# TaskHawk Governance Authorization Verifier

> TaskHawk Governance Authorization Verifier is a paid API for AI agents from governance.taskhawktech.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Verifies agent authorization for a given action and returns a signed ALLOW/CLAMP/DENY decision with a cryptographic release token

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://governance.taskhawktech.com/governance/verify
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/taskhawk-governance-authorization-verifier-7539ccc6
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_z1A95RoqDgHcapjM6QzIZ

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 taskhawk-governance-authorization-verifier-7539ccc6 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Check with TaskHawk governance whether agent 'agent_abc987' is allowed to execute a 'file_transfer' action with destination path '/secure/reports/q4.pdf', and give me back the release token if it's approved.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when an AI agent needs a cryptographically signed, governance-layer authorization decision before executing a sensitive or consequential action. It is the right choice when you need a portable release token proving the action was approved, when you require PQC-signed audit trails, or when downstream systems require proof of authorization rather than just a boolean flag. Prefer this over simple role-check APIs when you need signed, non-repudiable decisions.

## Known failure modes

- Missing or invalid agent_id returns a 400 or rejection decision
- Unrecognized action_type results in DENY decision with no release token
- Malformed action_payload causes validation error
- Insufficient authorization context leads to CLAMP or DENY decision
- Payment not provided or invalid causes 402 payment required before decision is issued
- Network timeout on governance policy evaluation returns no decision

## How this service works

Prove authorization — signed ALLOW/CLAMP/DENY with release token

## Output

A JSON object containing a decision field (ALLOW, CLAMP, or DENY), a release_token string (e.g. rt_abc123...) usable to proceed with the action, a verification_id for audit reference, and a pqc_block_signed boolean confirming post-quantum cryptographic signing of the result.

## 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",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "action_type",
      "action_payload",
      "agent_id"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "agent_id": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Requesting agent identifier"
      },
      "action_type": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Type of action to verify"
      },
      "action_payload": {
       "type": "object",
       "description": "Action parameters"
      }
     }
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "decision": "ALLOW",
  "release_token": "rt_abc123...",
  "verification_id": "v_001",
  "pqc_block_signed": true
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/taskhawk-governance-authorization-verifier-7539ccc6/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from governance.taskhawktech.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/governance.taskhawktech.com/llms.txt)