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Short verdict LOW_RISK, CAUTION or HIGH_RISK with a 0-100 safety score, one plain sentence, can it be sold, buy tax, liquidity, owner control and the top three risks, for a contract on Base, Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon or Solana.","url":"https://api.marketintelligenceapi.com/api/v1/intelligence/rug-check/:address?utm_source=zero.xyz","method":"GET","headers":{},"bodySchema":{"type":"object","$schema":"https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema","required":["input","output"],"properties":{"input":{"type":"object","required":["type","method"],"properties":{"type":{"type":"string","const":"http"},"method":{"enum":["GET"],"type":"string"},"pathParams":{"type":"object","required":["address"],"properties":{"address":{"type":"string","examples":["0x940181a94a35a4569e4529a3cdfb74e38fd98631"],"description":"Token contract address, e.g. 0x940181a94a35a4569e4529a3cdfb74e38fd98631 (Base), or a Solana mint"}},"additionalProperties":false},"queryParams":{"type":"object","properties":{"chain":{"type":"string","default":"base","description":"Chain of the token: base, ethereum, arbitrum, optimism or polygon (token-risk also takes solana). 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What's the buy tax and liquidity situation?"},{"title":"DeFi due diligence on Solana token","prompt":"Do a rug check on this Solana token at address EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v — give me the LOW_RISK/CAUTION/HIGH_RISK verdict, owner control info, and the three biggest red flags."}],"resultDescription":"Returns a structured JSON response containing: a short risk verdict (LOW_RISK, CAUTION, or HIGH_RISK), a numeric safety score from 0 to 100, one plain-English summary sentence, a boolean indicating whether the token can be sold, the buy tax percentage, current liquidity level, whether the owner has dangerous controls, and the top three identified risk factors.","failureModes":["Invalid or unrecognized contract address — returns error indicating address not found","Unsupported chain specified — returns error listing valid chains","Token contract not yet indexed or too new — may return incomplete data or error","Network timeout or upstream data provider unavailability — returns 5xx error","Malformed address format — returns validation error"],"whenToPreferThis":"Use this endpoint when an agent or user needs a quick, actionable safety verdict on a specific token contract before trading or investing. 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