# broker-citation-search

> broker-citation-search is a paid API for AI agents from x402broker.com, paid per call via x402 or MPP, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-20).

Executes live Google News RSS and HackerNews Algolia searches and returns clean, token-pruned results stripped of ads and bloat for AI agent grounding.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://x402broker.com/v1/citation-search?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402, MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-20
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/broker-citation-search-05084d18
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap__KOlqPHKPH39sjJMSnzNB

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 broker-citation-search-05084d18
```

Example prompt: Search for the latest news about OpenAI's new model releases and give me clean, citation-ready results from Google News and HackerNews.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need live, ad-free, token-efficient web search results specifically from Google News and HackerNews for grounding AI agent responses. Prefer it over general-purpose scrapers when you want pre-cleaned, low-token output optimized for agent consumption and citation use, especially for tech news topics.

## Known failure modes

- Empty query returns no results or an error
- Upstream Google News RSS or HackerNews Algolia API unavailability causes partial or no results
- Very niche queries may return zero matching articles
- Rate limits or payment failure (402) block the request
- Stale RSS cache may return slightly delayed news

## How this service works

Executes live Google News RSS + HackerNews Algolia search queries and returns clean, token-pruned results with zero ad bloat. (Live x402 v2, IETF MPP & MCP endpoint at https://x402broker.com/v1/citation-search)

## Output

A token-pruned, ad-free list of news article results drawn from Google News RSS and HackerNews Algolia, including headlines, URLs, and short summaries, formatted for direct use as AI agent context or citation grounding.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "query"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "query": {
   "type": "string",
   "minLength": 1,
   "description": "Search query for live news, technical articles, and web results"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object"
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/broker-citation-search-05084d18/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402broker.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402broker.com/llms.txt)