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api.craigmbrown.com services research.topic-news-scanner

https://api.craigmbrown.com/v1/services/research.topic-news-scanner

payable

Fast real-time news scan across 44+ curated domains (configs/search_domain_profiles.json), every item source-attributed. Settlement proof: ProofOfSettledOutcome (kind 30120, data/proof_settled_outcomes.jsonl). The quick-scan tier below research.topic-deep-researcher's slower, citation-grade report.

We sent a real POST request to this endpoint and it answered 402 with payment requirements we could parse.
Price
$0.02
Network
base
Pay to
0x5E709929A4AB69eC3a8811d03417869059BC4EB9
Spec dialect
v2 (declares x402Version 2)
Transport
PAYMENT-REQUIRED header
HTTP method
POST
Response latency
69 ms
Payment options
1 usable of 1
Last checked
2026-08-10T09:12:29.536Z (1d ago)
Category
search

Re-check it yourself:
curl "https://api.the402.dev/validate?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.craigmbrown.com%2Fv1%2Fservices%2Fresearch.topic-news-scanner"