# Verity Suite Source Quick Assessment

> Verity Suite Source Quick Assessment is a paid API for AI agents from verity-suite.onrender.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Assesses the trustworthiness and reliability of a URL, domain, outlet, organization, or author, returning a calibrated trust verdict and score.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://verity-suite.onrender.com/source/quick
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/verity-suite-source-quick-assessment-48e778eb
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_2GQ5MZYW3QvbroVy9Jk1b

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 verity-suite-source-quick-assessment-48e778eb -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you check how trustworthy reuters.com is as a source for financial news — I want to know if I can rely on it for market reporting?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when an AI agent needs a quick, calibrated reliability verdict on a specific source — a URL, domain, outlet, org, or author — especially before citing, summarizing, or acting on information from that source. Prefer this over generic web searches when you need a structured trust score with explicit reasons and red flags rather than raw search results.

## Known failure modes

- Unknown or obscure source returns trust='unknown' with low confidence and minimal reasons
- Malformed or inaccessible URL may yield an error or unknown verdict
- Ambiguous author names without domain context may reduce assessment quality
- Paywalled or private domains may lack sufficient evidence for a strong verdict
- Rate limits or service unavailability return HTTP errors without a trust verdict

## How this service works

The trust fabric for AI agents — calibrated, fail-closed services agents pay per call.

## Output

Returns a trust label (trusted, mixed, untrusted, or unknown), a numeric reliability score from 0 to 1, a list of reasons explaining the assessment, optional evidence sources consulted, and any specific red flags identified about the source.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "source"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "source": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "a URL, domain, outlet, org, or author to assess"
  },
  "purpose": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "what the source is being trusted for"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "title": "verify_id_out",
 "required": [
  "trust",
  "score",
  "reasons"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "score": {
   "type": "number",
   "title": "Score",
   "maximum": 1,
   "minimum": 0,
   "description": "0 = unreliable, 1 = highly reliable"
  },
  "trust": {
   "enum": [
    "trusted",
    "mixed",
    "untrusted",
    "unknown"
   ],
   "type": "string",
   "title": "Trust",
   "description": "overall reliability verdict"
  },
  "reasons": {
   "type": "array",
   "items": {
    "type": "string"
   },
   "title": "Reasons",
   "description": "what the assessment is based on"
  },
  "sources": {
   "type": "array",
   "items": {
    "type": "string"
   },
   "title": "Sources",
   "description": "evidence about the source actually used"
  },
  "red_flags": {
   "type": "array",
   "items": {
    "type": "string"
   },
   "title": "Red Flags",
   "description": "specific reliability concerns"
  }
 }
}
```

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