# Tantra Authority — Shadow Reading

> Tantra Authority — Shadow Reading is a paid API for AI agents from api.tantra-authority.com, paid per call via x402, $39/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Delivers a lifetime-access link to download or stream 'The Gold in Your Dark — Your Shadow Reading', a body-grounded tantra education product.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.tantra-authority.com/api/x402/shadow-reading
- Price: $39/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/tantra-authority-shadow-reading-27ed7593
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_i8QFzDVtEuS72iXJIWlJp

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 tantra-authority-shadow-reading-27ed7593
```

Example prompt: I want to buy the 'Gold in Your Dark' shadow reading from Tantra Authority — can you purchase it and get me the lifetime download link?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when the user specifically wants to purchase and access the Tantra Authority 'Shadow Reading' product (The Gold in Your Dark). It is the only way to obtain a lifetime access link to this specific piece of body-grounded tantra education content. Not appropriate for general tantra information, free previews, or other Tantra Authority products.

## Known failure modes

- Payment of 39 USDC not completed — no access URL returned
- Invalid or expired payment proof — access denied
- Server unavailable — connection timeout or 5xx error
- Access URL generation failure — endpoint returns error with no URL
- Duplicate payment not recognized — same user may need to use previously issued link

## How this service works

Tantra without the mythology. A clean, body-grounded education in what tantra actually is — the breath, sound, movement, touch, and attention practices that produce documented results, stripped of the marketing.

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing an 'accessUrl' field — a permanent, lifetime access link the user can click to download or stream 'The Gold in Your Dark — Your Shadow Reading' content.

## 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"
    },
    "headers": {
     "type": "object",
     "additionalProperties": {
      "type": "string"
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "schema": {
     "type": "object"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "ok": true,
  "rail": "x402-usdc-base",
  "title": "The Gold in Your Dark — Your Shadow Reading",
  "txHash": "0x…",
  "accessUrl": "https://tantra-authority.com/access.html?token=…"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/tantra-authority-shadow-reading-27ed7593/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.tantra-authority.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.tantra-authority.com/llms.txt)