# Roster Trending Jobs API

> Roster Trending Jobs API is a paid API for AI agents from r05t3r.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.15/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-12).

Returns trending job listings and hiring data, paid per-request in USDC via x402 with no auth or subscription required.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://r05t3r.vercel.app/api/trending?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.15/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-12
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/roster-trending-jobs-api-19b26b13
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_u6YAL6Qhs-JugEmjO-wwD

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 roster-trending-jobs-api-19b26b13 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What are the trending job listings right now? I want to see which roles and companies are hiring the most — especially in tech and AI.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time or near-real-time trending job market data without setting up API keys or subscriptions — ideal for AI agents that need on-demand hiring intelligence and can pay per-call in USDC via x402. Prefer this over traditional job board APIs when operating in a pay-as-you-go agent economy context.

## Known failure modes

- Payment failure if USDC balance is insufficient or x402 protocol handshake fails
- Empty or stale results if no trending data is currently indexed
- HTTP 402 returned if payment is not properly handled
- Malformed POST body may result in 400 or unexpected empty response
- Rate limits or server errors on the Vercel deployment (503/500)

## How this service works

Job listings and hiring data for AI agents. No auth, no subscriptions. Pay per request in USDC via x402.

## Output

A list of trending job postings and hiring data including job titles, companies, likely location or remote status, and signals about which roles are gaining traction in the current market.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/roster-trending-jobs-api-19b26b13/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from r05t3r.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/r05t3r.vercel.app/llms.txt)