# x402 Micro Pay Research Skill

> x402 Micro Pay Research Skill is a paid API for AI agents from x402-micro-pay.com, paid per call via x402, $0.015/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-11).

Executes a paid research microservice call via x402 payment rails, returning structured research results for agent workflows.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402-micro-pay.com/api/skills/research?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.015/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-11
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-micro-pay-research-skill-064abd98
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ZuFIVn7RkEA6B9ZtiOmQQ

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-micro-pay-research-skill-064abd98 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Use the x402 micro pay research skill to look up information about recent advances in CRISPR gene editing — send an HTTP POST to the research path with the topic as the body and handle the $0.015 micropayment automatically.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a pay-per-call, agent-native research microservice that integrates x402 micropayment settlement automatically — ideal for autonomous agent pipelines that must operate without human intervention and benefit from Coinbase-curated, Stripe-backed payment rails at $0.015 per call.

## Known failure modes

- Payment failure — insufficient USDC balance or x402 payment rejected, returning a 402 status
- Invalid input schema — missing required 'type' or 'method' fields in the input object
- Malformed body type — unsupported bodyType value causing a parsing error
- Network or service timeout — microservice unavailable, returning a 5xx error
- Incorrect HTTP method — sending GET instead of POST yields method-not-allowed error

## How this service works

Agent-ready microservices with x402 + Stripe rails, volume primitives, tutorials, and applet UI.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with an 'ok' boolean indicating success and the path that was called (e.g. {"ok": true, "path": "/api/skills/research"}), along with any research data generated for the submitted query.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "query": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "ok": true,
  "path": "/api/skills/research"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-micro-pay-research-skill-064abd98/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402-micro-pay.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402-micro-pay.com/llms.txt)