# Hacker News Discussion Search: Developer Tools & Workflow Automation

> Hacker News Discussion Search: Developer Tools & Workflow Automation 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-product?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-discussion-search-developer-tools-workflow-automation-ee76a64a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_A2ysaTdAnEcy7X4qKQS5Q

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-discussion-search-developer-tools-workflow-automation-ee76a64a -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search Hacker News for the top 5 discussions about developer tools and workflow automation — I want to see what the community is saying right now.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need community-sourced discussion signals from Hacker News specifically about developer tools and workflow automation — ideal for product research, competitive analysis, or curating developer-focused content. Prefer this over general web search when you want HN-specific scoring, authorship, and community engagement metadata rather than raw web results.

## Known failure modes

- No results returned if the query is too narrow or niche
- Max results capped at 10; requests for more will be silently limited
- Hacker News search index may not include very recent stories
- Generic or overly broad queries may return loosely relevant results
- Payment failure if USDC balance is insufficient

## 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 a list of Hacker News stories (up to 10) each containing the story title, URL link, community score, author username, and timestamp, filtered to developer tools and workflow automation topics.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "query": {
   "type": "string",
   "default": "developer tools and workflow automation Product teams",
   "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-discussion-search-developer-tools-workflow-automation-ee76a64a/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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