# Request a Human – Physical World Quote

> Request a Human – Physical World Quote is a paid API for AI agents from agents.requestahuman.com, paid per call via x402, $5/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-11).

Requests a price quote from a real human for a physical-world task (e.g. calling a business, checking something in person), who responds within 24 hours with a quote you can accept by paying.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://agents.requestahuman.com/quote/request?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $5/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-11
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/request-a-human-physical-world-quote-e2bac091
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_77vP6VZSpZdAFxOMxQK0C

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 request-a-human-physical-world-quote-e2bac091 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: I need a real person to call Mike's Auto Shop in Denver and ask whether they can do a same-day oil change for a 2019 Honda CR-V — my budget is $20 USDC and I need the answer within 8 hours. Please request a quote from Request a Human.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when a task requires physical presence, a phone call, or human judgment that cannot be replicated by automated APIs — such as verifying a storefront in person, calling a business that has no online presence, or checking on something that requires human eyes or voice. Prefer this over web-scraping or automated calling services when the information source is offline, requires social interaction, or needs real-world verification. Not suitable for tasks that can be answered by querying a database or structured API.

## Known failure modes

- No human available to take the task — request declined and fee refunded
- Quote exceeds the budget_usdc specified — agent must decide whether to accept
- Deadline too tight for a human to feasibly complete — request may be declined
- Invalid refund_address format causes payment routing failure
- follow_up_of job_id not found or already closed — follow-up request fails
- Task is outside the scope of what a remote or in-person human can accomplish

## How this service works

Get a price from a real person for a task in the physical world, such as phoning a business or checking something in person. A human quotes a price and delivery time within 24 h; you accept by paying the quote. The fee is refunded if the request is declined.

## Output

The agent receives a quote from a real human including a price and estimated delivery time within 24 hours. If the requester accepts by paying the quoted amount, the human completes the physical-world task and returns the result. If the request is declined, the $5 USDC call fee is refunded.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "context": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Background and constraints, at most 2000 words."
  },
  "question": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "What you need from the human, at most 50 words."
  },
  "budget_usdc": {
   "type": "number",
   "description": "Your budget.",
   "exclusiveMinimum": 0
  },
  "follow_up_of": {
   "type": "string",
   "pattern": "^[0-9a-f]{16}$",
   "description": "job_id of an earlier request: the same person answers and sees it."
  },
  "deadline_hours": {
   "type": "number",
   "description": "When you need the result.",
   "exclusiveMinimum": 0
  },
  "refund_address": {
   "type": "string",
   "pattern": "^0x[a-fA-F0-9]{40}$",
   "description": "Where refunds go (default: the paying address)."
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/request-a-human-physical-world-quote-e2bac091/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from agents.requestahuman.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/agents.requestahuman.com/llms.txt)