# Permit Verdict — New Building Permits by City and Trade

> Permit Verdict — New Building Permits by City and Trade is a paid API for AI agents from permitverdict.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns live new building permits filtered by city and trade type, read directly from city records, for contractor lead generation.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://permitverdict.com/v1/oracle/spot
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/permit-verdict-new-building-permits-by-city-and-trade-ec01dfb7
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_kvfWT9iUEKJjzeGZjxbZK

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 permit-verdict-new-building-permits-by-city-and-trade-ec01dfb7
```

Example prompt: Pull the latest new building permits in San Francisco for electrical contractors with project values above $25,000 — I want fresh leads from the city's own records.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time, city-sourced building permit data filtered specifically to a trade and price range for contractor lead generation. It is preferable to scraped or aggregated permit databases when freshness and official sourcing matter, and it covers major US metros with trade-specific filtering out of the box.

## Known failure modes

- City not supported — only SF, Seattle, Austin, NYC, Chicago, LA, New Orleans are available
- No permits found matching the specified trade and price range for the given city
- City records temporarily unavailable or delayed
- Invalid or unrecognized trade category supplied
- Rate limit exceeded or payment failure ($0.01 USDC per call)

## How this service works

Every new building permit in your city, filtered to your trade and price range, read live from the city's own records. $99/mo, or $299 to close your trade in your city. San Francisco · Seattle · Austin · New York City · Chicago · Los Angeles · New Orleans.

## Output

A list of new building permits matching the specified city and trade, sourced live from city records, including permit details such as property address, project value, permit date, permit type, and applicant information.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/permit-verdict-new-building-permits-by-city-and-trade-ec01dfb7/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from permitverdict.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/permitverdict.com/llms.txt)