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name: nasa-x402.vercel.app
description: nasa-x402.vercel.app exposes a single endpoint that retrieves the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), returning structured JSON with the image title, scientific explanation, image URL, HD image URL, media type, and copyright information. It wraps the official NASA APOD API and returns only the current day's entry.
host: nasa-x402.vercel.app
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# nasa-x402.vercel.app

This host is a thin, single-purpose wrapper around NASA's APOD API, intended for agents or applications that need today's featured astronomy image and its accompanying metadata. It serves use cases like daily content feeds, educational displays, or any workflow that surfaces the current APOD. It does not provide date-range queries, archive browsing, or any other NASA data products.

## When to use this host

Use this host when an agent needs today's NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day with its metadata (title, explanation, image URL). Do not use it for historical APOD lookups by specific date, archive browsing, or any date-range queries — the endpoint only returns the current day's picture. For historical APOD data or other NASA datasets (Mars Rover photos, Near Earth Objects, etc.), query the NASA Open APIs directly at api.nasa.gov instead.

## Capabilities

### Daily Astronomy Content

Fetches today's NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day, including its title, scientific explanation, image URL, optional HD URL, media type, and copyright attribution.

- **`fetch-nasa-apod`** — Returns the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day as JSON, including date, title, explanation, image URL, HD image URL, media type, and copyright.

## Skill reference

### `fetch-nasa-apod`

**NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day** — Returns the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day as JSON, including date, title, explanation, image URL, HD image URL, media type, and copyright.

*Use when:* Use when the user or agent needs the current NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day with its title, scientific explanation, image URL, and optional HD image URL.

*Not for:* Do not use for historical APOD lookups by specific date or browsing an archive of past images; this endpoint returns only the current day's picture.

**Returns:** Returns a JSON object with date, title, explanation, standard and HD image URLs, media type, and copyright for the current NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day.

**Example:** `GET https://nasa-x402.vercel.app/nasa/apod`

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