# Swarms Research Agent

> Swarms Research Agent is a paid API for AI agents from mcp-gateway.swarms.world, paid per call via x402, $0.25/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Runs an AI-powered research agent on an arbitrary task and returns synthesized findings

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://mcp-gateway.swarms.world/research-agent
- Price: $0.25/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/swarms-research-agent-9c621900
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ZHzVFjLlwEhOj4ALpojl1

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 swarms-research-agent-9c621900 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you use the Swarms research agent to investigate the current state of quantum computing breakthroughs and summarize what companies are leading the space?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need an autonomous AI agent to perform open-ended research on a topic, synthesize information from multiple sources, and return a coherent written summary — especially when the task requires multi-step reasoning or web-level information gathering rather than a simple lookup.

## Known failure modes

- Missing 'task' field returns a validation error
- Task too vague or ambiguous may produce low-quality output
- Service unavailable or overloaded may return 5xx
- Payment not authorized (x402) blocks execution
- Task exceeds complexity or length limits

## How this service works

Run the Swarms Research Agent on a task.

## Output

Returns a job_id identifying the research run, a free-text 'output' field containing the agent's synthesized research findings, and a timestamp of when the output was generated.

## Example request

```json
{
 "task": "Research the current state of artificial intelligence in healthcare and provide a summary of recent developments"
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "job_id": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "The id of the output"
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "The output of the research agent"
  },
  "timestamp": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "The timestamp of the output"
  }
 },
 "description": "Research agent result",
 "additionalProperties": true
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/swarms-research-agent-9c621900/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from mcp-gateway.swarms.world](https://www.zero.xyz/host/mcp-gateway.swarms.world/llms.txt)