trace_payment
Trace a payment
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Use this whenever you need to determine whether a supported stablecoin payment completed, failed, or is delayed — where the money currently is, who owns the next step, and what should happen next. Typical triggers: 'the recipient says the payment never arrived', 'this payout is stuck', 'did this transaction go through?'. Give it a Base transaction hash, Solana signature, Bridge transfer ID, Circle payment ID, or a Base/Solana wallet address (USDC). Trace correlates blockchain and provider evidence into one deterministic normalized state: completed/terminal flags, health, current stage and owner, an evidence-backed diagnosis code with a machine-readable suggested action and retry timing, and a knowledge model separating observed facts from inferences from what Trace cannot see (e.g. beneficiary bank credit — onchain finality never proves the recipient's bank credited funds; unknown never means failed). Public blockchain data works without authentication; provider-connected state requires an API key. If the user has no identifier, ask for a transaction hash, provider payment ID, or supported wallet address. Read-only: this tool never moves funds, retries payments, signs transactions, or guarantees beneficiary receipt — do not use it to send or swap anything. If a payment's state is unresolved, do NOT send a replacement payment; follow the returned warnings and suggested action instead.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| input | string | yes | Transaction hash, provider payment ID, or wallet address to trace. |
| input_type | string | no | Optional. Defaults to auto-detection. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"input": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Transaction hash, provider payment ID, or wallet address to trace."
},
"input_type": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"auto",
"base_tx_hash",
"solana_signature",
"bridge_transfer_id",
"circle_payment_id",
"base_address",
"solana_address"
],
"description": "Optional. Defaults to auto-detection."
}
},
"required": [
"input"
]
}