Cult Film Curtis - Lucid Agent

Movie-loving connoisseur that provides cult film recommendations for micropayments using TMDB API.

Prerequisites

Bun runtime
TMDB API key (free)

Environment Variables

export EVM_PRIVATE_KEY="0x..." export PAYMENTS_RECEIVABLE_ADDRESS="0x..." export FACILITATOR_URL="https://x402.org/facilitator" export NETWORK="base" export TMDB_API_KEY="your_tmdb_api_key"

Implementation

package.json

{ "name": "cult-film-curtis", "type": "module", "scripts": { "dev": "bun run --hot src/index.ts", "start": "bun run src/index.ts" }, "dependencies": { "@lucid-agents/core": "latest", "@lucid-agents/http": "latest", "@lucid-agents/hono": "latest", "@lucid-agents/payments": "latest", "hono": "^4.0.0", "zod": "^4.0.0" } }

src/index.ts

import { createAgent } from '@lucid-agents/core'; import { http } from '@lucid-agents/http'; import { createAgentApp } from '@lucid-agents/hono'; import { payments, paymentsFromEnv } from '@lucid-agents/payments'; import { z } from 'zod';

const TMDB_API_KEY = process.env.TMDB_API_KEY; if (!TMDB_API_KEY) { throw new Error('TMDB_API_KEY environment variable is required'); } const TMDB_BASE = 'https://api.themoviedb.org/3';

// Cult film keyword IDs from TMDB const CULT_KEYWORDS = [9717, 12339, 156218]; // cult-film, midnight-movie, b-movie

interface TMDBMovie { id: number; title: string; release_date: string; overview: string; vote_average: number; poster_path: string | null; genre_ids: number[]; }

// Cache to avoid rate limits const cache = new Map<string, { data: any; timestamp: number }>(); const CACHE_TTL = 300_000; // 5 minutes

async function fetchWithCache<T>(key: string, fetcher: () => Promise<T>): Promise<T> { const cached = cache.get(key); if (cached && Date.now() - cached.timestamp < CACHE_TTL) { return cached.data; } const data = await fetcher(); cache.set(key, { data, timestamp: Date.now() }); return data; }

async function fetchCultFilms(page = 1): Promise<TMDBMovie[]> { try { const keywordId = CULT_KEYWORDS[Math.floor(Math.random() * CULT_KEYWORDS.length)]; const url = ${TMDB_BASE}/discover/movie?api_key=${TMDB_API_KEY}&with_keywords=${keywordId}&sort_by=vote_count.desc&page=${page}; const res = await fetch(url); if (!res.ok) { console.error(TMDB discover failed: ${res.status} ${res.statusText}); return []; } const data = await res.json(); return data.results || []; } catch (err) { console.error('fetchCultFilms error:', err); return []; } }

async function fetchMovieDetails(movieId: number): Promise<Record<string, any> | null> { try { const url = ${TMDB_BASE}/movie/${movieId}?api_key=${TMDB_API_KEY}&append_to_response=credits,keywords; const res = await fetch(url); if (!res.ok) { console.error(TMDB movie details failed: ${res.status} ${res.statusText}); return null; } return await res.json(); } catch (err) { console.error('fetchMovieDetails error:', err); return null; } }

async function searchCultFilms(query: string): Promise<TMDBMovie[]> { try { const url = ${TMDB_BASE}/search/movie?api_key=${TMDB_API_KEY}&query=${encodeURIComponent(query)}; const res = await fetch(url); if (!res.ok) { console.error(TMDB search failed: ${res.status} ${res.statusText}); return []; } const data = await res.json(); return data.results || []; } catch (err) { console.error('searchCultFilms error:', err); return []; } }

// Create agent with extensions const agent = await createAgent({ name: 'cult-film-curtis', version: '1.0.0', description: 'Cult film recommendations for micropayments', }) .use(http()) .use(payments({ config: paymentsFromEnv() })) .build();

const { app, addEntrypoint } = await createAgentApp(agent);

// FREE: Health check addEntrypoint({ key: 'health', description: 'Health check', input: z.object({}), price: { amount: 0 }, handler: async () => ({ output: { status: 'healthy', timestamp: new Date().toISOString(), tmdbConnected: !!TMDB_API_KEY, }, }), });

// FREE: Overview of what Curtis offers addEntrypoint({ key: 'overview', description: 'Free overview of available recommendations', input: z.object({}), price: { amount: 0 }, handler: async () => { const sample = await fetchWithCache('sample', () => fetchCultFilms(1)); return { output: { endpoints: ['recommend', 'details', 'search'], dataSource: 'TMDB', sampleTitles: sample.slice(0, 5).map((m) => m.title), fetchedAt: new Date().toISOString(), }, }; }, });

// PAID: Get recommendation ($0.01) addEntrypoint({ key: 'recommend', description: 'Get a cult film recommendation', input: z.object({ mood: z.string().optional().describe('Genre or mood preference'), page: z.number().min(1).max(10).optional().describe('Result page (1-10)'), }), price: { amount: 10000 }, // 0.01 USDC handler: async (ctx) => { const page = ctx.input.page || Math.ceil(Math.random() * 5); const films = await fetchWithCache(films:${page}, () => fetchCultFilms(page));

if (films.length === 0) {
  return { output: { error: 'No films available', fetchedAt: new Date().toISOString() } };
}

let selection = films;
if (ctx.input.mood) {
  const mood = ctx.input.mood.toLowerCase();
  selection = films.filter(
    (f) => f.overview.toLowerCase().includes(mood) || f.title.toLowerCase().includes(mood)
  );
  if (selection.length === 0) selection = films;
}

const film = selection[Math.floor(Math.random() * selection.length)];
return {
  output: {
    id: film.id,
    title: film.title,
    year: film.release_date?.split('-')[0],
    rating: film.vote_average,
    synopsis: film.overview,
    poster: film.poster_path ? `https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500${film.poster_path}` : null,
    source: 'tmdb',
    fetchedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
  },
};

}, });

// PAID: Detailed film info ($0.005) addEntrypoint({ key: 'details', description: 'Get detailed information about a specific film', input: z.object({ movieId: z.number().describe('TMDB movie ID'), }), price: { amount: 5000 }, // 0.005 USDC handler: async (ctx) => { const details = await fetchWithCache(details:${ctx.input.movieId}, () => fetchMovieDetails(ctx.input.movieId) );

if (!details) {
  return { output: { error: 'Movie not found', movieId: ctx.input.movieId, fetchedAt: new Date().toISOString() } };
}

return {
  output: {
    id: details.id,
    title: details.title,
    year: details.release_date?.split('-')[0],
    runtime: details.runtime,
    rating: details.vote_average,
    synopsis: details.overview,
    genres: details.genres?.map((g: any) => g.name) || [],
    director: details.credits?.crew?.find((c: any) => c.job === 'Director')?.name,
    cast: details.credits?.cast?.slice(0, 5).map((c: any) => c.name) || [],
    keywords: details.keywords?.keywords?.map((k: any) => k.name) || [],
    poster: details.poster_path ? `https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500${details.poster_path}` : null,
    imdbId: details.imdb_id,
    source: 'tmdb',
    fetchedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
  },
};

}, });

// PAID: Search films ($0.002) addEntrypoint({ key: 'search', description: 'Search for cult films by title', input: z.object({ query: z.string().min(2).describe('Search query'), }), price: { amount: 2000 }, // 0.002 USDC handler: async (ctx) => { const results = await searchCultFilms(ctx.input.query); return { output: { query: ctx.input.query, count: results.length, films: results.slice(0, 10).map((f) => ({ id: f.id, title: f.title, year: f.release_date?.split('-')[0], rating: f.vote_average, })), fetchedAt: new Date().toISOString(), }, }; }, });

const port = Number(process.env.PORT ?? 3000); console.log(Cult Film Curtis running on port ${port});

export default { port, fetch: app.fetch };

Pricing

Endpoint Price Description

/health

Free Health check

/overview

Free Sample titles, discover endpoints

/recommend

0.01 USDC Random cult film recommendation

/details

0.005 USDC Full movie details with cast/crew

/search

0.002 USDC Search by title

Testing

bun install && bun run dev

Free endpoints

curl http://localhost:3000/health curl http://localhost:3000/entrypoints/overview/invoke -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{}'

Paid endpoint (returns 402 without payment)

curl http://localhost:3000/entrypoints/recommend/invoke -X POST
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d '{"mood": "horror"}'

Deployment

railway login && railway init railway variables set TMDB_API_KEY="..." EVM_PRIVATE_KEY="0x..."
PAYMENTS_RECEIVABLE_ADDRESS="0x..." FACILITATOR_URL="https://x402.org/facilitator" NETWORK="base" railway up && railway domain

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Free endpoints

Paid endpoint (returns 402 without payment)

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