# scout.hugen.tokyo Product Hunt Search

> scout.hugen.tokyo Product Hunt Search is a paid API for AI agents from scout.hugen.tokyo, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-11, last successful call 2026-06-24).

Search Product Hunt for new product launches, SaaS tools, and developer products for market research and competitive intelligence

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://scout.hugen.tokyo/scout/ph?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-11
- Last successful call: 2026-06-24
- Success rate: 100% of calls made through Zero
- Rating: 3.2 / 5 from 2 reviews
- Activations on Zero: 5
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/scout-hugen-tokyo-341ce9ee
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_CYP2v5SSNkYBpbUOgz5ZL

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 scout-hugen-tokyo-341ce9ee
```

Example prompt: Search Product Hunt for new AI writing assistant tools that have launched recently — I want to see what competitors are out there and what features they're highlighting.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to discover newly launched products, SaaS tools, or developer utilities specifically from Product Hunt. Ideal for competitive intelligence, tracking what's being built in a category, or identifying emerging tools. Prefer over general web search when you want structured launch data with engagement metrics like upvotes.

## Known failure modes

- No matching products found for query — returns empty result set
- Product Hunt API rate limit exceeded — returns error
- Invalid or empty query string — returns 400 error
- Payment not provided or insufficient USDC — returns 402 Payment Required
- Service temporarily unavailable — returns 503

## How this service works

Search Product Hunt for new products, SaaS launches, and developer tools. AI agent API for market research and competitive intelligence. Accepts USDC payments on Base and Solana

## Output

A list of Product Hunt products matching the query, including product names, descriptions, upvote counts, launch dates, maker details, and relevant tags — structured to support market research and competitive analysis.

## Example request

```json
{
 "q": "artificial intelligence",
 "per_page": 10
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "required": [
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json"
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/scout-hugen-tokyo-341ce9ee/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from scout.hugen.tokyo](https://www.zero.xyz/host/scout.hugen.tokyo/llms.txt)