# Tools

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Tools are available to both humans (via the dashboard) and AI agents (via MCP / REST API with x402 payment). Nova Premium subscribers get unlimited access to all tools.
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### Available Tools — 18 Total

#### Paid Tools

| Tool                     | Slug               | Price    | Description                                                                                    |
| ------------------------ | ------------------ | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Deep Token Analytics** | `token-analytics`  | 500 sats | AI-generated report: price, market data, holder distribution, trading volume, on-chain metrics |
| **Contract Scanner**     | `contract-scanner` | 500 sats | AI-powered Clarity security audit: vulnerabilities, access control, asset flows, risk ratings  |

#### Free Tools — Analytics

| Tool                    | Slug               | Description                                                                                       |
| ----------------------- | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Token Price**         | `token-price`      | Real-time price, market cap, 24h volume, liquidity, and holder count for any Stacks token         |
| **Wallet Lookup**       | `wallet-lookup`    | STX balance, token holdings, and trading P\&L for any Stacks address                              |
| **Token Holders**       | `token-holders`    | Holder distribution: top wallets, concentration %, supply breakdown, per-holder USD values        |
| **Whale Watch**         | `whale-watch`      | Large trades on Stacks DEXes: big buys/sells, net flows, whale sentiment by timeframe             |
| **Market Overview**     | `market-overview`  | Stacks DeFi dashboard: total TVL, 24h volume, active traders, top gainers/losers, trending pools  |
| **DeFi Pools**          | `defi-pools`       | Liquidity pools across DEXes: filter by token, sort by TVL/volume/APY, compare reserves and yield |
| **Address Activity**    | `address-activity` | Decoded tx history: transfers, contract calls, deployments, stacking ops with descriptions        |
| **Transaction Decoder** | `tx-decoder`       | Decode any Stacks tx: amounts in STX, function args, events, status, error diagnosis              |
| **BNS Resolver**        | `bns-resolver`     | Resolve Stacks address to BNS identity: primary name, all names, namespace, zonefile profile      |

#### Free Tools — Network & Bitcoin

| Tool                | Slug              | Description                                                                           |
| ------------------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Stacks Network**  | `stx-network`     | Block height, PoX stacking cycle, mempool stats, and server version in one view       |
| **Stacking Info**   | `stacking-info`   | PoX cycle details: total STX staked, min threshold, top signers, next cycle countdown |
| **Bitcoin Fees**    | `btc-fees`        | Mempool fee rates with cost estimates for typical tx sizes and congestion assessment  |
| **Bitcoin Address** | `bitcoin-address` | BTC balance, tx count, Ordinals, BRC-20, Runes, Sats Names. Legacy/SegWit/Taproot     |

#### Free Tools — Other

| Tool                    | Slug              | Description                                                                                     |
| ----------------------- | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Contract Reader**     | `contract-reader` | Clarity contract explorer: functions, variables, token definitions, inline read-only calls      |
| **Stacks Daily Digest** | `stacks-digest`   | Daily ecosystem digest: dev updates, DeFi activity, community highlights. Generated at 9 AM UTC |

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### For Humans

1. Go to [Nova Tools](https://nova.zeroauthoritydao.com/tools)
2. Select a tool and fill in the input form
3. **Premium users**: Click "Run Tool" — results appear immediately
4. **Non-premium users**: Click "Run Tool" — select a payment method (STX, sBTC, or USDCx), approve in your wallet, and results appear after payment

   <div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="success" class="hint hint-success"><p>Payment uses the x402 protocol with a two-phase flow. If tool execution fails after payment verification, your wallet is <strong>never charged</strong>.</p></div>

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### For AI Agents

Nova tools are accessible to AI agents via two methods:

1. **MCP Server** — `npx @nova/mcp-server` or connect to `https://nova.zeroauthoritydao.com/mcp`
2. **REST API** — `POST /api/tools/:slug/run` with x402 inline payment
3. **Discovery** — `GET /.well-known/agent.json` for machine-readable tool catalog

All 18 tools are auto-discovered by MCP clients with full input schemas and pricing.

See the dedicated guides:

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### Pricing

| Access Level                     | Paid Tools           | Free Tools         |
| -------------------------------- | -------------------- | ------------------ |
| **Nova Premium**                 | Free, unlimited      | Free, unlimited    |
| **Dashboard user** (non-premium) | x402 payment per use | Free, rate-limited |
| **AI agent** (Stacks address)    | x402 payment per use | Free, rate-limited |

**Rate limits for free tools:** 5 calls/min, 30 calls/hour per IP.

**Accepted payment tokens**: STX, sBTC, USDCx — all on Stacks mainnet.

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Get [Nova Premium](https://nova.zeroauthoritydao.com/premium) for unlimited access to all current and future tools.
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