Api Endpoint

Research Brief with Citations

Web research in one call: ask a question and get a short cited answer, summarize a topic or get a Wikipedia summary. Returns a 1-3 sentence answer, key points tied to source ids, and the sources used (typically 1-5: title, URL, publisher, date, supporting quote), confidence and a free permalink. Sources: Wikipedia first, plus web pages, Stack Overflow, GitHub, papers, docs. Example: "What is the Model Context Protocol?". 0.01 USDC/call; failed calls are free.

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Offering

Provider
x402-seller-pmlm.onrender.com
Method
GET
Offering type
Api Endpoint
Transport type
http
Category
Web Search Research
Delivery
Not provided
Pricing model
Not provided
x402 version
2

Endpoint context

URL
https://x402-seller-pmlm.onrender.com/report
MIME type
application/json
First seen
2026-10-16T01:50:06.715Z
Last seen
Tags
research brief, web research, summarize a topic, wikipedia summary, answer a question with sources

Payment pricing

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Observed health

Status
Healthy
Latest latency
143 ms
Average latency
428 ms
HTTP status
402
Last checked
Reachability
100% over 8 checks

Latency is measured to the first response headers. A reachable result does not verify response accuracy or merchant identity.

Input schema

{
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  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
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      ]
    },
    "queryParams": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "q": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 2,
          "maxLength": 300,
          "description": "Question or topic in plain words, e.g. 'What is the Model Context Protocol?', 'How does a heat pump work?', 'history of the transistor'"
        },
        "depth": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "quick",
            "standard"
          ],
          "description": "quick = encyclopedia + instant answer only (faster); standard (default) adds official docs, Stack Overflow, GitHub, articles linked from Hacker News, and scholarly papers"
        },
        "lang": {
          "type": "string",
          "pattern": "^[a-z]{2,3}$",
          "description": "Wikipedia language code, default en"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "q"
      ]
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
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Output schema

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  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "properties": {
    "input": {
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      "properties": {
        "method": {
          "enum": [
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          ],
          "type": "string"
        },
        "queryParams": {
          "properties": {
            "depth": {
              "description": "quick = encyclopedia + instant answer only (faster); standard (default) adds official docs, Stack Overflow, GitHub, articles linked from Hacker News, and scholarly papers",
              "enum": [
                "quick",
                "standard"
              ],
              "type": "string"
            },
            "lang": {
              "description": "Wikipedia language code, default en",
              "pattern": "^[a-z]{2,3}$",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "q": {
              "description": "Question or topic in plain words, e.g. 'What is the Model Context Protocol?', 'How does a heat pump work?', 'history of the transistor'",
              "maxLength": 300,
              "minLength": 2,
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "q"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        },
        "type": {
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          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "type",
        "method"
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      "type": "object"
    },
    "output": {
      "properties": {
        "example": {
          "properties": {
            "answer": {
              "description": "1-3 sentence direct answer (plain text; ids in answer_citations)",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "answer_citations": {
              "description": "source ids supporting the answer",
              "items": {
                "type": "integer"
              },
              "type": "array"
            },
            "bullets": {
              "description": "Key points, each with [n] citations",
              "items": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "type": "array"
            },
            "cached": {
              "type": "boolean"
            },
            "checked_at": {
              "description": "ISO time the sources were checked",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "confidence": {
              "description": "high = 3+ cited sources from 2+ providers or 2+ primary/authoritative publishers",
              "enum": [
                "high",
                "medium",
                "low"
              ],
              "type": "string"
            },
            "confidenceBasis": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "confidence_why": {
              "description": "One line: why this confidence level",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "depth": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "generatedAt": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "key_points": {
              "description": "Key points, each tied to the source ids that support it",
              "items": {
                "properties": {
                  "citations": {
                    "items": {
                      "type": "integer"
                    },
                    "type": "array"
                  },
                  "text": {
                    "type": "string"
                  }
                },
                "required": [
                  "text",
                  "citations"
                ],
                "type": "object"
              },
              "type": "array"
            },
            "lang": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "latencyMs": {
              "type": "integer"
            },
            "method": {
              "description": "extractive, extractive (Wikipedia lead + ranked sentences), or llm-synthesis:<model>",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "next": {
              "description": "Suggested follow-up calls",
              "items": {
                "properties": {
                  "call": {
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "endpoint": {
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "why": {
                    "type": "string"
                  }
                },
                "type": "object"
              },
              "type": "array"
            },
            "permalink": {
              "description": "Free shareable page for this answer (/a/<id>; add ?format=json). Kept in memory, may reset on redeploy",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "providers": {
              "items": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "type": "array"
            },
            "query": {
              "type": "string"
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            "sourceCount": {
              "type": "integer"
            },
            "sources": {
              "items": {
                "properties": {
                  "id": {
                    "type": "integer"
                  },
                  "provider": {
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "published": {
                    "description": "YYYY-MM-DD when known",
                    "type": [
                      "string",
                      "null"
                    ]
                  },
                  "publishedAt": {
                    "type": [
                      "string",
                      "null"
                    ]
                  },
                  "publisher": {
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "quote": {
                    "description": "Sentence from this source that supports the cited claim",
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "snippet": {
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "title": {
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "type": {
                    "enum": [
                      "encyclopedia",
                      "instant_answer",
                      "discussion",
                      "paper",
                      "web_page"
                    ],
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "url": {
                    "type": "string"
                  }
                },
                "required": [
                  "id",
                  "title",
                  "url"
                ],
                "type": "object"
              },
              "type": "array"
            },
            "summary": {
              "description": "Same answer with inline [n] citations",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "topic": {
              "description": "Topic extracted from q (request words like 'summarize' removed)",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "wikipedia": {
              "description": "Wikipedia summary card for the topic, when one matches",
              "properties": {
                "description": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "extract": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "lastEdited": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "thumbnail": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "title": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "url": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "wikidataId": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                }
              },
              "type": [
                "object",
                "null"
              ]
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      "required": [
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      "type": "object"
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  "type": "object"
}