Question 1

Does War-Tracker have a public API?

Accepted Answer

Yes. War-Tracker offers a free anonymous read-only JSON API at /api/v1/events, /api/v1/regions, /api/v1/countries, and /api/v1/event-types. The OpenAPI 3.x specification is published at https://war-tracker.com/api/v1/openapi.json. Paid endpoints for AIS vessel tracking, sanctioned-hull data, and Strait of Hormuz crossings are available via the x402 micropayment protocol (USDC on Base).

Question 2

Is the War-Tracker API free?

Accepted Answer

The conflict-event endpoints (events, regions, countries, event-types) are free with a 60 requests-per-minute per-IP rate limit and open CORS. Paid endpoints — vessel identity, AIS positions, sanctioned-hull lookups, Hormuz crossings — cost between $0.001 and $0.025 USDC per request via x402.

Question 3

What data does the War-Tracker API provide?

Accepted Answer

Global conflict events (military strikes, naval incidents, drone attacks, missile launches, troop movements) classified from public OSINT sources with location, timestamp, event type, country and source-post URL. Plus AIS vessel data on roughly 600,000 hulls, around 1,400 sanctioned vessels (OFAC, UK FCDO, EU, UANI), and a live Strait of Hormuz transit feed.

Question 4

Is there an OpenAPI specification?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The OpenAPI 3.x specification is at https://war-tracker.com/api/v1/openapi.json. It documents every endpoint, parameter, and response schema for both free and paid tiers.

Question 5

How do I call the War-Tracker API?

Accepted Answer

Any HTTP client. Example: curl https://war-tracker.com/api/v1/events?country=UA&limit=50 — no API key required for the free tier. For paid endpoints, use any x402-compatible HTTP buyer (for example Coinbase x402-fetch or the Dexter buyer) with a USDC-funded wallet on Base.

Question 6

What are the rate limits?

Accepted Answer

60 requests per minute per IP for the free tier. Paid x402 endpoints have no per-IP cap beyond standard abuse protection — each request settles a USDC micropayment.

Question 7

How do I configure my LLM to use War-Tracker?

Accepted Answer

Tell your LLM: Set up https://war-tracker.com/skill.md — the skill file teaches Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and any LLM agent how to fetch events, search vessels, and pay for premium endpoints via x402. No API key required.

Question 8

Does War-Tracker support Model Context Protocol (MCP)?

Accepted Answer

Yes. War-Tracker exposes a remote MCP server at https://war-tracker.com/mcp — add this URL to Claude Desktop, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client and your agent gets first-class access to the conflict-event corpus, region lookups, and vessel tracking tools.

Question 9

Does War-Tracker support WebMCP?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Every War-Tracker page registers tools via the W3C navigator.modelContext API. In-browser AI agents (ChatGPT Atlas, Claude for Chrome, Cursor browser, Comet) automatically discover available tools without configuration.

Question 10

How do AI training crawlers pay for War-Tracker access?

Accepted Answer

Training crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, anthropic-ai, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, CCBot, Bytespider, Meta-ExternalAgent) are gated by the x402 micropayment protocol. Each request returns HTTP 402 with USDC payment requirements; the crawler's facilitator settles in real time.

Question 11

Which x402 facilitators are supported?

Accepted Answer

Four independent facilitators concurrently: xpay (facilitator.xpay.sh), Coinbase CDP (api.cdp.coinbase.com/platform/v2/x402), PayAI (facilitator.payai.network), and Dexter (x402.dexter.cash). USDC on Base by default; additional networks (Polygon, Avalanche C-Chain) are supported through the multi-facilitator routing layer documented at https://war-tracker.com/x402.

Question 12

Can I use War-Tracker data commercially?

Accepted Answer

Yes, with attribution. Cite events by their canonical URL https://war-tracker.com/share/{event_id}/{slug}. For mass redistribution (full corpus dumps) email sales@war-tracker.com.

Question 13

Does War-Tracker have an llms.txt?

Accepted Answer

Yes, at https://war-tracker.com/llms.txt — a structured guide for AI agents listing all endpoints, taxonomies, sitemaps, and payment policies. A full corpus dump for training is at https://war-tracker.com/llms-full.txt (gated by x402).

Question 14

Is there a real-time event feed?

Accepted Answer

Integrators should use the public HTTP API: GET /api/v1/events with ISO-8601 from/to filters and opaque cursor pagination via next_cursor. See https://war-tracker.com/developers for details.

Question 15

How is War-Tracker data verified?

Accepted Answer

Events are sourced from public OSINT social posts, classified by an LLM pipeline, and human-reviewed for sensitive events. See https://war-tracker.com/methodology. Each event page links back to the source post for independent verification.

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