# Saylor Innovations Seed Cost Planner

> Saylor Innovations Seed Cost Planner is a paid API for AI agents from saylorinnovations.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-30).

Estimates seed count and total seed cost from planting area, seeding density, waste allowance, and price per 1000 seeds

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://saylorinnovations.com/api/agriculture/seed-cost?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-30
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/saylor-innovations-seed-cost-planner-59e54208
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_tZ6SN-GH1iWsepj5Thxt4

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 saylor-innovations-seed-cost-planner-59e54208
```

Example prompt: Can you estimate how many seeds I need and what it'll cost to plant a 500 square meter field at 8 seeds per square meter, with 10% waste allowance, if seeds cost $4.50 per 1000?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a quick, formula-driven estimate of seed quantity and procurement cost for any planting scenario — garden, farm, or nursery. It is ideal for budget planning, purchase order preparation, or agent-driven agricultural advisory workflows where seeding density and waste factors must be accounted for. Prefer this over generic calculators when you need both seed count and cost in a single call with explicit waste-adjustment.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required parameters (area_m2, seeds_per_m2, waste_percent, cost_per_1000_seeds) returns an error
- Non-numeric or negative values for area or density may return a validation error
- Extremely large values may produce unrealistic estimates without additional validation
- Payment failure or x402 authorization issue results in 402 response before computation occurs

## How this service works

Seed count and cost estimator from planting area, seed density, waste and cost per 1000 seeds

## Output

Returns the input parameters echoed back alongside the estimated total seed count (adjusted for waste), the estimated seed cost in the same currency as the input price, the formula used for the calculation, and a scope note explaining what the estimate covers and excludes.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "area_m2",
      "seeds_per_m2",
      "cost_per_1000_seeds",
      "waste_percent"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "area_m2": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "required positive planting area in square meters (query)"
      },
      "seeds_per_m2": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "required positive target seeds per square meter (query)"
      },
      "waste_percent": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "required non-negative waste allowance percentage (query)"
      },
      "cost_per_1000_seeds": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "required non-negative cost per 1000 seeds (query)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "json"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "area_m2",
      "seeds_per_m2",
      "waste_percent",
      "estimated_seeds",
      "cost_per_1000_seeds",
      "estimated_seed_cost",
      "scope_note"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "area_m2": {
       "type": "number",
       "description": "Area, in square metres"
      },
      "formula": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Formula used for the calculation"
      },
      "scope_note": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "What this data covers and what it leaves out"
      },
      "seeds_per_m2": {
       "type": "number",
       "description": "Seeds per, in square metres"
      },
      "waste_percent": {
       "type": "number",
       "description": "Waste allowance as a percentage"
      },
      "estimated_seeds": {
       "type": "number",
       "description": "Estimated seeds"
      },
      "cost_per_1000_seeds": {
       "type": "number",
       "description": "Cost per 1000 seeds"
      },
      "estimated_seed_cost": {
       "type": "number",
       "description": "Estimated seed cost"
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/saylor-innovations-seed-cost-planner-59e54208/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from saylorinnovations.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/saylorinnovations.com/llms.txt)