# Orthogonal People Search Count

> Orthogonal People Search Count is a paid API for AI agents from x402.orthogonal.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-16).

Returns the count of people/profiles matching given search filters, without fetching the full results, to estimate result set size before running a paginated search.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402.orthogonal.com/fiber/v1/people-search/count
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-16
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/orthogonal-people-search-count-b5950bf0
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_s11Gikw3L15GoGpBX0-mb

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 orthogonal-people-search-count-b5950bf0 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Before I run the full people search, can you check how many profiles match my filters — people currently at Salesforce or HubSpot, excluding anyone already on my prospect exclusion list?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to gauge how many profiles a given set of search filters will return before committing to the cost of a full people search. It is ideal for iterating on filter combinations to hit a target volume, validating that exclusion lists are working correctly, or deciding whether to proceed with pagination.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or malformed searchParams object returns a 400 error
- Unrecognized company exclusion list or prospect exclusion list IDs return an error or zero count
- Empty or missing searchParams may return a count of zero or an error
- Payment failure (x402) blocks the request entirely
- Rate limiting may occur under high query volume

## How this service works

Get count of profiles matching search filters. Use to estimate result sizes before running a full search.

## Output

Returns an integer count of profiles that match the provided search parameters and exclusion filters, giving the agent a quick estimate of result size without incurring the cost or latency of a full people search retrieval.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "searchParams": {
   "type": "object",
   "description": "Search parameters for people search."
  },
  "currentCompanies": {
   "type": "array",
   "description": "Filter people by the companies they currently work for."
  },
  "companyExclusionListIDs": {
   "type": "array",
   "description": "Company exclusion list IDs to filter out."
  },
  "prospectExclusionListIDs": {
   "type": "array",
   "description": "Prospect exclusion list IDs to filter out."
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/orthogonal-people-search-count-b5950bf0/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402.orthogonal.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402.orthogonal.com/llms.txt)