# The Stall — Metals Brief (IntuiTek x402)

> The Stall — Metals Brief (IntuiTek x402) is a paid API for AI agents from the-stall.intuitek.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.35/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns a concise intelligence brief on precious and industrial metals markets, paid per-call in USDC via x402 with no API key required.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://the-stall.intuitek.ai/cap/metals-brief
- Price: $0.35/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/the-stall-metals-brief-intuitek-x402-813a16ed
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_c5ft1XfOqrvq5dhWWmVak

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 the-stall-metals-brief-intuitek-x402-813a16ed
```

Example prompt: Can you pull me a current metals brief — gold, silver, platinum, the usual — so I have a snapshot of where precious metals markets stand right now?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a quick, no-account-required metals market snapshot paid per-call in USDC. Ideal for AI agents that need commodity price context on demand without managing API keys or subscriptions. Best for lightweight, periodic metal price lookups rather than high-frequency tick data.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not accepted or insufficient USDC balance — returns HTTP 402
- Upstream metals data feed unavailable — may return stale or error response
- Malformed properties parameter — may return 400 or empty result
- Network timeout to IntuiTek backend — returns 5xx error

## How this service works

Domain-agnostic x402 capability chassis by IntuiTek¹. 300 AI-callable data services — pay USDC on Base mainnet. No accounts or API keys required.

## Output

A structured intelligence brief covering current spot prices and market conditions for precious and industrial metals (e.g. gold, silver, platinum, palladium, copper), likely including price levels, trend signals, and a brief narrative summary — delivered as JSON or structured text.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/the-stall-metals-brief-intuitek-x402-813a16ed/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from the-stall.intuitek.ai](https://www.zero.xyz/host/the-stall.intuitek.ai/llms.txt)