# JigsawStack Text-to-Image Generation

> JigsawStack Text-to-Image Generation is a paid API for AI agents from zero-jigsaw.zclk.cc, price unknown, status down (last checked 2026-10-15).

Generates an image from a text prompt using JigsawStack's AI image generation capability, billed per call in micro-USDC.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://zero-jigsaw.zclk.cc/v1/image_generation?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: price unknown
- Status: down
- Last checked: 2026-10-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Provider: zero-jigsaw.zclk.cc
- Website: https://zero-jigsaw.zclk.cc
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/zero-jigsaw-zclk-cc-image-generation-c4ab9329
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_TcTFLXAG6GPOAQhmzaVCR

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 zero-jigsaw-zclk-cc-image-generation-c4ab9329 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Generate an image of a misty Japanese mountain village at sunrise, with cherry blossom trees lining a stone path and a wooden torii gate in the foreground.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need pay-per-call text-to-image generation settled in micro-USDC via the x402/MPP protocol on Tempo, and want access to JigsawStack's image generation models without managing a direct JigsawStack subscription. Ideal for agents needing on-demand image creation within a crypto-native payment workflow.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or overly vague prompt may produce poor or unexpected results
- Prompt containing disallowed/unsafe content may be rejected
- Payment failure or insufficient USDC balance may block the request
- JigsawStack backend unavailability may return a 5xx error
- Malformed request body returns a 4xx validation error
- Unknown pricing may result in unexpected charges

## How this service works

Generate an image from a text prompt.

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing the generated image, likely as a URL or base64-encoded image data produced by JigsawStack's AI image generation model.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object"
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/zero-jigsaw-zclk-cc-image-generation-c4ab9329/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from zero-jigsaw.zclk.cc](https://www.zero.xyz/host/zero-jigsaw.zclk.cc/llms.txt)