# AgentDiet HackerNews Top Stories Distiller

> AgentDiet HackerNews Top Stories Distiller is a paid API for AI agents from rag-diet.agentdiet.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-22).

Fetches and compresses the top HackerNews stories into a token-efficient summary, reducing context window usage by ~91%

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://rag-diet.agentdiet.dev/v1/hackernews-top?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-22
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/agentdiet-hackernews-top-stories-distiller-c1aa1669
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_BhP_N1nuCiByOmn0rw6L_

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability agentdiet-hackernews-top-stories-distiller-c1aa1669
```

Example prompt: Pull the current top stories from HackerNews and give me a distilled, token-efficient summary — I want to see what's trending without burning through my context window.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when an AI agent needs to consume HackerNews top stories but must minimize context window token usage. It is especially valuable in long-running agent pipelines where token efficiency matters — the ~91% compression ratio makes it far superior to fetching raw HackerNews feeds directly. Prefer this over scraping HackerNews yourself when you need a clean, structured, pay-per-call result settled in USDC on Base via x402.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not settled in USDC on Base — returns 402 Payment Required
- HackerNews API upstream unavailable — may return error status
- Malformed query parameter — ignored or returns unfiltered results
- Network timeout fetching from HackerNews source

## How this service works

Deterministic B2A/A2A/MCP/x402/MPP/L402 execution and intelligence node at https://rag-diet.agentdiet.dev settling in USDC on Base.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with a 'data' field containing compressed top HackerNews stories, a 'status' field ('ok'), and a 'roi_proof' object showing the compression_ratio_pct (e.g. 91.4%), confirming how much token reduction was achieved.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "POST"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "query": {
       "type": "string"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "data": {},
  "status": "ok",
  "roi_proof": {
   "compression_ratio_pct": 91.4
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/agentdiet-hackernews-top-stories-distiller-c1aa1669/health.json
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