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TruthBear Shipping Region Gauge
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TruthBear Shipping Region Gauge is a paid API for AI agents from api.truthbear.co, paid per call via x402, $0.25/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).
Runs a 3-leg sequential chain (sea state/wind → wave decomposition/storm vs swell → AIS transit throughput) to assess current shipping chokepoint conditions at a specified location.
Price / call$0.25
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
[3-LEG] Shipping chokepoint chain, one chokepoint or port (?loc=malacca): leading sea state and wind against operating thresholds -> current wave decomposition, local storm against distant swell -> realized AIS transit throughput (confirmation gate). A chain, not one reading: confidence = how many legs are lit, in order. Sources: IMF PortWatch, NOAA, Open-Meteo Marine. Descriptive only, never a forecast or advice. No data -> 422 no_charge, not billed. $0.25 per call.
Output
A JSON response containing up to three sequential gauge readings: (1) leading sea state and wind vs operating thresholds, (2) current wave decomposition distinguishing local storm from distant swell, and (3) realized AIS transit throughput as a confirmation gate. Each leg is either lit or unlit, and overall confidence is expressed as the count of consecutive lit legs. Returns a 422 no_charge error with no billing if data is unavailable. Descriptive only — not a forecast or advice.
Example use cases
Chokepoint disruption alert for logistics team
“Run the shipping gauge for the Suez Red Sea corridor right now and tell me how many of the three legs are lit — I need to know if sea conditions and AIS throughput are within normal thresholds before we route a shipment.”
Commodity trading desk chokepoint check
“What does the TruthBear shipping gauge show for Hormuz right now? I want the sea state and wind leg, the wave decomposition leg, and the AIS throughput confirmation, plus the overall confidence based on how many legs are active.”
Maritime risk monitoring for insurance underwriter
“Pull the current three-leg shipping gauge for Cape of Good Hope — I need the leading sea state reading, whether it's local storm or distant swell driving wave conditions, and what realized AIS transit throughput looks like right now.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://api.truthbear.co/gauge/shipping-regionWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a real-time, multi-signal descriptive assessment of conditions at a specific global shipping chokepoint, aggregating sea state, wave physics, and AIS throughput into a single confidence-weighted chain. Prefer it over single-source weather or AIS APIs when you want corroborating legs rather than one signal, and over forecast services when a current descriptive reading is sufficient. Best when monitoring known chokepoints (Malacca, Suez, Hormuz, Panama, Good Hope, English Channel) for logistics routing decisions or risk assessment.
Side effects
- 422 no_charge: no data available for the requested location — not billed
- Invalid loc parameter: unknown or unsupported location ID — check /gauge/preview for full list
- Partial confidence: one or more legs unlit due to missing upstream data from IMF PortWatch, NOAA, or Open-Meteo Marine
- Network timeout or upstream source unavailability resulting in incomplete chain response
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| input | object | |
| output | object |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"legs": {
"sea_state": {
"band": null,
"source_ref": "https://open-meteo.com/en/docs/marine-weather-api",
"record_hash": "sha256:a69ae225e6aa376b3bfa3d9e9a8dd435783ca62c149e599621be7f311ca1e329"
},
"throughput": {
"band": "no-coverage",
"source_ref": "https://aisstream.io/documentation",
"record_hash": "sha256:ae1dd2720dd4ae4d8ca046122b1e250d5646968a1cf5aec3af06d4e179bffa1e"
},
"route_disruption": {
"band": "operable",
"source_ref": "https://open-meteo.com/en/docs/marine-weather-api",
"record_hash": "sha256:713b0c84338039b1860da52058d9089cc1f2b32404a575bf3d5a550023bf0cb9"
}
},
"name": "Suez / Red Sea approach",
"grade": "screening-level, not decision-grade",
"scope": {
"full": "https://api.truthbear.co/scope/v1",
"verifiability": "unknown",
"monitoring_not_forecast": true,
"intelligence_not_command": true
},
"nature": "This API supplies data organisation and trend description only. It is not a recommendation to act; the decision is yours. Purely descriptive - no judgement, no prediction. Official source plus record_hash; verify with the free /gauge/verify.",
"location": "suez-redsea",
"provenance": {
"freshness": "fresh",
"age_hours_now": 15,
"freshness_basis": "cadence=default; fresh<=24h; recent<=192h; dead_source>1440h; age_basis=request-time(now minus observed_at)"
}
}
}Tags
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