{
  "id": "pagination-chain-check",
  "name": "Pagination snapshot-chain check",
  "description": "Validate a supplied page chain for consecutive numbers, cursor continuity and cycles, fixed snapshot/query digests, and item-ID/content conflicts. Return a checkpoint only for a consistent chain. A terminal marker is not proof of a complete live dataset.",
  "category": "workflow-assurance",
  "priceUsd": "0.003",
  "pricingStatus": "proposed-unverified",
  "pricing": {
    "unit": "one successful operation call",
    "proposedNominalUsd": "0.003",
    "sixDecimalTokenBaseUnits": "3000",
    "subscription": false,
    "includesPayerWalletOrNetworkFees": false,
    "liveQuoteVerified": false,
    "condition": "Actual SDK challenge is authoritative only within the caller's explicit authorization; configured six-decimal token peg is an operator assertion, not a conversion guarantee."
  },
  "intents": [
    "Check pagination cursor continuity before handing a checkpoint to another agent",
    "Detect snapshot drift and repeated records in captured API pages"
  ],
  "whenToUse": [
    "Check pagination cursor continuity before handing a checkpoint to another agent",
    "Detect snapshot drift and repeated records in captured API pages"
  ],
  "whenNotToUse": [
    "Live negotiation, message delivery, queue consumption, remote pagination, artifact fetching or migration execution",
    "Authentication, signed provenance, authorization, schema compatibility proofs, or exactly-once guarantees",
    "Inferring absent versions, server state, missing history, semantic equivalence, or market uniqueness"
  ],
  "capabilities": [
    "Exact opaque cursor chaining with explicit null terminal markers",
    "Supplied item digests and explicit duplicate-item policy; no page fetching",
    "Supplied declarations only; advisoryOnly=true; authorizationGranted=false; execution=false; externalRequests=0"
  ],
  "limits": {
    "inputBytes": 100000,
    "outputBytes": 400000,
    "jsonNodes": 12000,
    "depth": 20,
    "findings": 200,
    "pages": 128,
    "itemsPerPage": 256,
    "totalItems": 512,
    "cursorCharacters": 256
  },
  "related": [
    "checkpoint-handoff-check",
    "http-link-parse"
  ],
  "errorCodes": [
    "INPUT_LIMIT",
    "OUTPUT_LIMIT",
    "COMPLEXITY_LIMIT",
    "INVALID_NUMBER",
    "INVALID_UNICODE",
    "UNSAFE_KEY",
    "VERSION_LIMIT",
    "ITEM_LIMIT"
  ],
  "requirementsProfile": {
    "format": "declared-requirements-v1",
    "facts": {
      "execution.suppliedCode": false,
      "execution.remoteMutation": false,
      "execution.llmInference": false,
      "execution.paidMcp": false,
      "verification.semanticTruth": false,
      "verification.sourceAuthenticity": false,
      "verification.liveVulnerabilities": false,
      "numbers.arbitraryPrecisionJson": false,
      "numbers.model": "ieee754-binary64",
      "privacy.requestBodyPersisted": false,
      "execution.deterministic": true,
      "execution.networkAccess": false,
      "privacy.resultBodyPersisted": false,
      "payment.x402": true,
      "payment.mpp": true,
      "operation.id": "pagination-chain-check",
      "operation.category": "workflow-assurance",
      "limit.httpRequestBytes": 131072,
      "limit.requestBytes": 100000,
      "limit.responseBytes": 524288,
      "limit.resultBytes": 400000,
      "limit.jsonDepth": 20,
      "limit.jsonNodes": 12000,
      "exchange.profile": "pagination-chain-snapshot-v1",
      "exchange.advisoryOnly": true,
      "exchange.authorizationGranted": false,
      "exchange.liveNegotiation": false,
      "exchange.persistentState": false,
      "exchange.executesMigration": false,
      "exchange.deliversMessages": false,
      "exchange.authenticatedEvidence": false,
      "pagination.maxPages": 128,
      "pagination.maxItemsPerPage": 256,
      "pagination.maxTotalItems": 512,
      "pagination.maxCursorCharacters": 256,
      "pagination.fetchesPages": false,
      "pagination.liveCompletenessVerified": false,
      "input.snapshotId.maxLength": 100,
      "input.snapshotId.minLength": 1,
      "input.firstPageNumber.maximum": 9007199254740863,
      "input.firstPageNumber.minimum": 0,
      "input.pages.maxItems": 128,
      "input.pages.minItems": 1
    },
    "unknownPolicy": "Undeclared requirements are unknown, never compatible. Matching declared facts does not establish semantic fit or input validity.",
    "preflight": "/preflight"
  },
  "documentation": "/reference/tools/pagination-chain-check.md",
  "serviceContract": "/reference/services/pagination-chain-check.json",
  "errors": [
    {
      "status": 400,
      "meaning": "Malformed JSON, missing/invalid idempotency key, or payment identifier mismatch",
      "retry": "Correct the request before payment"
    },
    {
      "status": 402,
      "meaning": "Payment challenge or rejected payment",
      "retry": "Use official protocol SDK; inspect payment outcome before another payment"
    },
    {
      "status": 409,
      "meaning": "Idempotency conflict, duplicate proof, or PAYMENT_UNCERTAIN",
      "retry": "Keep original key, body, and proof; reconcile uncertainty with operator; never blindly repay"
    },
    {
      "status": 413,
      "meaning": "Input or generated output too large",
      "retry": "Reduce input; no payment attempted for validation failure"
    },
    {
      "status": 415,
      "meaning": "Unsupported media type or compression",
      "retry": "Send uncompressed application/json"
    },
    {
      "status": 422,
      "meaning": "Schema or service-specific semantic validation failure",
      "retry": "Correct input using returned error code; no payment attempted"
    },
    {
      "status": 429,
      "meaning": "Request/payment-attempt rate exceeded",
      "retry": "Wait for rate limit window; preserve existing payment identity"
    },
    {
      "status": 503,
      "meaning": "Payment configuration/provider/state unavailable, or live DNS preparation failed before settlement",
      "retry": "Check readiness; DNS preparation failures may retry the identical key/body/credential only; uncertainty requires reconciliation"
    }
  ],
  "numericPrecision": "JavaScript IEEE-754 numbers; use strings for large integer IDs/exact decimals where the schema accepts strings. No lossless numeric parsing.",
  "paymentWorkflow": {
    "discoveryOnly": false,
    "supportedProtocols": [
      "x402",
      "mpp"
    ],
    "x402": {
      "credentialHeader": "PAYMENT-SIGNATURE",
      "challengeHeader": "PAYMENT-REQUIRED",
      "receiptHeader": "PAYMENT-RESPONSE",
      "version": 2,
      "scheme": "exact",
      "paymentIdentifier": "payment-identifier extension MUST equal the HTTP Idempotency-Key",
      "sdk": "@x402/core with @x402/evm"
    },
    "mpp": {
      "supported": true,
      "credentialHeader": "Authorization",
      "challengeHeader": "WWW-Authenticate",
      "receiptHeader": "Payment-Receipt",
      "method": "tempo",
      "intent": "charge",
      "sdk": "mppx",
      "tokenDecimals": 6
    },
    "steps": [
      "Check configured readiness and the exact service schema",
      "Generate a fresh random Idempotency-Key for this operation; never use a discovery probe fixture for purchases",
      "Send valid input without a credential to obtain the official protocol challenge",
      "Use the official SDK and authorized wallet to fulfill the challenge",
      "Retry only with identical key, body, protocol and credential",
      "On PAYMENT_UNCERTAIN stop and request operator reconciliation; never blindly pay again"
    ],
    "versionedRetries": "Request fingerprint includes service release version. Retries across a version upgrade can conflict; coordinate upgrades outside the 24-hour replay window and reconcile pending attempts.",
    "docs": "/llms.txt"
  },
  "method": "POST",
  "paths": {
    "x402": "/v1/x402/pagination-chain-check",
    "mpp": "/v1/mpp/pagination-chain-check"
  },
  "inputSchema": {
    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "snapshotId": {
        "type": "string",
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 100
      },
      "querySha256": {
        "type": "string",
        "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$"
      },
      "startCursor": {
        "anyOf": [
          {
            "type": "string",
            "minLength": 1,
            "maxLength": 256
          },
          {
            "type": "null"
          }
        ]
      },
      "firstPageNumber": {
        "type": "integer",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 9007199254740863
      },
      "duplicateItemPolicy": {
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "reject",
          "allow-identical"
        ]
      },
      "pages": {
        "minItems": 1,
        "maxItems": 128,
        "type": "array",
        "items": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "pageNumber": {
              "type": "integer",
              "minimum": 0,
              "maximum": 9007199254740991
            },
            "requestCursor": {
              "anyOf": [
                {
                  "type": "string",
                  "minLength": 1,
                  "maxLength": 256
                },
                {
                  "type": "null"
                }
              ]
            },
            "nextCursor": {
              "anyOf": [
                {
                  "type": "string",
                  "minLength": 1,
                  "maxLength": 256
                },
                {
                  "type": "null"
                }
              ]
            },
            "snapshotId": {
              "type": "string",
              "minLength": 1,
              "maxLength": 100
            },
            "querySha256": {
              "type": "string",
              "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$"
            },
            "items": {
              "maxItems": 256,
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "id": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "minLength": 1,
                    "maxLength": 100
                  },
                  "contentSha256": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$"
                  }
                },
                "required": [
                  "id",
                  "contentSha256"
                ],
                "additionalProperties": false
              }
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "pageNumber",
            "requestCursor",
            "nextCursor",
            "snapshotId",
            "querySha256",
            "items"
          ],
          "additionalProperties": false
        }
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "snapshotId",
      "querySha256",
      "startCursor",
      "firstPageNumber",
      "duplicateItemPolicy",
      "pages"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "outputSchema": {
    "type": "object",
    "required": [
      "operation",
      "version",
      "result",
      "provenance"
    ],
    "properties": {
      "operation": {
        "const": "pagination-chain-check",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "version": {
        "const": "0.29.0",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "result": {
        "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "profile": {
            "type": "string",
            "const": "pagination-chain-snapshot-v1"
          },
          "consistent": {
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "pageCount": {
            "type": "integer",
            "minimum": 0,
            "maximum": 9007199254740991
          },
          "itemCount": {
            "type": "integer",
            "minimum": 0,
            "maximum": 9007199254740991
          },
          "uniqueItemCount": {
            "type": "integer",
            "minimum": 0,
            "maximum": 9007199254740991
          },
          "terminalObserved": {
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "checkpoint": {
            "anyOf": [
              {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "snapshotId": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "minLength": 1,
                    "maxLength": 100
                  },
                  "querySha256": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$"
                  },
                  "nextPageNumber": {
                    "type": "integer",
                    "minimum": 0,
                    "maximum": 9007199254740991
                  },
                  "nextCursor": {
                    "anyOf": [
                      {
                        "type": "string",
                        "minLength": 1,
                        "maxLength": 256
                      },
                      {
                        "type": "null"
                      }
                    ]
                  },
                  "terminal": {
                    "type": "boolean"
                  }
                },
                "required": [
                  "snapshotId",
                  "querySha256",
                  "nextPageNumber",
                  "nextCursor",
                  "terminal"
                ],
                "additionalProperties": false
              },
              {
                "type": "null"
              }
            ]
          },
          "findings": {
            "maxItems": 200,
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "code": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "severity": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "enum": [
                    "error",
                    "warning"
                  ]
                },
                "path": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "message": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "relatedIds": {
                  "maxItems": 8,
                  "type": "array",
                  "items": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "minLength": 1,
                    "maxLength": 100
                  }
                }
              },
              "required": [
                "code",
                "severity",
                "path",
                "message",
                "relatedIds"
              ],
              "additionalProperties": false
            }
          },
          "findingCount": {
            "type": "integer",
            "minimum": 0,
            "maximum": 9007199254740991
          },
          "errorCount": {
            "type": "integer",
            "minimum": 0,
            "maximum": 9007199254740991
          },
          "truncated": {
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "advisoryOnly": {
            "type": "boolean",
            "const": true
          },
          "execution": {
            "type": "boolean",
            "const": false
          },
          "authorizationGranted": {
            "type": "boolean",
            "const": false
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "profile",
          "consistent",
          "pageCount",
          "itemCount",
          "uniqueItemCount",
          "terminalObserved",
          "checkpoint",
          "findings",
          "findingCount",
          "errorCount",
          "truncated",
          "advisoryOnly",
          "execution",
          "authorizationGranted"
        ],
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "provenance": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "inputSha256",
          "outputSha256",
          "deterministic",
          "externalRequests"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "inputSha256": {
            "type": "string",
            "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$"
          },
          "outputSha256": {
            "type": "string",
            "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$"
          },
          "deterministic": {
            "const": true
          },
          "externalRequests": {
            "const": 0
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "exampleInput": {
    "snapshotId": "snapshot-1",
    "querySha256": "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
    "startCursor": null,
    "firstPageNumber": 0,
    "duplicateItemPolicy": "reject",
    "pages": [
      {
        "pageNumber": 0,
        "requestCursor": null,
        "nextCursor": "page-two",
        "snapshotId": "snapshot-1",
        "querySha256": "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
        "items": [
          {
            "id": "item-1",
            "contentSha256": "bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "exampleResponse": {
    "operation": "pagination-chain-check",
    "version": "0.29.0",
    "result": {
      "profile": "pagination-chain-snapshot-v1",
      "consistent": true,
      "pageCount": 1,
      "itemCount": 1,
      "uniqueItemCount": 1,
      "terminalObserved": false,
      "checkpoint": {
        "snapshotId": "snapshot-1",
        "querySha256": "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
        "nextPageNumber": 1,
        "nextCursor": "page-two",
        "terminal": false
      },
      "findings": [],
      "findingCount": 0,
      "errorCount": 0,
      "truncated": false,
      "advisoryOnly": true,
      "execution": false,
      "authorizationGranted": false
    },
    "provenance": {
      "inputSha256": "3355a2862c59019a9c2b5d9e859914e0cd3e228f852a68042ebf0054abf20ebe",
      "outputSha256": "207f2a322c2aea3db1cad8d10b6ca29dffbfe4726773165c8e0907226f4e24eb",
      "deterministic": true,
      "externalRequests": 0
    }
  },
  "requiredHeaders": {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Idempotency-Key": "random 16–128 character operation identifier"
  },
  "fixedExample": "/reference/examples/pagination-chain-check.json",
  "execution": {
    "deterministic": true,
    "externalRequests": 0,
    "maxExternalRequests": 0,
    "resultSnapshotPersisted": false,
    "fixedExampleIsIllustrativeSnapshot": false,
    "requiresPayment": true,
    "supportsMcpExecution": false
  },
  "releaseSnapshot": {
    "format": "static-release-reference-v1",
    "sourceVersion": "0.29.0",
    "sourceRegistrySha256": "a2b5ec09bf6c38b9d2879d746a4fded374f5928b445377b0270ef6aa8e6cac65",
    "generatedAt": "2026-10-06T15:38:00Z",
    "releaseAcceptance": "not-verified-by-generator",
    "runtimeReadiness": "not-evaluated",
    "livePaymentsVerified": false,
    "indexingVerified": false,
    "apiOrigin": null,
    "notice": "Build-time release reference. Runtime readiness, deployment, payment settlement and external indexing are not evaluated here. Prices are proposed; this file cannot authorize execution or payment."
  }
}
