AssayChain Mineral Intelligence

{
  "name": "AssayChain Mineral Intelligence",
  "description": "On-chain critical mineral intelligence API. Returns USGS commodity benchmarks, mining district profiles, and grounded RAG answers synthesized from 195 EAS-attested files (Base mainnet). Every response includes IPFS CIDs and EAS attestation UIDs for verifiable provenance. Core USGS benchmark and price-snapshot endpoints are free (rate-limited); advanced endpoints use x402 micropayments (from $0.10 USDC per call, Base network) \u2014 no API keys required.",
  "url": "https://assaychain.com/api",
  "provider": {
    "organization": "Quetzal Collective LLC",
    "url": "https://assaychain.com"
  },
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "documentationUrl": "https://assaychain.com/api.html",
  "capabilities": {
    "streaming": false,
    "pushNotifications": false,
    "stateTransitionHistory": false
  },
  "authentication": {
    "schemes": [
      "x402"
    ],
    "credentials": null,
    "_x402": {
      "network": "eip155:8453",
      "asset": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
      "payTo": "0x750977976Ab85A4Ce5AAbb2e1a9fc80a633f2769",
      "priceUsd": "0.10",
      "docs": "https://assaychain.com/api.html#x402"
    }
  },
  "defaultInputModes": [
    "text/plain"
  ],
  "defaultOutputModes": [
    "application/json"
  ],
  "skills": [
    {
      "id": "benchmark-query",
      "name": "Critical Mineral Commodity Benchmark",
      "description": "Returns USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries benchmark data for one of 20 critical minerals: copper, gold, silver, lithium, cobalt, nickel, manganese, graphite, antimony, gallium, germanium, platinum_group, rare_earths, tellurium, tin, titanium, tungsten, uranium, vanadium, zinc. Response includes spot price, grade benchmarks, production by country, recovery benchmarks, chemistry penalty elements, IPFS CID, and EAS attestation UID on Base. Free (rate-limited).",
      "tags": [
        "critical minerals",
        "USGS",
        "benchmark",
        "commodities",
        "supply chain",
        "EAS attestation",
        "IPFS",
        "UFLPA",
        "EU Battery Regulation",
        "ESG"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "Get the copper benchmark \u2014 mine output, reserves, spot price, and EAS attestation UID",
        "What is the USGS lithium reserve estimate and top producing countries?",
        "Show me the cobalt benchmark for UFLPA sourcing evidence"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "text/plain"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "district-lookup",
      "name": "Mining District Profile Lookup",
      "description": "Returns an attested profile for one of 175 USGS mining districts across the US, Canada, and Mexico. Each profile includes district name, state/province, primary commodities, known deposits, historical production context, IPFS CID, and EAS attestation UID on Base. Useful for supply-chain provenance tracing, UFLPA origin verification, and DoD/DFC domestic sourcing assessments. $0.50 USDC per call via x402.",
      "tags": [
        "mining districts",
        "USGS",
        "provenance",
        "supply chain",
        "domestic sourcing",
        "UFLPA",
        "DoD",
        "DFC",
        "EAS attestation",
        "IPFS"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "Look up the Bingham Canyon district profile for copper sourcing evidence",
        "Get the Carlin Trend district attestation for gold origin verification",
        "What mining districts cover lithium in Nevada?"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "text/plain"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "price-snapshot",
      "name": "Daily Mineral Market Context",
      "description": "Attested daily bundle for 20 critical minerals: spot price, Baltic Dry Index, WTI crude, producing-country FX rate, LME warehouse stock. FRED + LBMA sourced. EAS-attested weekly on Base. Free (rate-limited).",
      "tags": [
        "price",
        "BDI",
        "WTI",
        "FX",
        "LME",
        "market-context",
        "ESG",
        "supply-chain",
        "FRED",
        "LBMA"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "What is today's copper price with BDI and WTI context?",
        "Get gold market context for ESG report dated 2026-05-29"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "text/plain"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ask-grounded",
      "name": "Grounded Mineral Intelligence Q&A",
      "description": "Ask any question about critical minerals and receive a grounded answer synthesized by Groq llama-3.1-8b-instant strictly from the 195-file attested corpus (20 commodity JSONs + 175 district profiles). Each answer cites the source passages by IPFS CID. Useful for compliance research, procurement due diligence, and sourcing decision support. $0.10 USDC per call via x402. Idempotent \u2014 replaying the same payment header returns the same cached answer.",
      "tags": [
        "RAG",
        "grounded QA",
        "critical minerals",
        "compliance research",
        "Groq",
        "LLM",
        "EAS attestation",
        "IPFS provenance",
        "x402"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "What is the US copper mine output and who are the top global producers?",
        "Which commodities have the highest supply concentration risk based on USGS data?",
        "What are the penalty elements for copper smelter contracts and what thresholds apply?"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "text/plain"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ]
    }
  ]
}