# SYNTHORA x402 Route Optimizer

> SYNTHORA x402 Route Optimizer is a paid API for AI agents from x402-route-optimizer.hergertsynthora.com, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-15).

Analyzes x402 payment route options by comparing reliability, latency, price, and coverage, then recommends the safest route using Qwen3-powered decision support.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402-route-optimizer.hergertsynthora.com/service?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/synthora-x402-route-optimizer-6be47229
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_UrfDJHLOtk5OXFsWArUtU

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-x402-route-optimizer-6be47229 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: I'm building an x402-enabled agent and need to pick a payment route — can you compare the available options by reliability, latency, price, and coverage, and tell me which one is the safest bet for Base mainnet?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need structured, evidence-based decision support specifically for x402 payment route selection — comparing facilitators across reliability, latency, price, and coverage dimensions. It is ideal when you have context or evidence to pass in and want a confidence-scored recommendation rather than a raw data lookup. Prefer it over generic LLM queries because it is scoped to the x402 protocol niche and returns structured output with explicit facts, inferences, limitations, and contradictions.

## Known failure modes

- Ambiguous or underspecified question leads to low-confidence decision with many listed limitations
- No evidence provided results in inference-heavy response with explicit uncertainty
- Contradictory route data surfaces as contradictions array with no clear recommendation
- Payment not received or x402 handshake failure returns HTTP 402 without processing
- Malformed question JSON causes validation error

## How this service works

x402 route decision support: compare reliability, latency, price and coverage in the evidence and recommend the safest route. Qwen3.8-27B; 0.005 USDC on Base.

## Output

A structured JSON object containing: a decision string summarizing the recommendation, a recommended_action field with actionable guidance, a list of supporting facts and inferences, a confidence score (0–1), identified limitations and contradictions in the evidence, source references, and a freshness indicator for the data used.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "question": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Decision question with optional evidence/context"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "ok": true,
  "niche": "x402_route_optimizer",
  "result": {
   "facts": [],
   "sources": [],
   "decision": "...",
   "freshness": "...",
   "confidence": 0,
   "inferences": [],
   "limitations": [],
   "contradictions": [],
   "recommended_action": "..."
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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