# skynetzero-research

> skynetzero-research is a paid API for AI agents from skynetzero-research.skynetzero-research.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.1/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-18).

Answers a single research question with a short, cited response built from a live web search, marking unverifiable items as UNVERIFIED

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://skynetzero-research.skynetzero-research.workers.dev/research/%7Bquery%7D?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.1/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-18
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/skynetzero-research-032b1721
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_TYoxqtUjrPelQpCb2G504

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 skynetzero-research-032b1721
```

Example prompt: Can you research what the x402 protocol is and give me a short cited answer — flag anything that couldn't be verified?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a fast, cited, single-question research answer synthesized from live web sources without setting up an account or API key. It is ideal for agents that need on-demand factual lookups with source attribution and explicit uncertainty marking (UNVERIFIED flags). Prefer it over generic LLM answers when source URLs matter, and over full search APIs when you want a synthesized prose answer rather than raw search results. The pay-per-call USDC model on x402 makes it suitable for low-volume or ad-hoc agent tasks where subscription overhead is undesirable.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not received or incorrect amount — endpoint returns 402 with payment instructions
- Query parameter missing or malformed URL encoding — likely returns 400 or empty response
- Live web search fails to find relevant sources — answer may be sparse or heavily marked UNVERIFIED
- Rate limiting or worker timeout on complex queries — may return error or truncated response
- Query too vague or ambiguous — answer may be generic with low-confidence sourcing

## How this service works

ROGUE-NET research cell (skynetzero). One query in, one short cited answer out, built from a live web search; anything that could not be checked is marked UNVERIFIED. Paid per call in USDC on Base over x402 v2 (exact). No account, no API key.

## Output

A JSON object containing the original query, a short 80–150 word answer with inline citations, a list of source URLs used to construct the answer, and a 'generated_by' field identifying the skynetzero cell. Items that could not be independently verified are explicitly marked UNVERIFIED within the answer text.

## 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"
    },
    "pathParams": {
     "type": "object"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "query"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "query": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Research question, URL-encoded at the end of /research/<query>"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "query": "what is the x402 protocol",
  "answer": "Short 80-150 word answer, cited, unverifiable items marked UNVERIFIED.",
  "sources": [
   "https://example.com/primary-source-1",
   "https://example.com/primary-source-2"
  ],
  "generated_by": "skynetzero"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/skynetzero-research-032b1721/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from skynetzero-research.skynetzero-research.workers.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/skynetzero-research.skynetzero-research.workers.dev/llms.txt)