$ man research-topic-scan
/research-topic-scan
PRICE / CALL
$0.06
USDC · base mainnet · scheme: exact
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NAME
research-topic-scan — research scan api for a multi source search sweep: send one query and get back web results, recent news, an encyclopedia summary, academi…
SYNOPSIS
POST https://x402.agentutility.ai/research-topic-scan
Content-Type: application/json
X-PAYMENT: <signed-transferWithAuthorization>
{ ... }↳ first call → 402 Payment Required. Sign USDCtransferWithAuthorization, retry with theX-PAYMENT header.
DESCRIPTION
Research scan API for a multi source search sweep: send one query and get back web results, recent news, an encyclopedia summary, academic papers, developer/Hacker News chatter, and X/Twitter chatter in a single call. Built for agent-led research, topic research, and due-diligence sweeps where a caller would otherwise fire off six separate lookups and merge them by hand. Composite: one call runs web-search + news-search + wikipedia-search + arxiv-search + hn-search + x-search in parallel, dedupes hits by URL, and tags each result with its source. Only web-search is required; news/wikipedia/arxiv/hn/x-search degrade the response instead of failing the call if their upstream is slow or down (x-search also needs a configured X bearer token). Use it as a research scan API, a topic research tool, or a web-news-papers-tweets aggregator for agents scoping a subject before they write or decide.
INPUT — request schema
| property | type | description | req? |
|---|
| query | string | The topic or question to research, e.g. 'stablecoin regulation 2026'. Max 500 chars. | required |
| limit | number | Max results to request per source before merge/dedupe (default 10, max 25). | optional |
OUTPUT — response shape
| field | type | description |
|---|
| query | string | — |
| returned | string | — |
| by_source | string | — |
| results | string | — |
| composed_of | string | — |
| components | string | — |
| degraded | string | — |
EXAMPLES — two ways to call
EXAMPLE 1 · curl
curl -X POST https://x402.agentutility.ai/research-topic-scan \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{ }'first response = 402 Payment Required with payment requirements; sign + retry with X-PAYMENT.
EXAMPLE 2 · mcp
# Install the MCP package for this endpoint's cluster
npx -y @agentutility/mcp-<cluster>
# Required: EVM private key with USDC on Base
export X402_PRIVATE_KEY=0x...
# Then call the research-topic-scan tool from your MCP-aware agent.
MCP server handles payment automatically — your coding agent just calls the tool by name.
METADATA
- tags
- composeresearchtopicscanresearch-topic-scanweb searchnews searchtweet searchx search
- methods
- POST
- cluster
- compose
- price
- $0.06 USDC per call
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