Canary Check
by Verdict 402 in Onchain & crypto
Did a model reply leak what it should keep secret? Canary tokens and secret phrases searched by code (even split, spaced or uppercased), then paraphrases of the system prompt read by the engine. Returns clean, review or leak.
https://verdict.kechlab.com/v1/canary-check- Price
- $0.0091
- per call in USDC
- Uptime
- 100%
- last 30 days
- Response time
- 573 ms
- 761 ms slowest 5%
- Last check
- Passed
- 2 h ago, next any minute now
Reliability
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How to call it
POST https://verdict.kechlab.com/v1/canary-check
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/canary-check
content-type: application/json
{
"canaries": [
"ZEBRA-4471"
],
"output": "Our store opens at 9 am and closes at 6 pm on weekdays."
}Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
canaries | array of string | Yes | list of 1 to 10 tokens or phrases that must never come out |
output | string | Yes | the model reply to check |
secret_text | any | No | (optional) confidential text (system prompt) whose paraphrases are also searched |
Example response
The provider's example. We can't check it without paying.
Example response, 26 lines
{
"mode": "canary-check",
"paid_sats": 20,
"payment_hash": "x402:<sha256 hex>",
"receipt": {
"payload": {
"at": "<ISO 8601 time>",
"kid": "<signing key id>",
"mode": "canary-check",
"payment_hash": "x402:<sha256 hex>",
"v": 1,
"verdict_sha256": "<sha256 hex of the verdict>"
},
"signature": "<base64url Ed25519 signature>"
},
"verdict": {
"canaries_found": 0,
"decision": "clean",
"reasons": [],
"rule": "leak if a token is found (code), or paraphrase >= 0.8, or recitation of instructions >= 0.8 ; review if any score >= 0.4 ; otherwise clean",
"scores": {
"meta_leak": 0.01,
"paraphrase": 0.02
}
}
}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/canary-check' \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{"canaries":["ZEBRA-4471"],"output":"Our store opens at 9 am and closes at 6 pm on weekdays."}'
# 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/canary-check' \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{"canaries":["ZEBRA-4471"],"output":"Our store opens at 9 am and closes at 6 pm on weekdays."}' \
| grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decodeJavaScript: 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%2Fcanary-check&method=POST
const res = await pay("https://verdict.kechlab.com/v1/canary-check", {
method: "POST",
headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({
"canaries": [
"ZEBRA-4471"
],
"output": "Our store opens at 9 am and closes at 6 pm on weekdays."
}),
});
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/canary-check",
json={
"canaries": [
"ZEBRA-4471",
],
"output": "Our store opens at 9 am and closes at 6 pm on weekdays.",
},
)
print(res.status_code, res.text)Security scan
No findings
We scan names, descriptions and tool definitions for hidden instructions and other prompt-injection patterns.
Recent checks
| When | Result | HTTP | Time | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 h ago | Passed | 402 | 512 ms | $0.0091 |
| 7 h ago | Passed | 402 | 597 ms | $0.0091 |
| 13 h ago | Passed | 402 | 761 ms | $0.0091 |
| 18 h ago | Passed | 402 | 771 ms | $0.0092 |
| 23 h ago | Passed | 402 | 610 ms | $0.0092 |
Show 10 older checks
| 28 h ago | Passed | 402 | 698 ms | $0.0092 |
| 33 h ago | Passed | 402 | 476 ms | $0.0092 |
| 38 h ago | Passed | 402 | 424 ms | $0.0092 |
| 43 h ago | Passed | 402 | 512 ms | $0.0092 |
| 2 days ago | Passed | 402 | 658 ms | $0.0092 |
| 2 days ago | Passed | 402 | 514 ms | $0.0092 |
| 2 days ago | Passed | 402 | 511 ms | $0.0093 |
| 3 days ago | Passed | 402 | 632 ms | $0.0093 |
| 3 days ago | Passed | 402 | 495 ms | $0.0095 |
| 3 days ago | Passed | 402 | 573 ms | $0.0095 |
History
| 24 Oct 2026 | Price changed from $0.0092 to $0.0091 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | Price changed from $0.0093 to $0.0092 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | Price changed from $0.0095 to $0.0093 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | Price changed from $0.0094 to $0.0095 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | Price changed from $0.0093 to $0.0094 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | Price changed from $0.0092 to $0.0093 |