    "fleet",
    "device",
    "recall",
    "construction",
    "healthcare"
   ],
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/novapath-public-business-records-search-e279abe8/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from instructional-decision-engine-x402.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/instructional-decision-engine-x402.vercel.app/llms.txt)