# cortx-reliability

Check an x402 endpoint before an agent spends USDC. The skill reports delivery success, incidents, and latency, then advises whether to proceed, warn, or block.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 783
- Author: aeonfun
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon/tree/HEAD/skills/cortx-reliability/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/cortx-reliability

## What it does

The skill queries CORTX's free reliability API to assess whether an x402 service delivers the data an agent pays for. It covers seven stages, from endpoint availability and payment terms to post-payment delivery, JSON parsing, and schema validation. The report includes service status, paid delivery over the last 30 days, uptime, schema validity, and median latency.

To run the check, the skill normalizes the supplied URL, retrieves a `serviceId`, and requests the corresponding reliability record. It validates the JSON response, endpoint identity, status, numeric metrics, and verification timestamp. A critical status or open incident leads to a block; low delivery performance or degraded status triggers a warning. An endpoint that CORTX does not monitor cannot be assessed.

Supply an endpoint URL beginning with `http://` or `https://`. The documented shell steps use `curl` and `jq`. Records older than 60 minutes count as stale. This skill does not initiate payments or treat API output as payment authorization. Before spending USDC, the agent must independently verify the x402 host, chain, token, payee, and amount, preview the exact transaction, and obtain user confirmation.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill cortx-reliability -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/cortx-reliability/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/cortx-reliability/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill cortx-reliability -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/cortx-reliability/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill cortx-reliability -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/cortx-reliability/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aeonfun/aeon cortx-reliability
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/cortx-reliability/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill cortx-reliability -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon --path skills/cortx-reliability
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/cortx-reliability/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill cortx-reliability -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon/tree/HEAD/skills/cortx-reliability/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Assess paid delivery performance before sending USDC
- Identify open incidents affecting an x402 service
- Compare endpoint availability with successful paid deliveries
- Block a payment check when the endpoint identity fails validation
- Flag reliability records that are too old to trust

## Example prompts
- Check `https://api.example.com/premium` before my agent pays USDC through x402.
- Use `cortx-reliability` to inspect delivery results and open incidents for `https://api.example.com/premium`.
- Review CORTX's reliability figures for `https://api.example.com/premium` and explain whether payment should proceed.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: cortx-reliability
description: Check whether an x402 payment endpoint is reliably delivering value before spending USDC on it. Returns paid delivery rate, active incidents, latency, and a clear proceed/warn/block recommendation.
metadata:
  mode: write
  category: crypto
  var: ""
  tags:
    - x402
    - payments
    - reliability
  capabilities:
    - external_api
---

> **${var}** — The x402 endpoint URL to check (e.g. `https://api.example.com/premium`). Required.

If `${var}` is empty, stop and notify:
```
cortx-reliability requires a URL — pass the x402 endpoint you want to check as var.
```

## What this skill does

CORTX monitors x402 payment endpoints end-to-end — real USDC on Base mainnet, all 7 stages. This skill queries CORTX's free reliability API to tell you whether an endpoint is safe to pay before your agent spends anything.

The 7 stages CORTX checks:
1. Availability
2. Payment terms (402 response validity)
3. Price check (amount within bounds)
4. Payment signing (EIP-712, USDC contract, chain ID)
5. Delivery (200 response after payment)
6. JSON parse
7. Schema validation

Stages 5–7 can fail after USDC has already left the wallet. This is why you check first.

## Steps

### 1. Validate and normalize the URL

`${var}` must begin with `https://` or `http://`. If it does not, stop and report:
```
cortx-reliability requires a valid http(s):// URL.
```

Normalize the URL to lowercase scheme and host, no trailing slash. This is your `intended_url`.

### 2. Look up the serviceId

```bash
mkdir -p .tmp
curl -sSL --fail-with-body "https://usecortx.dev/api/v1/lookup" --data-urlencode "url=${var}" > .tmp/cortx-lookup.json
cat .tmp/cortx-lookup.json
```

If the lookup returns 404 or `monitored: false`: report "This endpoint is not monitored by CORTX", recommend registering at usecortx.dev, and stop.

Extract `serviceId` from the response.

### 3. Fetch reliability data

```bash
SERVICE_ID=$(cat .tmp/cortx-lookup.json | jq -r '.serviceId')
curl -sSL --fail-with-body "https://usecortx.dev/api/v1/reliability/$SERVICE_ID" > .tmp/cortx-result.json
cat .tmp/cortx-result.json
```

### 4. Validate the response

- Parse as JSON — on failure, report "CORTX returned an invalid response" and stop.
- Check `status` is one of: `operational`, `degraded`, `critical`, `unknown`. Any other value → treat as `unknown`.
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