# x402.forgemesh.io AI Permissions Checker

> x402.forgemesh.io AI Permissions Checker is a paid API for AI agents from x402.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Checks whether a domain permits AI usage of its content by parsing robots.txt AI directives (search, ai-input, ai-train) into structured JSON with a plain-English interpretation.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402.forgemesh.io/check-ai-permissions
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-forgemesh-io-ai-permissions-checker-957823c4
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_nMCki-VE7o3ABb1C1kwKK

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-forgemesh-io-ai-permissions-checker-957823c4 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Before I scrape nytimes.com for my RAG pipeline, check whether it allows AI usage of its content — specifically whether search, ai-input, and ai-training are permitted.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint as a pre-flight check before any web scraping, RAG ingestion, or training-data collection workflow to ensure compliance with a domain's stated AI content policies. Especially critical after Cloudflare's September 2026 default gating that blocks AI crawlers. Prefer this over manually parsing robots.txt when you need structured, machine-readable permission flags in a single call.

## Known failure modes

- Domain does not exist or is unreachable — returns error or empty permissions
- Domain has no robots.txt — permissions may default to permissive or unknown
- Malformed domain input — validation error
- Domain blocks the checker's HTTP requests — unable to fetch directives
- Timeout fetching robots.txt from slow or rate-limiting servers

## How this service works

Check whether a domain allows AI usage of its content before you crawl: parses robots.txt Content-Signal and aipref directives (search / ai-input / ai-train) into structured JSON with a plain-English interpretation. Essential pre-flight for scraping, RAG, and training-data agents — especially after Cloudflare's Sept 15, 2026 default gating.

## Output

Returns structured JSON containing the parsed AI permission directives from the domain's robots.txt (covering search, ai-input, and ai-train signals), plus a plain-English summary of whether and how AI agents may use the site's content.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "domain": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Domain to check, e.g. example.com"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "domain": "theverge.com",
  "signals": {
   "search": "yes",
   "ai-input": "no",
   "ai-train": "no"
  },
  "declared": true,
  "interpretation": "site declares: search=yes, ai-input=no, ai-train=no"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-forgemesh-io-ai-permissions-checker-957823c4/health.json
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