MCP Tool · x402 · early usage

County unemployment rate and 6-month trend from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics,…

County unemployment rate and 6-month trend from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, for buyer, owner and lender agents. Returns the same records as locus_unemployment. Use this when your client can only call paid x402 routes. Use locus_unemployment instea…

by api.locus.report · discovered, not yet claimed by its owner · updated 2026-10-08

30d calls5

30d payers3

MethodPOST

Outputjson

Mirrored from Coinbase's public x402 Bazaar. The description is the provider's own text and has not been reviewed here; the payment requirements are copied as published.

What it does

Tags: bazaar · builder-code · locus.freePreflight · offer-receipt

Call contract

Method: POST
Input: json
Output: json
Last paid call: 2026-10-08

Input example from Bazaar metadata

{
  "address": "1 E Edenton St, Raleigh, NC 27601"
}

Output example

{
  "caveats": [
    "BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.",
    "BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics - a reported government statistic, not seasonally adjusted, subject to revision.",
    "Locus does not characterize an area's economy as good, bad, strong, or weak; this is the reported rate only.",
    "A month may be unavailable (preliminary release timing or a lapse in appropriations); verify the latest figure with the cited BLS source."
  ],
  "citation": {
    "fetchedAt": "2026-09-23T01:10:04.522Z",
    "source": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)",
    "sourceUrl": "https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LAUCN371830000000003"
  },
  "note": "Awareness/diagnostic only. Full briefs are x402-paid. Agents can discover live free tools at https://api.locus.report/tools/list and paid tools, prices, and manifests at https://api.locus.report/.well-known/ai-tool/index.json.",
  "ok": true,
  "point": {
    "latitude": 35.780418000003195,
    "longitude": -78.63910200000142
  },
  "unemployment": {
    "area": "Wake County, NC",
    "available": true,
    "latest": {
      "month": "July",
      "ratePct": 3.2,
      "year": "2026"
    },
    "recent": [
      {
        "month": "July",
        "ratePct": 3.2,
        "year": "2026"
      },
      {
        "month": "June",
        "ratePct": 3.1,
        "year": "2026"
      },
      {
        "month": "May",
        "ratePct": 3,
        "year": "2026"
      },
      {
        "month": "April",
        "ratePct": 3,
        "year": "2026"
      },
      {
        "month": "March",
        "ratePct": 3,
        "year": "2026"
      },
      {
        "month": "February",
        "ratePct": 3.3,
        "year": "2026"
      }
    ],
    "seriesId": "LAUCN371830000000003"
  }
}

Use with an agent

Discover. Agents find this listing with GET https://bazaar.saylorinnovations.com/discovery/search?query=…, the MCP tool search_resources, or /discovery/resources.
Inspect. Fetch /resources/51376.json for the price and payment options.
Pay. Call GET https://api.locus.report/api/locus-unemployment. The provider answers 402 with its payment requirements. An x402 client signs one of the options below and retries with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE.
Execute. The provider returns 200 with the data. Agent Bazaar is not in the request path and never sees your payment.

For humans

You don't need an account or an API key; you need a wallet holding a small amount of USDC on Base, Solana, and an x402-capable client (see the examples below). Call the endpoint unpaid first to see exactly what it asks for.

Pricing & payment

Price: $0.01 / request
Protocol: x402 v2
Auth: No account or API key. Pay per request.
Networks: Base, Solana
Demand: 5 calls · 3 unique payers in 30d (public x402 Bazaar data)

x402 payment requirements

Scheme	Network	Asset	Amount	Pay to	Timeout
exact	Base eip155:8453	USDC	$0.01	0xF121fbeceC43e1B616D47285851c20d5fC64431b	60s
exact	Solana solana:5eykt4UsFv8P8NJdTREpY1vzqKqZKvdp	USDC	$0.01	FBVHMG5PTNW6sNd7uhZBsxhWkwJYRpgk34QcTgDpQdwV	60s

accepts[] (raw JSON)

[
  {
    "scheme": "exact",
    "network": "eip155:8453",
    "payTo": "0xF121fbeceC43e1B616D47285851c20d5fC64431b",
    "asset": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
    "amount": "10000",
    "amountUsd": 0.01,
    "maxTimeoutSeconds": 60
  },
  {
    "scheme": "exact",
    "network": "solana:5eykt4UsFv8P8NJdTREpY1vzqKqZKvdp",
    "payTo": "FBVHMG5PTNW6sNd7uhZBsxhWkwJYRpgk34QcTgDpQdwV",
    "asset": "EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v",
    "amount": "10000",
    "amountUsd": 0.01,
    "maxTimeoutSeconds": 60
  }
]

Schemas

Output schema (JSON Schema)

{
  "properties": {
    "example": {
      "type": "object"
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "type"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Example shape — generated from the schema, not a captured live response

{
  "example": {},
  "type": "string"
}

Examples

curl

curl "https://api.locus.report/api/locus-unemployment"
# -> 402 Payment Required, accepts[] lists how to pay
# retry with a PAYMENT-SIGNATURE (or PAYMENT header) once paid

JavaScript

const res = await fetch("https://api.locus.report/api/locus-unemployment");
if (res.status === 402) {
  const { accepts } = await res.json();
  // pay one of accepts[] via an x402 client, then retry with the payment header
}

Python

import httpx
res = httpx.get("https://api.locus.report/api/locus-unemployment")
if res.status_code == 402:
    accepts = res.json()["accepts"]
    # pay one of accepts[] via an x402 client, then retry with the payment header

Details

Provider: api.locus.report
Endpoint: https://api.locus.report/api/locus-unemployment
Machine-readable: /resources/51376.json