# TheBotWire VFX & CGI News Feed

> TheBotWire VFX & CGI News Feed is a paid API for AI agents from thebotwire.com, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns latest VFX, CGI, and virtual production news articles from curated sources including fxguide, beforesandafters, and 80.lv, with optional keyword search and freshness filtering

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://thebotwire.com/vfx/latest
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/thebotwire-vfx-cgi-news-feed-82681db3
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Dqnkmpmo1wSG77XnWvKm-

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 thebotwire-vfx-cgi-news-feed-82681db3
```

Example prompt: Pull the latest VFX and CGI news from 80.lv — up to 20 results from the past 24 hours — and summarize anything about AI tools or new releases for 3D artists.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when an agent needs current VFX, CGI, or virtual production news specifically from professional industry sources like fxguide and 80.lv. Prefer over generic news APIs when the audience is 3D artists, VFX supervisors, or studio tooling researchers who need niche trade coverage, not mainstream tech headlines.

## Known failure modes

- No results returned when freshness window is too narrow (e.g. 30m with no new articles)
- Invalid src enum value returns an error
- limit exceeding 50 is rejected
- since parameter with unrecognized format returns an error
- Payment failure returns 402 if USDC not provided

## How this service works

VFX, CGI and virtual production: breakdowns, tools, studio news. 3D artists and studio tooling agents; 80.lv in particular is a firehose for the CG-artist audience that already uses AI tooling heavily

## Output

A list of VFX/CGI news articles with title, source, publication timestamp, URL, and a brief summary or excerpt. Results are drawn from beforesandafters, fxguide, and 80.lv, filterable by source and recency window.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/thebotwire-vfx-cgi-news-feed-82681db3/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from thebotwire.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/thebotwire.com/llms.txt)