# GoCreative HN Top Stories Lookup

> GoCreative HN Top Stories Lookup 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).

Fetches the top stories currently trending on Hacker News, returning a configurable number of results.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.gocreativeai.com/v1/lookup/hn/top
- 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-hn-top-stories-lookup-83debf5c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_HBJvJuS-jOCi_SuhoxiRP

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-hn-top-stories-lookup-83debf5c
```

Example prompt: What are the top 20 stories on Hacker News right now? Pull them from GoCreative's HN lookup tool so I can see what's trending in tech today.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need real-time top stories from Hacker News without scraping or managing API keys. Ideal for AI agents that want pay-per-call access to HN trending content via USDC micropayments on Base, especially when no signup or authentication setup is desired.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid 'count' parameter value results in an error or empty response
- HN API upstream unavailability causes a fetch failure
- Payment failure via x402 if USDC balance is insufficient
- Rate limiting or timeout if count is excessively large

## How this service works

AI agents pay $0.005–$0.15 per call in USDC on Base. 170+ pay-per-call tools: B2B lead data, enrichment, lookups, scrapers. Native MCP server. No API keys, no signup.

## Output

Returns a list of top Hacker News stories with associated metadata such as titles, URLs, scores, authors, and comment counts — the number of stories returned is controlled by the 'count' parameter.

## Example request

```json
{
 "count": "10"
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "count": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "title": "Response Lookup Hn Top V1 Lookup Hn Top Get",
 "additionalProperties": true
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/gocreative-hn-top-stories-lookup-83debf5c/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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