# TablePulse Award Tracker

> TablePulse Award Tracker is a paid API for AI agents from tablepulse.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.08/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Tracks the current status of board game awards (e.g. Spiel des Jahres) for a given year, returning nominees and announcement status.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://tablepulse.vercel.app/api/table/award-tracker
- Price: $0.08/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/tablepulse-award-tracker-e4836f09
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_L61Nr3l4v4LiI1xaUDOy3

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 tablepulse-award-tracker-e4836f09
```

Example prompt: What's the current status of the 2026 Spiel des Jahres — have nominees been announced yet, or is the winner already out?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need up-to-date tracking of board game award cycles (nominations, shortlists, winners) without querying BoardGameGeek. Ideal for agents helping users discover award-nominated games to buy, or for monitoring when major tabletop awards like Spiel des Jahres or Kennerspiel progress through their stages. Prefer this over generic web search when you need structured, machine-readable award status data.

## Known failure modes

- Award name not recognized — returns empty or error if an unsupported award slug is passed
- Year out of range — no data available for very old or future years beyond tracked range
- Payment failure — x402 micropayment of $0.08 USDC not completed, request blocked
- Rate limiting — too many calls in quick succession may be throttled
- Stale data — status may lag behind real-world announcements by hours or days

## How this service works

Spiel des Jahres, Kennerspiel des Jahres, Kinderspiel des Jahres, and Golden Geek award tracker — nominees, winner status, and what the award means for buyers and publishers, grounded in current news (never BoardGameGeek data).

## Output

Returns a JSON object with the award name, the year queried, and the current status of that award as of today — for example, whether nominees have been announced, a shortlist has been revealed, or a winner has been declared.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "lang": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "en | de | fr | es | it | ja | pt | ar"
      },
      "year": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "optional, default current year"
      },
      "award": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "spiel-des-jahres | kennerspiel | kinderspiel | golden-geek | general (required)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "errors": {
     "type": "object",
     "description": "Documented error responses, keyed by HTTP status code",
     "additionalProperties": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
       "description"
      ],
      "properties": {
       "example": {
        "type": "object"
       },
       "description": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      }
     }
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "year": "2026",
  "award": "spiel-des-jahres",
  "status_as_of_today": "nominees announced"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/tablepulse-award-tracker-e4836f09/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from tablepulse.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/tablepulse.vercel.app/llms.txt)