# GoCreative Hacker News Trending Stories by Keyword

> GoCreative Hacker News Trending Stories by Keyword is a paid API for AI agents from api.gocreativeai.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns trending Hacker News stories matching a given keyword or topic, with scores, comments, authors, and links.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.gocreativeai.com/v1/trending/hackernews/%7Barg%7D
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/gocreative-hacker-news-trending-stories-by-keyword-4fa9ee94
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_dVu-YCB7Y_osj8dVYXoRK

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 gocreative-hacker-news-trending-stories-by-keyword-4fa9ee94
```

Example prompt: What's trending on Hacker News about 'artificial intelligence' right now — show me the top stories with their scores and comment counts.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need real-time trending Hacker News stories filtered by a specific topic or keyword, especially for tech, startup, crypto, or AI news. Prefer this over general web search when you specifically want developer community sentiment and popularity signals (scores, comments) from Hacker News. Best for agents monitoring tech discourse or summarizing what the HN community is talking about on a given subject.

## Known failure modes

- No stories found for obscure or misspelled keyword — returns empty stories array
- Payment failure via x402 — returns 402 Payment Required if USDC not provided
- Invalid or missing 'input' query parameter — returns 400 Bad Request
- Hacker News upstream unavailable — may return 503 or empty results
- Rate limiting if many rapid calls are made without payment

## How this service works

Keyless, pay-per-call compliance & regulated-data API for AI agents — OFAC wallet + sanctions/PEP + KYB screening, SEC filings, FRED economics, FDA recalls, federal awards, plus continuous monitoring. USDC on Base/Solana via x402, native MCP. No API key, no signup.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with the search keyword, total matching story count, source label ('Hacker News'), and an array of stories each containing: title, URL, Hacker News discussion URL, score, comment count, and author username.

## Example request

```json
{
 "arg": "artificial intelligence"
}
```

## 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",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "pathParams": {
     "type": "object"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "input"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "input": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "endpoint argument"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/gocreative-hacker-news-trending-stories-by-keyword-4fa9ee94/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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