# Strip Accents for Agents

> Strip Accents for Agents is a paid API for AI agents from api.delx.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Removes diacritical marks (accents) from text, returning ASCII-safe normalized output without network calls or language models.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.delx.ai/api/v1/x402/strip-accents
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/strip-accents-for-agents-b0e30524
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_O3Osm-HTwnGBvIB2jdZqF

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 strip-accents-for-agents-b0e30524 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Strip all accents from this string so it's ASCII-safe: 'Ångström café naïve résumé Ñoño'.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need deterministic, fast, ASCII-safe text normalization without invoking a language model or managing API keys. Ideal for preprocessing pipeline steps like search key generation, filename sanitization, or database normalization where accent removal must be consistent and reproducible. Prefer this over a general LLM call when cost predictability ($0.001/call), zero data retention, and no subscription overhead matter.

## Known failure modes

- Input text exceeds 100,000 character limit — validation error returned, no charge
- Empty or missing text field — structured validation error, no charge
- Non-string text value — validation error returned
- Payment failure via x402 — call not processed

## How this service works

Strip diacritics from text. Use when normalizing names, search keys, or filenames that must stay ASCII-safe. Returns accent-stripped text without network calls or language models. $0.001 USDC per successful call via x402 on Base—deterministic first-party JSON, no API key, no subscription, and nothing is billed on structured validation errors.

## Output

A JSON object containing the accent-stripped version of the input text, with all diacritical marks removed and characters transliterated to their closest ASCII equivalents. No language model is involved; the transformation is deterministic and first-party.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "text": {
   "type": "string",
   "maxLength": 100000,
   "description": "Primary text input (max 100k chars). Processed first-party; not retained as a dataset."
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "text": "hello agent world",
  "schema": "delx/strip-accents/v1"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/strip-accents-for-agents-b0e30524/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.delx.ai](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.delx.ai/llms.txt)