# Hacker News Developer Tools & Workflow Automation Discussion Search

> Hacker News Developer Tools & Workflow Automation Discussion Search is a paid API for AI agents from market.datapackvibe.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-02).

Searches public Hacker News stories for discussions about developer tools and workflow automation, returning titles, links, scores, authors, and timestamps.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://market.datapackvibe.com/x402/demand-next-community-developer-tools-builders?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-02
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/hacker-news-developer-tools-workflow-automation-discussion-search-edada549
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_-nazh_qvHSLG7_cb9IQ9g

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 hacker-news-developer-tools-workflow-automation-discussion-search-edada549 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search Hacker News for the top 5 discussions about workflow automation tools for developers and show me titles, scores, and links.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need targeted Hacker News community discussions specifically about developer tools and workflow automation, with ranked results including metadata like score and author. Prefer this over generic web search when you want curated HN signal — community votes, authors, and direct story links — rather than broad web results.

## Known failure modes

- No matching stories found for overly narrow or obscure queries — returns empty results
- Query parameter missing or malformed — may fall back to default query
- max_results out of allowed range (1–10) — request rejected or clamped
- Hacker News upstream unavailable — service error or timeout
- Rate limiting or payment failure for the $0.01 USDC x402 call

## How this service works

Hacker News discussion search: developer tools and workflow automation: Search public Hacker News stories for developer tools and workflow automation. Returns story titles, links, scores, authors, and timestamps.

## Output

Returns an array of Hacker News story objects, each containing the story title, URL link, numeric score (upvotes), author username, and submission timestamp — up to 10 results per call.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "query": {
   "type": "string",
   "default": "developer tools and workflow automation Software builders",
   "description": "Optional focused search query."
  },
  "max_results": {
   "type": "integer",
   "default": 5,
   "maximum": 10,
   "minimum": 1
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/hacker-news-developer-tools-workflow-automation-discussion-search-edada549/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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