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Answer Gate

by Verdict 402 in AI models & inference

x402 APIPassing, checked 1 h ago

For model cascades: is the small model's answer usable, or should the larger model be paid? Detects refusal, evasion, off-topic answers, contradiction and incompleteness; decides accept, review or escalate. Does not fact-check without a source: provide the source to check substance.

POST
https://verdict.kechlab.com/v1/answer-gate
Price
$0.0091
per call in USDC
Uptime
100%
last 30 days
Response time
568 ms
687 ms slowest 5%
Last check
Passed
1 h ago, next any minute now

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How to call it

POST https://verdict.kechlab.com/v1/answer-gate

Each call costs $0.0091 in USDC on Base, paid with the request over x402.

Run a free test callOne unpaid request, the way an agent sends it. You see the payment challenge it gets back. Nothing is charged.

Example request

From the listing.

POST https://verdict.kechlab.com/v1/answer-gate
content-type: application/json

{
  "answer": "I am sorry, I cannot access the document, but generally contracts have risks such as late payment.",
  "task": "List the three main risks mentioned in the contract and give the page of each."
}

Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
answerstringYesthe answer produced by the first model
sourceanyNo(optional) reference text to check consistency
taskstringYesthe requested task

Example response

The provider's example. We can't check it without paying.

Example response, 30 lines
{
  "mode": "answer-gate",
  "paid_sats": 20,
  "payment_hash": "x402:<sha256 hex>",
  "receipt": {
    "payload": {
      "at": "<ISO 8601 time>",
      "kid": "<signing key id>",
      "mode": "answer-gate",
      "payment_hash": "x402:<sha256 hex>",
      "v": 1,
      "verdict_sha256": "<sha256 hex of the verdict>"
    },
    "signature": "<base64url Ed25519 signature>"
  },
  "verdict": {
    "decision": "escalate",
    "reasons": [
      "refusal or evasion",
      "incomplete answer"
    ],
    "rule": "escalate if refusal >= 0.6, off-topic >= 0.6, inconsistency >= 0.6 or completeness < 0.4 ; accept if completeness >= 0.7 and all defects < 0.3 ; otherwise review",
    "scores": {
      "complete": 0.1,
      "contradiction": 0.02,
      "off_task": 0.05,
      "refusal": 0.92
    }
  }
}

Call it from code

The curl command shows the payment challenge. The JavaScript and Python versions pay and call, and never pay more than $0.0091.

curl: see the payment challenge
# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i -X POST 'https://verdict.kechlab.com/v1/answer-gate' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{"answer":"I am sorry, I cannot access the document, but generally contracts have risks such as late payment.","task":"List the three main risks mentioned in the contract and give the page of each."}'

# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - -X POST 'https://verdict.kechlab.com/v1/answer-gate' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{"answer":"I am sorry, I cannot access the document, but generally contracts have risks such as late payment.","task":"List the three main risks mentioned in the contract and give the page of each."}' \
  | grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decode
JavaScript: pay and call
// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";

// Pays at most $0.0091 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.0091" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);

// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.0091 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fverdict.kechlab.com%2Fv1%2Fanswer-gate&method=POST
const res = await pay("https://verdict.kechlab.com/v1/answer-gate", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "answer": "I am sorry, I cannot access the document, but generally contracts have risks such as late payment.",
    "task": "List the three main risks mentioned in the contract and give the page of each."
  }),
});
console.log(res.status, await res.text());
Python: pay and call
# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client

# Pays at most $0.0091 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.0091"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))

with x402_requests(client) as session:
    res = session.post(
        "https://verdict.kechlab.com/v1/answer-gate",
        json={
            "answer": "I am sorry, I cannot access the document, but generally contracts have risks such as late payment.",
            "task": "List the three main risks mentioned in the contract and give the page of each.",
        },
    )
    print(res.status_code, res.text)

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