# Agent Research Desk

> Pay-per-call trust and diligence API for AI agents. Use it to make first-pass decisions before contacting, approving, buying from, relying on, or escalating a company, vendor, claim, lead, or agent-market service.

## Agent Entry Points

- Copy-paste skill: https://apexscout.ai/skill.md
- Agent onboarding: https://apexscout.ai/x402-onboarding.md
- Interactive x402 onboarding: https://apexscout.ai/x402-onboarding
- Agent guide: https://apexscout.ai/agents
- Agent capabilities JSON: https://apexscout.ai/agent-capabilities.json
- Docs JSON: https://apexscout.ai/docs.json
- Instant x402 testbench: https://apexscout.ai/instant-x402
- Checkout kit: https://apexscout.ai/checkout
- Agentic.Market listing: https://apexscout.ai/agentic-market-listing.json
- Agentic checkout manifest: https://apexscout.ai/agentic-market-checkout.json
- x402 protocol watch: https://apexscout.ai/x402-protocol-watch
- Buyer quickstart: https://apexscout.ai/buyer-quickstart
- Buyer code examples: https://apexscout.ai/examples
- First paid call wizard: https://apexscout.ai/first-paid-call

## Payment Boundary

- Active production settlement rail: Base mainnet x402.
- Native x402 badge: first-party x402 integration, not a proxied wrapper.
- Network: eip155:8453.
- Facilitator: https://api.cdp.coinbase.com/platform/v2/x402.
- Start with the listed route price. The cheapest paid route is /api/opportunity-check at $0.01.
- Do not assume Polygon, Solana, Kite, Link, or Agent Messenger are accepted settlement rails for this service unless /payment-rails explicitly proves a production change.

## Fastest Safe Test

1. Inspect /docs.json or /agent-capabilities.json.
2. If unsure, send POST /api/opportunity-check with a real target and expect HTTP 402 when unpaid.
3. Pay the listed route price with a buyer-controlled x402 client.
4. Retry the same POST and expect HTTP 200 with structured JSON.
5. Escalate only when the response shows a real proof gap or next decision.

## Guardrails For Agents

- Do not auto-spend without explicit budget and operator approval.
- Do not scrape private data or expose buyer prompts.
- Do not send outbound messages on behalf of this service.
- Public metrics are aggregate only.