# Speer Cyber Defense – Security News Item Lookup

> Speer Cyber Defense – Security News Item Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from api.speercyberdefense.com, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Fetches a single security news item by ID from the Speer Cyber Defense cybersecurity news feed

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.speercyberdefense.com/v1/security/news/item/%7Bid%7D
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/speer-cyber-defense-security-news-item-lookup-9b11bf70
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_EqRNsL7W5n9x_K-No5BWA

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 speer-cyber-defense-security-news-item-lookup-9b11bf70
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up security news item ID 7342 from Speer Cyber Defense so I can see what that alert was about?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to retrieve a single, specific cybersecurity news item by its unique identifier from Speer Cyber Defense's feed. Prefer this over browsing or listing endpoints when you already know the ID of the item you want. At $0.001 USDC per call it is cost-effective for on-demand lookups in automated agent workflows.

## Known failure modes

- HTTP 503 if the news item cannot be retrieved or analysis fails (no charge applied)
- Invalid or non-existent ID returns an error response
- Malformed ID path parameter may result in 400 or 404
- Payment failure via x402 protocol blocks access

## How this service works

Cybersecurity micropayments API for AI agents — pay-per-call USDC on Base and Solana (x402 v2). Free utility services under /v1/free/* and gateway select under /v1/gateway/* (Public). Paid cybersecurity analysis, CVE/security news feeds, Base blockchain intelligence, network intel utilities, composite domain/URL reports, research, conversion, verification, and feeds. Failed security analyses are not billed (HTTP 503).

## Output

Returns a JSON object with ok status, a tool identifier, a status field, and a summary string describing the retrieved security news item. On failure the endpoint returns HTTP 503 and no charge is made.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "ok": true,
  "tool": "resource",
  "status": "ok",
  "summary": "Completed"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/speer-cyber-defense-security-news-item-lookup-9b11bf70/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.speercyberdefense.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.speercyberdefense.com/llms.txt)