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Penny Engine — AI Agent Outcome Guard (Ping)
x402
Penny Engine — AI Agent Outcome Guard (Ping) is a paid API for AI agents from penny-paid-batch-production.up.railway.app, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-19).
Returns a deterministic service health ping with timestamp, network identity, and settlement-protection status via x402 payment on Base.
Price / call$0.001
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Machine-to-machine result validation via x402. One structured call, deterministic PASS or FAIL and SHA-256 fingerprint, $0.001 USDC on Base.
Output
Returns a JSON object with: ok (boolean indicating service health), time (ISO-8601 timestamp), network (EIP-155 chain identifier, e.g. eip155:8453 for Base), service name string ('penny-x402-diagnostic'), a unique requestId, and a settlementProtected boolean confirming x402 payment-rail integrity.
Example use cases
Pre-flight agent infrastructure check
“Before my agent pipeline runs, ping the Penny Engine x402 guard and confirm it's healthy on the Base network — I need to see ok=true and that settlement protection is active.”
Verifying x402 payment rail connectivity
“Can you hit the Penny Engine diagnostic endpoint and tell me whether the eip155:8453 network is reachable and settlementProtected is showing true right now?”
Logging a timestamped proof-of-life record
“Ping the Penny Engine service for me and save the response — I want the timestamp, requestId, and network name logged so I have a record that the x402 guard was alive at this moment.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://penny-paid-batch-production.up.railway.app/ping?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a cheap ($0.001 USDC), machine-readable liveness check for the Penny Engine x402 infrastructure specifically, and want confirmation that the settlement-protection layer on Base is active. Prefer it over generic HTTP health checks when you need a payment-gated proof-of-life with a network identity assertion and requestId for audit trails.
Side effects
- Payment not included or malformed x402 header — returns 402 Payment Required
- Service temporarily unavailable on Railway deployment — returns 500 or connection timeout
- Malformed request — returns 400 Bad Request
- Base network congestion causing settlement confirmation delay
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| properties | string |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"ok": true,
"time": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
"network": "eip155:8453",
"service": "penny-x402-diagnostic",
"requestId": "example-id",
"settlementProtected": true
}
}Tags
x402
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