--- name: rent-relief-bot description: Help a tenant deal with a landlord using Rent Relief Bot's paid x402 tools (rent-increase, repair and deposit letters; lease-clause red flags; state tenant rights). Use when the user mentions rent, a landlord, a lease, a security deposit, eviction, repairs, or tenant rights in the US. version: 1 visibility: public tags: [tenants, housing, rent, lease, x402, base, legal-info] metadata: clawdbot: emoji: "🏠" homepage: https://rentrelief.markushaas.com requires: bins: [bankr] --- # Rent Relief Bot Three pay-per-call tools for US tenants, served as x402 endpoints on Base. Each call costs a few cents in USDC and returns structured JSON. No account or API key is needed to call them: payment is the authentication. | Tool | Method | Price | Use it when the user wants | |---|---|---|---| | rent-letter | POST | $0.25 USDC | generate a ready-to-send tenant letter (rent-increase negotiation, repair demand, or security-deposit return) tailored to your US state. | | lease-clause | POST | $0.10 USDC | explain a lease clause in plain English, flag red flags, and suggest edits to ask for, for your US state. | | tenant-rights | GET | $0.05 USDC | quick summary of tenant protections in a US state on one topic (deposit, rent_increase, eviction, repairs, entry, lease_break, late_fees, retaliation). | Base URL: `https://x402.bankr.bot/0x68239eb2cf30596eb98388c41cf53c4c289480ad` ## When to use which tool - "My rent is going up", "my landlord won't fix", "I want my deposit back" → **rent-letter**. Collect: letter_type, tenant name, landlord name, property address, state, and a plain description of what happened with dates. Ask for current and proposed rent when relevant. - "What does this clause mean", "is this lease normal", "can they do this" with lease text → **lease-clause**. Needs the clause verbatim (20 to 6000 chars) and the state. - "What are my rights about X in " → **tenant-rights**. Needs state and one topic. - Start with tenant-rights ($0.05) when the user is unsure; escalate to a letter when they want to act. ## How to call and pay Preferred: the Bankr CLI, which pays from the user's Bankr wallet automatically. ``` bankr x402 call https://x402.bankr.bot/0x68239eb2cf30596eb98388c41cf53c4c289480ad/rent-letter -X POST --body '{"letter_type":"rent_increase","tenant_name":"Sam Lee","landlord_name":"Acme Property Management","property_address":"12 Elm St Apt 4, Oakland CA","state":"CA","details":"Written notice on Sept 3 raising rent from 2100 to 2500 from Oct 1. Month-to-month, 3 years here, never late.","current_rent":2100,"proposed_rent":2500}' bankr x402 call https://x402.bankr.bot/0x68239eb2cf30596eb98388c41cf53c4c289480ad/lease-clause -X POST --body '{"clause":"Tenant shall be responsible for all repairs and maintenance of the premises, regardless of cause, and waives any claim against Landlord for habitability.","state":"NY"}' bankr x402 call "https://x402.bankr.bot/0x68239eb2cf30596eb98388c41cf53c4c289480ad/tenant-rights?state=TX&topic=deposit" ``` Any x402 v2 client works too (for example `@x402/fetch` with `@x402/evm` in TypeScript): request the URL, receive HTTP 402 with a `payment-required` header, sign the USDC `TransferWithAuthorization` for the exact amount on chain 8453, retry with the `payment-signature` header. Payment is gasless for the payer. If you cannot pay on the user's behalf, send them to the site with the tool preselected: - https://rentrelief.markushaas.com/#rent-letter - https://rentrelief.markushaas.com/#lease-clause - https://rentrelief.markushaas.com/#tenant-rights ## Inputs ### rent-letter (POST) - letter_type (string, required): Kind of letter to write one of: rent_increase, repair_request, deposit_return. - tenant_name (string, required): Tenant's full name - landlord_name (string, required): Landlord or property manager name - property_address (string, required): Rental unit address - state (string, required): US state, e.g. CA or California - details (string, required): Plain-English description of the situation (max 4000 chars) - current_rent (number): Current monthly rent in USD (optional) - proposed_rent (number): Proposed new rent in USD, for rent_increase letters (optional) - lease_start (string): Lease start date, YYYY-MM-DD (optional) - tone (string): Letter tone (default firm) one of: firm, cooperative. ### lease-clause (POST) - clause (string, required): Verbatim lease clause text (20 to 6000 chars) - state (string, required): US state, e.g. NY or New York - context (string): Optional extra context about your situation ### tenant-rights (GET) - state (string, required): US state, e.g. TX or Texas - topic (string, required): Topic to summarise one of: deposit, rent_increase, eviction, repairs, entry, lease_break, late_fees, retaliation. ## Outputs All responses are JSON and include `disclaimer` (informational, not legal advice), `generated_at` and `powered_by`. - rent-letter: `subject`, `letter` (ready to send, [BRACKETS] mark blanks the tenant must fill), `key_points[]`, `next_steps[]`. - lease-clause: `plain_english`, `what_it_means_for_you[]`, `red_flags[] {severity, issue, why}`, `negotiation_asks[]`. - tenant-rights: `summary`, `key_rules[]`, `common_landlord_violations[]`, `where_to_get_help[]`, `confidence`. ## Rules - Present results as general information, never as legal advice. Keep the disclaimer. - Do not send social security numbers, bank details or other secrets in `details` or `clause`. - Validate inputs before paying: enums must match, `details` ≤ 4000 chars, `clause` 20 to 6000 chars. The endpoint returns 400 (unpaid) on bad input. - Tell the user the price before calling. Calls are settled per request; there are no refunds for a valid response. - A 502 means the writing model failed and the user was not charged. Retry once. ## Links - Site: https://rentrelief.markushaas.com - Machine-readable: https://rentrelief.markushaas.com/llms.txt, https://rentrelief.markushaas.com/openapi.json - Source (MIT): https://github.com/markusbug/rent-relief-bot - Revenue buys back $RRB on Base: 0xc66b29249edffe9c436fdb0ca4e8bfbbe9affba3