# Particle Pro MCP - Podcast, People, Company & Topic Intelligence

> Particle Pro MCP - Podcast, People, Company & Topic Intelligence is a paid API for AI agents from mcp.particle.pro, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Provides AI-accessible intelligence on podcasts, people, companies, and topics via MCP tools, with per-request micropayment via x402 or API key authentication.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://mcp.particle.pro/mcp
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/particle-pro-mcp-podcast-people-company-topic-intelligence-7639fbfb
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Zzhk-LmNTfp6ZtQSYz_M3

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 particle-pro-mcp-podcast-people-company-topic-intelligence-7639fbfb -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up everything Particle Pro knows about the podcast 'Lex Fridman Podcast' — guest history, topics covered, audience profile — and also find what other shows cover AI and tech at that level?

## When to prefer this

Choose Particle Pro MCP when you need structured, agent-ready intelligence on podcasts, people, or companies — especially when you want MCP-native tool access with flexible pay-per-call pricing via x402 micropayments, avoiding API subscription overhead. Prefer this over generic web search when you need curated, structured profiles rather than raw web results, or when building automated research pipelines that need reliable per-entity lookups.

## Known failure modes

- Unknown entity: if the podcast, person, or company is not in Particle Pro's index, the tool returns no results
- Authentication failure: missing or invalid pp_ API key or OAuth token returns 401
- Payment failure: x402 micropayment not completed or insufficient USDC balance blocks access
- Rate limiting: excessive concurrent requests may be throttled
- Ambiguous query: common names may return multiple candidates requiring disambiguation

## How this service works

Particle Pro MCP server (streamable HTTP): podcast, people, company and topic intelligence as MCP tools. Pay per request with x402, or authenticate with OAuth or a pp_ API key from platform.particle.pro. Every public read-only tool is payable; tools/list and particle_catalog describe them.

## Output

Returns structured intelligence data including podcast metadata (episodes, hosts, topics, audience), person profiles (affiliations, media appearances, expertise), company profiles (funding, leadership, topic associations), and topic summaries — all formatted as MCP tool responses consumable directly by AI agents.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/particle-pro-mcp-podcast-people-company-topic-intelligence-7639fbfb/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from mcp.particle.pro](https://www.zero.xyz/host/mcp.particle.pro/llms.txt)