{
  "object": "jepeta_high_intent_answer",
  "schemaVersion": "1.0.0",
  "language": "en",
  "category": "workflow",
  "question": "What should I check before buying a Base token?",
  "intent": "Use a practical pre-trade Base token checklist",
  "directAnswer": "Before a Base token trade, verify the exact contract, then check honeypot status, mintability, taxes, holder concentration, liquidity, observed LP-lock evidence, data quality, and source freshness. A single green metric is not enough; the goal is to catch reasons to stop or review before execution.",
  "canonicalUrl": "https://jepeta.dev/guides/base-token-risk-checklist-before-buy/",
  "jsonUrl": "https://jepeta.dev/guides/base-token-risk-checklist-before-buy/index.json",
  "sections": [
    {
      "heading": "Contract and execution checks",
      "paragraphs": [
        "Start with the exact Base contract address. Verify that the scanner is evaluating chain 8453 and not a same-name asset elsewhere.",
        "Require explicit honeypot and mintability results. If a required security source is unavailable, treat that as no usable verdict rather than assuming the token passed."
      ]
    },
    {
      "heading": "Market and distribution checks",
      "paragraphs": [
        "Review buy/sell taxes, exact matching Base liquidity, observed top-holder concentration, and observed LP-lock coverage. Each one answers a different question: exit cost, market depth, ownership concentration, and liquidity persistence.",
        "Pay attention to null fields and source-status warnings. Data quality is part of the decision, not an implementation detail."
      ]
    },
    {
      "heading": "Decision discipline",
      "paragraphs": [
        "BLOCK means stop under the configured Jepeta policy. WARN means review the flagged conditions. PASS means only that no configured WARN/BLOCK condition was observed in available evidence.",
        "Run the scan close to execution, and use permanent evidence pages for traceability rather than as a substitute for a current scan."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "checklist": [
    "Exact contract + Base 8453",
    "Honeypot",
    "Mintability",
    "Buy/sell tax",
    "Holder concentration",
    "Liquidity",
    "Observed LP lock",
    "Data quality/source status",
    "Fresh timestamp"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Jepeta methodology",
      "url": "https://jepeta.dev/methodology.json"
    },
    {
      "label": "Jepeta OpenAPI",
      "url": "https://jepeta.dev/openapi.json"
    }
  ],
  "evidenceExample": {
    "tokenAddress": "0x940181a94a35a4569e4529a3cdfb74e38fd98631",
    "canonicalUrl": "https://jepeta.dev/risk/base/0x940181a94a35a4569e4529a3cdfb74e38fd98631/",
    "lastCheckedAt": "2026-09-24T16:48:11.089+00:00",
    "decision": "WARN",
    "riskScore": 35
  },
  "related": [
    {
      "question": "What Base token risk API can an AI agent use before execution?",
      "url": "https://jepeta.dev/guides/base-token-risk-api-for-ai-agents/"
    },
    {
      "question": "Can I check Base token risk without connecting a wallet?",
      "url": "https://jepeta.dev/guides/base-token-security-api-without-wallet/"
    },
    {
      "question": "What is the difference between a honeypot check and a token risk check?",
      "url": "https://jepeta.dev/guides/honeypot-check-vs-token-risk-check/"
    }
  ],
  "methodologyUrl": "https://jepeta.dev/methodology.json",
  "freshScanUrl": "https://jepeta.dev/#scanner",
  "limitations": [
    "Educational risk-screening content, not investment advice.",
    "A token-risk snapshot is timestamped and can become stale.",
    "PASS is not a safety guarantee."
  ]
}