Crypto Project Research — Fundamentals Checklist

Run the full pre-buy checklist on any crypto project. One pass, every signal a serious investor checks, output as PASS / WATCH / FLAG.

Trigger

Use whenever the user is considering a crypto project, token, or coin:

• "research this coin / token / project"
• "is this legit?" / "should I invest?" / "fundamentals check"
• "crypto due diligence" / "rug check" / "DYOR for me"
• "check the fundamentals on <symbol or address>"

Call

HTTP POST /v1/analyze — general on-chain intelligence with web search:

{ "query": "Full fundamentals checklist on PEPE (Base). Include liquidity, volume, holder concentration, contract safety, team, and protocol health." }

• First call returns the checklist result or a 402 x402 payment challenge ($0.001 USDC, Base or Solana).
• Pay with an agent wallet → full scored report. If your agent has an x402-capable wallet, the fetch layer handles steps 1-2 automatically.
• Prefer a contract address over a symbol when the user has one — contract-level checks need it.

Checklist (run every item)

1. Basic Info

• Contract address, chain, decimals
• Total vs circulating supply, age of contract

2. Liquidity & Trading

• DEX(s), liquidity depth (TVL in pools)
• 24h volume, price impact on a standard trade, slippage

3. Market Metrics

• Market cap (circulating and fully diluted)
• Price + 24h change, ATH/ATL, 7d/30d action

4. Risk Assessment

• Liquidity risk: can a standard position exit?
• Concentration risk: top-10 holders % of supply
• Contract risk: verified? audited? honeypot/rugpull patterns?
• Team risk: doxxed? roadmap public? dev active?
• Dilution risk: unlock schedule, inflation rate

5. Protocol Health (if applicable)

• TVL + trend, revenue/fees, user counts and growth, sector competition

Safety Framework (verdict thresholds)

Signal	PASS	WATCH	FLAG
Liquidity	>$500K	$50K-$500K	<$50K
Liquidity locked	>1 year	3-12 months	Not locked
Contract verified	Yes	—	No
Audit	Reputable firm	Unknown firm	No audit
Team	Doxxed, active	Pseudonymous	Anonymous, inactive
Volume/Liquidity	>0.5	0.1-0.5	<0.1

Any single FLAG row → verdict FLAG. Two or more WATCH rows → WATCH. Else PASS.

Output Format

1. Verdict — PASS / WATCH / FLAG with one-line why
2. Checklist — each item with data + source
3. Risks — flagged concerns, prominent
4. Context — market narrative, how it fits the sector

Don'ts

• No financial advice: never tell the user to buy/sell/hold.
• No price targets or predictions.
• Never fabricate token metrics or wallet holdings — if data is stale/incomplete, say so.
• State uncertainty explicitly. Stale data is worse than no data.