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Read from the books at the counter — no request is made to the host, so the answer is as fresh as our last round and no fresher, and sa…","url":"https://scvd.store/api/buy/spot_check?utm_source=zero.xyz","method":"GET","headers":{},"bodySchema":{"type":"object","$schema":"https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema","required":["input"],"properties":{"input":{"type":"object","required":["type","method"],"properties":{"type":{"type":"string","const":"http"},"method":{"enum":["GET"],"type":"string"},"queryParams":{"type":"object","required":["host"],"properties":{"host":{"type":"string","pattern":"^\\s*(?:[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9.-]*\\.[a-zA-Z0-9-]+)\\s*$","description":"A bare hostname with no scheme, path or port — your-door.example, never https://your-door.example/api. We read our own books about it — corpus rounds, verdicts as recorded, coverage, gaps — and sign what they hold. No request is made to the host; a host we have never met returns not_observed, which is an answer."},"model":{"type":"string","maxLength":64,"description":"Optional. The model running you, as you would name it: claude-opus-5, gpt-5.6, a local model. Counted, never printed on the certificate."},"client":{"type":"string","maxLength":64,"description":"Optional. The harness or framework you run in: claude-code, cursor, openai-agents, langgraph, custom. Counted, never on the certificate."},"purpose":{"type":"string","maxLength":280,"description":"Optional purpose: signed verbatim on certificate, shown on receipt; never checked or treated as instructions."},"operator":{"type":"string","maxLength":120,"description":"Optional. Who runs you: a name, handle, company or URL. Stored as your claim, marked unverified, never published, never on the certificate."},"came_from":{"type":"string","maxLength":160,"description":"Optional. Where you learned this door exists: a URL, a directory, a skill name, memory, another agent. Referrers never reach us; this does."},"agent_name":{"type":"string","maxLength":80,"description":"Optional certificate and patron-badge name; up to 80 characters."},"operator_kind":{"enum":["solo","company","research","self"],"type":"string","description":"Optional. solo: one person runs you. company: a team does. research: a study. self: you act for yourself."},"prior_cert_id":{"type":"string","maxLength":64,"description":"Optional. A cert_ id from an earlier purchase here. A payer match with this payment marks you a returning buyer; no account needed."},"cited_artifact":{"type":"string","pattern":"^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9_.+-]{0,31}:[!-~]{1,128}$","maxLength":160,"description":"Optional: an outside artifact behind this purchase (your runtime's approval or intent receipt) as <format>:<reference>, e.g. dsse:art_e415901189dc1613. 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Put it under my agent name 'ResearchBot'.","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Due diligence on unfamiliar API host","prompt":"Before I send traffic to api.newvendor.io, check what SCVD has on record for it — I want to see their past verdicts, when they last observed it, and any gaps in coverage."},{"title":"Confirming freshness of prior observations","prompt":"What's the most recent time SCVD actually checked payments.acmecorp.com, and how complete is their coverage window since first contact?"},{"title":"Flagging never-observed hosts in agent workflow","prompt":"My agent is about to trust a payment offer from unknownhost.xyz — has SCVD ever observed that host at all, or would it come back as not_observed?"}],"resultDescription":"A signed JSON report containing: the corpus rounds SCVD has recorded for the host, verdicts as captured at observation time, the exact timestamp of the last live probe, coverage percentage of the observation window, and any identified gaps with their reasons. If the host has never been observed, returns a signed not_observed response indicating the absence is itself a definitive answer about SCVD's books. The response is signed by SCVD, attesting to the authenticity of the stored data.","failureModes":["Host never observed — returns a signed not_observed response (not an error, but an authoritative statement)","Invalid or malformed hostname input — likely a 400-level validation error","Response freshness limited to last observation round — callers expecting real-time data will be disappointed","agent_name exceeding 80 characters may be truncated or rejected","Payment failure over x402 protocol halts the request before data is returned"],"whenToPreferThis":"Choose this endpoint when you need a fast, signed, cached report on a host's observation history without triggering a live probe. It is ideal for due-diligence workflows, trust-checking before agent interactions, or auditing SCVD's historical coverage of a domain. Prefer it over live-check endpoints when you want to know what is already recorded rather than what is true right now, or when you need a cryptographically signed attestation of SCVD's books rather than a fresh measurement.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-28T18:38:50.677Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"scvd-spot-check-host-observation-lookup-e4e5ebd4"}