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Can you check if Peet's Coffee is ethically sourced and let me know if they have Fair Trade or direct trade certifications, any sourcing red flags, and what better alternatives might be available?"},{"title":"Find transparent pricing coffee roaster","prompt":"I want to support coffee farmers fairly. Check if Intelligentsia Coffee is transparent about farm-gate prices and has Rainforest Alliance certification, and suggest a more ethically sourced roaster if they fall short."},{"title":"Compare multiple brands' sourcing ethics","prompt":"Help me pick between three brands for my cafe—can you look up their Fair Trade and direct trade status, red flags, and price transparency for Dripkit, Onyx Coffee Lab, and Counter Culture Coffee?"}],"resultDescription":"Returns the coffee brand's Fair Trade, direct trade, and Rainforest Alliance certification status, a farm-gate price transparency signal, any ethical sourcing red flags, and a list of better-sourced roaster alternatives, grounded in Transparent Trade Coffee, Cup of Excellence, Fairtrade, and Rainforest Alliance data.","failureModes":["Unknown or very small coffee brand with no data in reference databases — returns null or low-confidence result","Brand name ambiguity causes misidentification (e.g. generic name matching multiple roasters)","Stale certification data if a brand's status changed recently","HTTP 402 if payment not attached","HTTP 400 if brand name parameter is missing or malformed"],"whenToPreferThis":"Use this endpoint when you need to specifically verify the ethical sourcing credentials of a coffee brand, including certification status and price transparency signals. 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