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Show HN: X402 Inspector (Find misconfigurations in your x402 API)

A developer tool called X402 Inspector launched on Hacker News to validate x402 payment challenges on paid API endpoints, checking the HTTP 402 response shape, USDC amount encoding, and Base, Base Sepolia, Solana, and Stellar address formats and flagging spec deviations in plain language. The tool is one of 11 free live utilities from the same site, which also includes an AI Agent Protocol Inspector that scans URLs for MCP, A2A, and ARD support, an ERC-8004 Inspector for on-chain agent identity and reputation, and an Agent Commerce Gate that combines ERC-8004 identity with x402 payment-challenge validation into an allow/warn/block decision. All tools are free, with a $5/month tier for PNG, SVG, and PDF exports and shared links.

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Show HN: X402 Inspector (Find misconfigurations in your x402 API)
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Paste a paid endpoint and validate its x402 payment challenge — HTTP 402 response shape, USDC amount encoding, and Base/Base Sepolia/Solana/Stellar address formats. Flags spec deviations in plain language before you ship.

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