# utunumus studio – Image Generation (Quality)

> utunumus studio – Image Generation (Quality) is a paid API for AI agents from studio.utunumus.com, paid per call via x402, $0.018/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Generates a high-quality image from a text prompt, billed per image at $0.018 USDC settled on Base via x402.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://studio.utunumus.com/v1/image.generate-quality
- Price: $0.018/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/utunumus-studio-image-generation-quality-c8abf388
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Gi3WdtqvuPdOLHMZZ3Seu

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 utunumus-studio-image-generation-quality-c8abf388 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Generate a high-quality image of a serene mountain lake at golden hour with pine trees reflecting in the still water.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need programmatic, per-call AI image generation with micropayment settlement on Base via x402 — ideal for AI agents that need to pay-per-use without subscriptions. Prefer this over subscription-based image APIs when building autonomous agents with on-chain payment flows, or when integrating image generation into a Base/crypto-native workflow.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required 'prompt' field returns a 400 Bad Request error
- Payment not settled or x402 authorization missing returns a 402 Payment Required response
- Prompt content violates safety/moderation policy returns a 4xx rejection
- Service timeout or upstream model unavailability returns a 503 error
- Prompt too long or malformed returns a validation error

## How this service works

x402-paid media utilities for agents: background removal, upscaling, text-to-speech, image generation. Paid per deliverable, settled on Base.

## Output

Returns a generated image file (or URL pointing to the rendered image) based on the input text prompt, produced at quality tier settings, billed at $0.018 USDC per call via the x402 payment protocol on Base.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "prompt"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "prompt": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/utunumus-studio-image-generation-quality-c8abf388/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from studio.utunumus.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/studio.utunumus.com/llms.txt)