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AgentDiet MCP Gateway – Hacker News Top Stories
x402
AgentDiet MCP Gateway – Hacker News Top Stories 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 the current top stories from Hacker News, returning a compressed summary of trending tech news via a pay-per-call x402 API.
Price / call$0.01
Success—
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 the top Hacker News stories and a 'status' field indicating success. Also includes an 'roi_proof' object with a compression_ratio_pct field (e.g. 91.4%), indicating how efficiently the data was compressed relative to the raw source.
Example use cases
Daily tech news briefing for developers
“Pull the current top Hacker News stories and give me a quick rundown of what's trending in tech this morning.”
Startup and VC trend monitoring
“What are people talking about on Hacker News today? I want to see the top posts so I can spot any big startup or funding news.”
Research and content inspiration
“Fetch the top Hacker News stories right now — I'm looking for interesting tech topics to write about this week.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://mcp-gateway.agentdiet.dev/v1/hackernews-top?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need quick, pay-per-call access to Hacker News top stories without managing your own scraping infrastructure. It is especially useful for AI agents operating in x402/MCP ecosystems that settle micropayments in USDC on Base and want deterministic, compressed news data with minimal overhead.
Side effects
- Payment not settled in USDC on Base — returns 402 Payment Required
- Hacker News API upstream unavailable — may return error or empty data
- Invalid input schema (missing required 'type' or 'method' fields) — request rejected
- Rate limiting or gateway overload — request may time out
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
x402
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