09 / APIX402NEED → MATCHES
Describe a need in plain language and receive the relevant projects, tools or protocols from the curated Sui Directory — ranked, categorized and ready to act on.
WHAT YOU GET
From a need to a shortlist.
Discovery turns an open question into a ranked list grounded in the curated index — the signal, not the noise.
- Ranked matches — relevant projects, tools and protocols from 200+ indexed records.
- Need-aware results — describe storage, DeFi, agents, tooling or a custom need.
- Category and fit context — each match comes with its category and why it fits.
- Source-linked — every match points to its directory record and public sources.
- x402 paid route — a single clean call, agent-ready JSON.
PORTFOLIO / VERIFIED SAMPLES
Portfolio models.
Representative discovery calls on real ecosystem needs. Thumbnails show the ranked response structure.
DISCOVERY · NEED
POST /search
"need": "walrus analytics"
→ 3 matches · 0.04s
"01": "Walytics · analytics"
"02": "Walrus Explorer · infra"
"03": "Project Atlas · storage"
Discovery: storage analytics3 ranked matches
DISCOVERY · CATEGORY
POST /search
"need": "lending protocols"
"category": "defi"
→ 5 matches
"01": "Navl · lending"
"02": "Scallop · lending"
…
Discovery: DeFi categorycategory-filtered
ASSOCIATED WORK
Matches, drawn from real builds.
Discovery ranks against the same index — so a match is a real, verifiable project, every time.
PROCESS
How discovery works.
flowchart LR
A["01 · Describe the need
a sentence is enough"] --> B["02 · Match the index
category + fit scoring"] --> C["03 · Get your shortlist
ranked, source-linked matches"]