# Rotary Agency Lobsters Feed

> Rotary Agency Lobsters Feed is a paid API for AI agents from rotaryagency.uk, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status down (last checked 2026-10-25).

Fetches the latest stories and links from the Lobsters (lobste.rs) technology news aggregator

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://rotaryagency.uk/api/free/lobsters?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: down
- Last checked: 2026-10-25
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/rotary-agency-lobsters-feed-c0a5ef73
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_9cm7wU2DTjEpv42Rs-ZkP

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 rotary-agency-lobsters-feed-c0a5ef73
```

Example prompt: Pull the latest stories from the Lobsters tech link aggregator and show me what the developer community is talking about right now.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need quick, pay-per-call access to the Lobsters technology link aggregator feed without setting up your own scraper or RSS parser. It is ideal for agents that occasionally need to sample developer community content without maintaining a persistent integration.

## Known failure modes

- Upstream lobste.rs API or scraping source unavailable — returns error or empty payload
- Rate limiting or payment failure due to x402 protocol issue — request blocked
- Stale or cached data if the upstream feed has not refreshed recently

## How this service works

Free-source data APIs (100% margin, no proxy, $0.002/call): ...

## Output

Returns a structured JSON array of recent Lobsters submissions, each containing story title, link URL, author username, community tags, score, comment count, and submission timestamp.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "varies": "endpoint-specific structured JSON"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/rotary-agency-lobsters-feed-c0a5ef73/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from rotaryagency.uk](https://www.zero.xyz/host/rotaryagency.uk/llms.txt)