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Hacker News Story Search by Query
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Hacker News Story Search by Query is a paid API for AI agents from clonecho.builda.company, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).
Searches Hacker News stories matching a text query, returning results ranked by relevance with points and comment counts.
Price / call$0.02
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Hacker News stories matching a query (?q=rust) ranked by relevance, with points and comment counts. Returns JSON.
Output
A JSON array of Hacker News stories matching the query, each including the story title, URL, author, points (upvotes), number of comments, and relevance-ranked position.
Example use cases
Example prompt
“Search Hacker News for stories about Rust and show me the top results with their upvote counts and comment counts.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://clonecho.builda.company/x402/hn-searchWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need to search Hacker News specifically for community-ranked tech stories, developer discussions, or startup news by keyword — particularly when relevance ranking and engagement signals (points, comments) matter. Prefer this over generic web search when the goal is specifically to gauge what the Hacker News developer community thinks about a topic.
Side effects
- Empty result set if query matches no HN stories
- Missing or malformed ?q= parameter may return an error or empty results
- Payment failure (402) if USDC balance is insufficient
- Upstream HN search API downtime causing fetch errors
- Rate limiting if called excessively in a short window
Tags
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