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Hacker News Discussion Search: Search, Retrieval, and RAG Systems
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Hacker News Discussion Search: Search, Retrieval, and RAG Systems 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 specifically about search, retrieval, and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) systems, returning titles, links, scores, authors, and timestamps.
Price / call$0.01
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Hacker News discussion search: search, retrieval, and RAG systems: Search public Hacker News stories for search, retrieval, and RAG systems. Returns story titles, links, scores, authors, and timestamps.
Output
Returns a list of Hacker News stories matching the query, each including the story title, URL link, score (upvotes), author username, and timestamp of publication. Results are limited to between 1 and 10 stories per call.
Example use cases
Researching community sentiment on RAG
“Can you search Hacker News for what the community is saying about retrieval-augmented generation systems? Give me up to 8 of the most relevant stories with their scores and links.”
Finding HN threads on vector search
“Search Hacker News for discussions about vector search and semantic retrieval — I want to see the top 5 posts with titles, scores, and who wrote them.”
Tracking developer interest in search infrastructure
“Look up the latest Hacker News stories about search infrastructure and information retrieval systems, and return up to 10 results with timestamps so I can see how recent the discussions are.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://market.datapackvibe.com/x402/demand-next-community-search-and-retrieval-researchers?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you specifically need Hacker News community discussions about search, retrieval, and RAG systems. It is ideal for gauging developer sentiment, finding relevant community threads, or tracking what practitioners are discussing about search infrastructure and AI retrieval pipelines. Prefer this over general web search when you want the technical HN audience's perspective specifically.
Side effects
- No matching stories found for the query — returns empty results list
- Query too vague returns off-topic stories
- max_results out of range (must be 1–10) causes validation error
- Network timeout or upstream HN API unavailability
- Payment of $0.01 USDC not settled, resulting in 402 response
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| query | string | Optional focused search query. |
| max_results | integer |
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