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Announce a product launch or update: POST a product URL, pay in USDC over x402 (from $1.00), and get a published, indexed release or newswire distribution to 500+ news sites.","url":"https://agentpresswire.dev/v1/press-release?utm_source=zero.xyz","method":"POST","headers":{},"bodySchema":{"type":"object","properties":{"company":{"type":"string","maxLength":100,"description":"Optional: company or project name."},"contact":{"type":"string","maxLength":200,"description":"Optional: media contact line (name, email or URL) printed at the end."},"product_url":{"type":"string","format":"uri","description":"Public URL of the product, launch page, or repo being announced."},"announcement":{"type":"string","maxLength":500,"description":"What is being announced (new version, feature, launch, funding, milestone). Strongly recommended: without it we only write about news the page itself shows, and return 422 (not charged) if there is none."}}},"responseSchema":{"type":"json","example":{"id":"r_8f3k2m","headline":"Acme Releases Widget 2.0 With Parallel Builds","indexnow":"submitted","newsroom_url":"https://press.example/r/r_8f3k2m","release_markdown":"SAN FRANCISCO, October 1, 2026: Acme today released Widget 2.0, which ..."}},"example":null,"exampleRequest":null,"tags":["x402"],"displayCostAmount":"1","displayCostAsset":"USDC","priceDynamic":false,"priceHint":null,"priceStatus":"priced","priceSource":"probe","requiresHandshake":false,"reviewCount":0,"rating":{"score":"0.00","successRate":"0.00","reviews":0,"stars":null,"state":"unrated"},"availabilityStatus":"unknown","priceObserved":null,"sessionDeposit":null,"pricing":{"kind":"static","summary":"$1/call","primary":{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"1","per":"call","confidence":"exact"},"accepted":[{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"1","per":"call","confidence":"exact"}]},"paymentMethods":[{"uid":"pm_dB6mepT2VFwUqiM-jDWwo","protocol":"x402","methodType":"crypto","chain":"base","mode":"charge","costAmount":"1","costPer":"request","priority":0,"asset":"0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913","unit":"request","depositMicros":null,"planRef":null}],"brandName":null,"brandSlug":null,"brandBaseUrl":null,"brandDocsUrl":null,"whatItDoes":"Generates and distributes a press release for a product or announcement to 500+ news sites, paid in USDC via x402","exampleAgentPrompt":"Send out a press release announcing the launch of my developer tool — the product page is at https://mytool.dev and the big news is that we just hit 10,000 users and launched our v2.0 API. Company is DevCo Labs and media contact is press@devcol.com.","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"SaaS product version launch","prompt":"Publish a press release for the launch of our SaaS product v3.0 — the product page is https://acme.io/v3 and the announcement is that we've added real-time collaboration and a new free tier. Company name is Acme Inc., media contact is jane@acme.io."},{"title":"Open-source repo milestone announcement","prompt":"Create and distribute a press release for our open-source project just hitting 50,000 GitHub stars — here's the repo: https://github.com/myorg/myproject. The announcement is the 50k stars milestone and the release of v2.5 with plugin support."},{"title":"Startup funding round news","prompt":"We just closed a $5M seed round and I want to get it on the newswire. Our company is Promptly AI, the funding announcement page is https://promptly.ai/funding, and our media contact is founders@promptly.ai."}],"resultDescription":"Returns a JSON object with a unique release ID, the generated headline, a newsroom URL where the indexed release is publicly accessible, a full release_markdown string containing the formatted press release text, and an indexnow field confirming search-engine submission status.","failureModes":["422 Unprocessable Entity if the product_url has no newsworthy content and no announcement field was provided (not charged)","402 Payment Required if USDC payment over x402 is not completed or insufficient","400 Bad Request if product_url is missing or malformed","503 Service Unavailable if newswire distribution partners are temporarily unreachable","Thin or generic release generated if the announcement field is omitted and the product page lacks clear news signals"],"whenToPreferThis":"Choose this endpoint when an AI agent needs to autonomously publish and distribute a press release without human PR agency involvement, especially for product launches, version releases, or funding announcements targeting 500+ news outlets. It is uniquely suited for automated agent workflows because it accepts a USDC micropayment via x402 (no subscription or API key setup required), generates the release copy from a URL, and immediately indexes the result — making it the best choice when speed, automation, and broad syndication matter over bespoke editorial control.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-10T08:47:00.804Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"agent-press-wire-press-release-newswire-distribution-8f61c945"}