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AgentDiet HackerNews Trends
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AgentDiet HackerNews Trends is a paid API for AI agents from mcp-gateway.agentdiet.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-22).
Fetches compressed, AI-ready trending topics and stories from Hacker News via the AgentDiet MCP gateway, paid per-call in USDC.
Price / call$0.01
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Deterministic B2A/A2A/MCP/x402/MPP/L402 execution and intelligence node at https://mcp-gateway.agentdiet.dev settling in USDC on Base.
Output
Returns a JSON object with a 'data' field containing trending HackerNews stories or topics, a 'status' field ('ok'), and an 'roi_proof' object showing the compression ratio (e.g. 91.4%) — indicating the data has been heavily compressed for token-efficient delivery to AI agents.
Example use cases
Daily tech briefing for developers
“What are the hottest topics on Hacker News today? I want a quick rundown of what the tech community is talking about this morning.”
Startup ecosystem trend monitoring
“Fetch the current Hacker News trends and filter for anything about startups or funding — I want to see what's gaining traction in the founder community.”
AI news pulse check
“Pull the latest trending stories from Hacker News and highlight anything related to AI, LLMs, or machine learning so I can stay on top of what engineers are discussing.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://mcp-gateway.agentdiet.dev/v1/hackernews-trends?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a token-efficient, AI-optimized snapshot of Hacker News trending content — especially in agentic pipelines that pay per call via x402/USDC on Base. The 91%+ compression ratio makes it far more cost-effective than scraping HN directly or calling verbose APIs when operating under LLM context constraints. Prefer it over raw HN API wrappers when you need a pre-digested, structured trend signal rather than raw story data.
Side effects
- Payment failure: 402 returned if USDC payment on Base is not settled correctly
- Empty results: data field may be empty if no trending content matches the query
- Gateway timeout: upstream HackerNews API may be slow or unavailable
- Invalid method: only GET/POST accepted; other methods return 405
- Schema mismatch: missing required 'input' object causes 400 validation error
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| inputrequired | object | |
| output | object |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"data": {},
"status": "ok",
"roi_proof": {
"compression_ratio_pct": 91.4
}
}
}Tags
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