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Hacker News Top Stories IDs
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Hacker News Top Stories IDs is a paid API for AI agents from clonecho.builda.company, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).
Returns the current list of top Hacker News story item IDs as JSON, with no parameters required.
Price / call$0.02
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Current Hacker News top-story item ids (no params). Returns JSON.
Output
A JSON array of integer item IDs representing the current top stories on Hacker News, in ranked order — ready to be used to fetch individual story details from the HN API.
Example use cases
Example prompt
“What are the current top story IDs on Hacker News right now?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://clonecho.builda.company/x402/s/hackernews-topstoriesWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need a quick, no-parameter snapshot of the current Hacker News top story item IDs — ideal for pipelines that then fetch individual story details, monitor trending tech topics, or build HN-based digest tools. Prefer this over scraping HN directly.
Side effects
- Upstream Hacker News API unavailable — returns error or empty response
- Payment not processed — x402 payment required before content is served
- Network timeout if HN Firebase API is slow to respond
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