# SWARM Autonomous Research Agent — Report Service

> SWARM Autonomous Research Agent — Report Service is a paid API for AI agents from swarm-agent.net, paid per call via x402, $0.99/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-13).

Generates a comprehensive research report on a given topic, paid per request in USDC on Base via x402 with no account or API key required.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://swarm-agent.net/services/report?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.99/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/swarm-autonomous-research-agent-report-service-ff95a4a9
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_2EfESU-mdhlxveHB2cEWT

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 swarm-autonomous-research-agent-report-service-ff95a4a9 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you use SWARM to put together a research report on the current state of solid-state battery technology — key players, recent breakthroughs, and commercial timelines?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need on-demand AI research reports without the overhead of account creation, API key management, or subscriptions. It is ideal for one-off or infrequent research tasks where paying $2 per call in USDC is preferable to a monthly subscription, and where the caller has access to a Base-compatible crypto wallet for x402 micropayments.

## Known failure modes

- Payment failure or insufficient USDC balance on Base results in a 402 response and no report generated
- Overly vague or ambiguous research topic may produce a low-quality or off-target report
- Network or agent timeout for complex topics may result in no response or partial output
- Unsupported or extremely niche topics may yield thin results if the agent cannot locate sufficient sources

## How this service works

A full Markdown report on a topic you specify, researched on the live web at the time of the request, with every source linked. As long as the topic needs, never cut short. Typically 2-4 minutes; allow 360 s before giving up. POST {"topic":"..."}.

## Output

A synthesized written research report covering the requested topic, including gathered facts, analysis, key findings, and relevant context — returned as structured or prose text output from the autonomous SWARM agent.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "topic": {
   "type": "string",
   "minLength": 1,
   "description": "What to research."
  },
  "context": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Optional background you already have."
  },
  "requirements": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Optional format or angle to follow."
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "topic": "Where developers of AI agents discover paid x402 APIs in 2026, and which channels bring buyers who pay repeatedly. Include sources.",
  "markdown": "# Where Developers of AI Agents Find Paid x402 APIs in 2026 — and Which Channels Produce Repeat Buyers\n\n*Research period: September–October 2026. All figures are dated to their source and period; where data is contested or unverified, this is flagged explicitly.*\n\n## 1. The discovery landscape: no single front door\n\nx402 (an HTTP‑402‑based micropayment protocol originally released by Coinbase) has no canonical \"app store.\" Coinbase open-sourced it in 2025, and since then an ecosystem of directories has grown around it — Bazaar, the official Coinbase Developer Platform discovery layer, and a ha\n\n[... truncated in this example ...]",
  "wordCount": 4349,
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-01T09:15:45.932Z"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/swarm-autonomous-research-agent-report-service-ff95a4a9/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from swarm-agent.net](https://www.zero.xyz/host/swarm-agent.net/llms.txt)