# Vaaya Icypeas Email Verification

> Vaaya Icypeas Email Verification is a paid API for AI agents from vaaya.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Initiates an async SMTP-level email deliverability check via Icypeas and returns a job ID for polling results

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://vaaya.ai/api/run/icypeas/email-verification
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/vaaya-icypeas-email-verification-450126fa
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_zCmUz74sPiSNeG_q59xnb

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 vaaya-icypeas-email-verification-450126fa -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Run an SMTP-level email verification on john.doe@acme.com through Icypeas so I can confirm it's deliverable before I add it to my outreach list — poll until you get a final status back.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need SMTP-level email deliverability verification and want a second infrastructure source beyond Tomba or Prospeo to cross-check risky or uncertain addresses. Best used as a secondary verifier when another tool flags an email as risky, or as a standalone check when email bounce risk is a concern before a send. The async model suits batched pre-campaign verification workflows where near-real-time latency is acceptable.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid email format returns a validation error before the job is created
- Polling too fast (>30/min) hits Icypeas rate cap and may return errors or empty responses
- Job may remain IN_PROGRESS for an extended time if SMTP server is slow to respond
- If the result endpoint is not polled, the async result is never retrieved
- Network or provider-side failures may leave the job in an indeterminate state

## How this service works

Verify an email address's deliverability via Icypeas (SMTP-level). Pass `email`. Returns `{ item: { _id } }` immediately — the search runs async. KEEP POLLING icypeas/result with that `id` (every 3-5s; Icypeas caps reads at 30/min) until `status` leaves NONE/SCHEDULED/IN_PROGRESS. FOUND/DEBITED = hit, NOT_FOUND/DEBITED_NOT_FOUND = processed but empty. Second verification rung next to tomba/email-verifier — same price, different infrastructure; cross-check risky addresses before a send.

## Output

Returns immediately with `{ item: { _id } }` containing the Icypeas job ID. The agent must then poll the icypeas/result endpoint every 3–5 seconds (max 30 reads/min) using that ID until the status field moves beyond NONE, SCHEDULED, or IN_PROGRESS. Final statuses: FOUND/DEBITED = valid and deliverable; NOT_FOUND/DEBITED_NOT_FOUND = processed but address not confirmed deliverable.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "type": "string",
     "enum": [
      "POST"
     ]
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "type": "string",
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ]
    },
    "body": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "email": {
       "type": "string",
       "format": "email"
      },
      "custom": {
       "type": "object",
       "properties": {
        "webhookUrl": {
         "type": "string",
         "format": "uri"
        },
        "externalId": {
         "type": "string",
         "minLength": 1,
         "maxLength": 200
        }
       },
       "additionalProperties": false
      }
     },
     "required": [
      "email"
     ],
     "additionalProperties": false,
     "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
    },
    "pathParams": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   },
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   },
   "required": [
    "type"
   ]
  }
 },
 "required": [
  "input"
 ]
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/vaaya-icypeas-email-verification-450126fa/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from vaaya.ai](https://www.zero.xyz/host/vaaya.ai/llms.txt)