# Hacker News Discussion Search: Software Security & Vulnerability Response

> Hacker News Discussion Search: Software Security & Vulnerability Response 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 software security and vulnerability response, returning titles, links, scores, authors, and timestamps.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://market.datapackvibe.com/x402/demand-next-community-software-security-researchers?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-software-security-vulnerability-response-8e3ec51d
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_F0IKUkViECBuvKRUoe0b2

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-software-security-vulnerability-response-8e3ec51d -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search Hacker News for the top 5 community discussions about software vulnerability response and responsible disclosure practices — I want titles, links, scores, and who posted them.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time community sentiment and discussion threads from Hacker News specifically focused on software security and vulnerability response topics. It is ideal for agents monitoring how the developer/security community reacts to CVEs, incidents, or security practices, and when you want scored, author-attributed story links rather than web search results or academic sources.

## Known failure modes

- Query returns zero results if the search term is too niche or misspelled
- max_results out of range (below 1 or above 10) causes validation error
- HN search backend unavailability may yield empty or error response
- Overly broad queries may return loosely related stories with low relevance
- Payment failure ($0.01 USDC) blocks the request before execution

## How this service works

Hacker News discussion search: software security and vulnerability response: Search public Hacker News stories for software security and vulnerability response. 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, HN score (upvotes), author username, and publication timestamp — up to 10 results per call.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "query": {
   "type": "string",
   "default": "software security and vulnerability response Research teams",
   "description": "Optional focused search query."
  },
  "max_results": {
   "type": "integer",
   "default": 5,
   "maximum": 10,
   "minimum": 1
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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