Research Deep

{
  "answer": "Agent micropayments consolidated around the x402 protocol in 2026 [1]. Transaction counts recovered sharply while average payment sizes fell [2][3].",
  "citations": [
    {
      "index": 1,
      "subQuestion": "x402 protocol adoption 2026",
      "title": "x402 Protocol",
      "url": "https://x402.org"
    }
  ],
  "depth": "standard",
  "gaps": [
    "Sources did not cover settlement failure rates"
  ],
  "keyFindings": [
    "Transaction volume is dominated by a small number of gateways",
    "Median per-call price sits near $0.01"
  ],
  "query": "How are AI agents using micropayments in 2026?",
  "requestId": "req_deepresearch123",
  "researchedAt": "2026-07-31T12:00:00.000Z",
  "sourcesFetched": 8,
  "subQuestions": [
    "x402 protocol adoption 2026",
    "AI agent payment volume statistics",
    "micropayment API pricing for agents"
  ]
}

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i -X POST 'https://api.weblens.dev/research/deep' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{"depth":"standard","query":"How are AI agents using micropayments in 2026?"}'

# 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://api.weblens.dev/research/deep' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{"depth":"standard","query":"How are AI agents using micropayments in 2026?"}' \
  | grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decode

// 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 $0.2 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.2" });
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 $0.2 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.weblens.dev%2Fresearch%2Fdeep&method=POST
const res = await pay("https://api.weblens.dev/research/deep", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "depth": "standard",
    "query": "How are AI agents using micropayments in 2026?"
  }),
});
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

# 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 $0.2 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.2"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))

with x402_requests(client) as session:
    res = session.post(
        "https://api.weblens.dev/research/deep",
        json={
            "depth": "standard",
            "query": "How are AI agents using micropayments in 2026?",
        },
    )
    print(res.status_code, res.text)