x402_assess_services
Assess x402 services (paid)
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Call this when the free signals have run out: you hold 2 to 8 finalists from x402_search_services or x402_find_best_service, their stored fields do not separate them for YOUR stated need, and choosing wrong costs more than a quarter. It buys one fresh AI assessment reasoned against your question, not a cached grade; reading an already-computed assessment stays free via x402_get_service. Price: a one-time $0.25 USDC on Base, over two calls. Call once WITHOUT payment_signature_b64 to receive the x402 payment challenge verbatim (accepts[], amount, payTo, and a base64 PAYMENT-REQUIRED header); sign accepts[0] client-side with your own wallet; call again with the SAME question and services plus payment_signature_b64 to receive the report and a base64 PAYMENT-RESPONSE settlement receipt. This server holds no keys, never signs and never settles: it only relays the challenge. Optionally add probe { slug, endpoint_path? } to have one listed service paid and called for real and its answer analyzed: the challenge is then priced at $0.25 plus that endpoint price X, and the report gains a probe_report block with a verdict and truncated extracts, never the verbatim third-party body. When live probing is not armed the probe is ignored. Caveats: read the amount to sign from accepts[0].amount, never from a fixed figure, since a probe changes it; probe fees are non-refundable whatever the verdict; if the fresh run cannot be produced the server answers before settling, so you are never charged for nothing; there is no refund. Prices are US dollars.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| question | string | yes | The need to assess the shortlist against (1 to 1000 characters). |
| services | array | yes | Service slugs to compare for the need (1 to 8; find them with x402_search_services or x402_find_best_service). |
| payment_signature_b64 | string | no | Base64 PAYMENT-SIGNATURE for the x402 payment, produced by signing the accepts[0] challenge client-side. Omit on the first call to receive the challenge; set it on the retry to run the paid assessment. |
| probe | object | no | Optional live-probe request: pay one listed service for real and analyze what it returns. When the server has probing armed the price becomes $0.25 plus that endpoint price X (non-refundable); the report gains a probe_report block with a verdict and truncated extracts, never the verbatim third-party body. Ignored when probing is not armed. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"question": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 1000,
"description": "The need to assess the shortlist against (1 to 1000 characters)."
},
"services": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 200
},
"minItems": 1,
"maxItems": 8,
"description": "Service slugs to compare for the need (1 to 8; find them with x402_search_services or x402_find_best_service)."
},
"payment_signature_b64": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"description": "Base64 PAYMENT-SIGNATURE for the x402 payment, produced by signing the accepts[0] challenge client-side. Omit on the first call to receive the challenge; set it on the retry to run the paid assessment."
},
"probe": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 200,
"description": "Slug of one listed service to probe live (must be one of the services above or another listed slug)."
},
"endpoint_path": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 500,
"description": "Optional URL path on that service to probe, beginning with '/'. Omit to let the server pick the cheapest priced USDC-on-Base endpoint."
}
},
"required": [
"slug"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"description": "Optional live-probe request: pay one listed service for real and analyze what it returns. When the server has probing armed the price becomes $0.25 plus that endpoint price X (non-refundable); the report gains a probe_report block with a verdict and truncated extracts, never the verbatim third-party body. Ignored when probing is not armed."
}
},
"required": [
"question",
"services"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}