# SYNTHORA LLM Gateway Fast

> SYNTHORA LLM Gateway Fast is a paid API for AI agents from llm-fast.hergertsynthora.com, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

OpenAI-compatible LLM chat completions endpoint using fast free-tier models (Llama-3.1-8B class) with automatic upstream failover, pay-per-call via x402 on Base

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://llm-fast.hergertsynthora.com/v1/chat/completions
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/synthora-llm-gateway-fast-a5e091d1
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_F3TIG5CiQZUMMU79G0jtx

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 synthora-llm-gateway-fast-a5e091d1 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Send this to the SYNTHORA fast LLM gateway: 'Summarize the key differences between REST and GraphQL in three bullet points' — keep it under 300 tokens.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a fast, cheap, OpenAI-compatible LLM completion without managing API keys or subscriptions — ideal for agentic workflows that make sporadic or unpredictable LLM calls and want pay-per-call micropayment pricing on Base via x402. Prefer this over OpenAI directly when you want no credential management overhead and can accept Llama-3.1-8B quality output. The automatic upstream failover makes it more resilient than a single-provider setup for latency-sensitive agent tasks.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not received or x402 handshake fails — returns 402 Payment Required
- Upstream model providers unavailable and failover exhausted — returns 503
- Input exceeds token limits (max_tokens capped at 1024) — may truncate or error
- Malformed messages array or missing required fields — returns 400 Bad Request
- Rate limiting on fast tier — returns 429 Too Many Requests

## How this service works

SYNTHORA LLM Gateway FAST: OpenAI-compatible /v1/chat/completions pay-per-call, no API keys. Fast free-tier models (llama-3.1-8b class) with automatic upstream failover, Ed25519-signed. 0.005 USDC via x402 on Base. POST {"messages":[{"role":"user","content":"..."}]} (or {"prompt":"..."}).

## Output

An OpenAI-compatible chat completion JSON object containing the assistant's generated message, finish reason, token usage counts, and model identifier. The response mirrors the OpenAI /v1/chat/completions response schema.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "model": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Etiqueta aceptada; el tier fija el modelo real"
  },
  "prompt": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Atajo sin messages"
  },
  "system": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "System prompt opcional (con prompt)"
  },
  "messages": {
   "type": "array",
   "items": {
    "type": "object"
   },
   "description": "OpenAI chat messages"
  },
  "max_tokens": {
   "type": "integer",
   "description": "Max output tokens (default 256, cap 1024)"
  },
  "temperature": {
   "type": "number"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "ok": true,
  "niche": "llm_fast",
  "result": {},
  "receipt": {
   "alg": "ed25519"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/synthora-llm-gateway-fast-a5e091d1/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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