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Can you break down the real APR on each balance, show me which platform is the biggest financial trap, and tell me which debt I should attack first?"},{"title":"Buy-now-pay-later risk assessment","prompt":"Before I make another BNPL purchase, I want to understand the actual cost. What's the real interest rate hiding in my current Zip balance, what late fees or hidden charges should I watch out for, and is it even worth keeping this account open?"},{"title":"Escape my BNPL debt in 90 days","prompt":"I've been using Klarna way too much and I'm tired of the payments hanging over my head. Give me the true APR on what I owe, tell me what risks I'm exposed to, and create a realistic action plan to get completely debt-free from BNPL in the next three months."}],"resultDescription":"Returns the computed true APR for each specified BNPL platform balance, a list of platform-specific risk flags (e.g. late fees, deferred interest traps), and a prioritized escape strategy with actionable steps to pay down or eliminate the BNPL debt.","failureModes":["Unsupported BNPL platform returns an error or null result","Missing required balance or payment schedule inputs cause a 400 error","Ambiguous or malformed input data results in inaccurate APR computation","Service unavailable returns a 402 or 5xx error requiring retry"],"whenToPreferThis":"Use this endpoint when a user specifically needs the true cost (real APR) of BNPL products from Klarna, Afterpay, Affirm, or Zip, and wants actionable advice for clearing that debt. 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