# clonecho Tech Pulse – Hacker News Trending Stories

> clonecho Tech Pulse – Hacker News Trending Stories is a paid API for AI agents from clonecho.builda.company, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns the current top trending tech and startup stories from Hacker News, including point scores and comment counts, as live JSON.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://clonecho.builda.company/x402/tech-pulse
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/clonecho-tech-pulse-hacker-news-trending-stories-9d2d480c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_3FMpDwArRgOpfn6Z8Pdg9

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 clonecho-tech-pulse-hacker-news-trending-stories-9d2d480c -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What are the top trending tech and startup stories on Hacker News right now, with their scores and comment counts?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a live, real-time snapshot of the top Hacker News stories with engagement signals (points and comments) in a single no-parameter GET call. Prefer it over scraping Hacker News directly or using RSS feeds when you need structured JSON and are operating in an x402 micropayment-enabled environment.

## Known failure modes

- Hacker News API or source is temporarily unavailable, returning a 5xx error
- Payment of $0.01 USDC not settled, resulting in a 402 Payment Required response
- Rate limiting or throttling if called too frequently
- Empty or stale data if Hacker News upstream is delayed

## How this service works

Top trending tech/startup stories now (Hacker News) with points and comment counts. Live. Returns JSON.

## Output

A JSON array of the current top trending Hacker News stories, each containing the story title, URL, upvote points, and number of comments, ranked by current popularity.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/clonecho-tech-pulse-hacker-news-trending-stories-9d2d480c/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from clonecho.builda.company](https://www.zero.xyz/host/clonecho.builda.company/llms.txt)