# SurfAI Ask Surf Chat

> SurfAI Ask Surf Chat is a paid API for AI agents from x402.asksurf.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.2/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Answers crypto intelligence and research questions via an AI chat interface, paid per query at $0.20 USDC

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402.asksurf.ai/x402/tools/ask_surf_chat
- Price: $0.2/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-asksurf-ai-40b70dd6
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Lqk-5KmcyZp8w_4dODRAp

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 x402-asksurf-ai-40b70dd6 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Ask Surf to research the current state of the Ethereum restaking ecosystem — who are the main protocols, what are the risks, and which ones have the most TVL right now?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need AI-powered crypto research and intelligence answers — especially for nuanced questions about DeFi protocols, token analysis, on-chain data interpretation, or blockchain project research where a conversational AI response is preferred over raw data lookups.

## Known failure modes

- Insufficient USDC balance or payment failure returns 402 Payment Required
- Ambiguous or off-topic (non-crypto) questions may return low-quality or refused responses
- Service unavailability returns 5xx errors
- Rate limiting may occur under heavy usage

## How this service works

Payment for Ask Surf chat ($0.20 USDC)

## Output

An AI-generated chat response containing crypto intelligence, research insights, analysis, or factual answers about blockchain topics, returned as a text response to the submitted query.

## Example request

```json
{
 "user_query": "What are the main differences between Bitcoin and Ethereum in terms of consensus mechanisms and use cases?"
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "user_query"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "user_query": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Single user query"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "model": "string",
 "content": "string",
 "reasoning": "string|null",
 "raw_response": "object|null"
}
```

## More

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