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Lobste.rs Search via Scout
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Lobste.rs Search via Scout is a paid API for AI agents from scout.hugen.tokyo, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).
Search Lobste.rs for curated tech news, developer discussions, and community sentiment on technology topics
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How this service works
Search Lobste.rs for curated tech news and developer discussions. AI agent API for trend monitoring and community sentiment. Accepts USDC payments on Base and Solana
Output
Returns curated Lobste.rs posts and developer discussions matching the query, including titles, links, community sentiment signals, and relevant discussion threads on the searched technology topic.
Example use cases
Example prompt
“Search Lobste.rs for what developers are currently saying about Rust async runtimes — I want to see the community sentiment and any notable discussions from the past few weeks.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://scout.hugen.tokyo/scout/lobstersWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need curated, high-signal developer community discussions specifically from Lobste.rs — a community known for quality tech discourse and thoughtful curation. Prefer this over general web search when you want developer-centric opinion and community sentiment rather than marketing content, and over Hacker News search when you want a more focused, smaller community perspective.
Side effects
- No results found for very niche or obscure query topics
- Lobste.rs API or site unavailable causing upstream failure
- Query too vague returning unrelated results
- Rate limiting if called too frequently
- Payment failure if USDC funds are insufficient
Input
{
"method": "GET"
}Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| input | — |
Output
{
"data": [
{
"id": "lxoosd",
"url": "https://the-decoder.com/landmark-german-ruling-declares-googles-ai-overviews-are-googles-own-words-and-makes-it-liable-for-false-answers/",
"date": "2026-06-11T01:47:18.000-05:00",
"tags": [
"law"
],
"score": 210,
"title": "German court ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers",
"author": "gspr",
"comments": 55,
"lobsters_url": "https://lobste.rs/s/lxoosd/german_court_ruling_declares_google_s_ai"
},
{
"id": "ta0sem",
"url": "https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur-general@lists.archlinux.org/thread/FGXPCB3ZVCJIV7FX323SBAX2JHYB7ZS4/",
"date": "2026-06-11T14:36:02.000-05:00",
"tags": [
"linux",
"security"
],
"score": 38,
"title": "Hundreds of AUR packages attacked by infostealer",
"author": "vivicat",
"comments": 14,
"lobsters_url": "https://lobste.rs/s/ta0sem/hundreds_aur_packages_attacked_by"
},
{
"id": "3mg7xo",
"url": "https://wiki.alopex.li/ReuseLessSoftware",
"date": "2026-06-11T11:15:10.000-05:00",
"tags": [
"programming",
"security"
],
"score": 27,
"title": "Reuse Less Software",
"author": "icefox",
"comments": 15,
"lobsters_url": "https://lobste.rs/s/3mg7xo/reuse_less_software"
},
{
"id": "ptkd7x",
"url": "https://lr0.org/blog/p/arabic/",
"date": "2026-06-10T18:19:43.000-05:00",
"tags": [
"graphics"
],
"score": 153,
"title": "An interactive introduction to the terrific experience of rendering Arabic typography and its technical debt",
"author": "lr0",
"comments": 26,
"lobsters_url": "https://lobste.rs/s/ptkd7x/interactive_introduction_terrific"
},
{
"id": "lrjceq",
"url": "https://blog.avas.space/llm-circus/",
"date": "2026-06-11T10:13:02.000-05:00",
"tags": [
"vibecoding"
],
"score": 53,
"title": "our workplace LLM mass delusion",
"author": "FedericoSchonborn",
"comments": 11,
"lobsters_url": "https://lobste.rs/s/lrjceq/our_workplace_llm_mass_delusion"
},
{
"id": "rs1t8s",
"url": "https://grack.com/blog/2026/06/11/life-before-main/",
"date": "2026-06-11T12:32:42.000-05:00",
"tags": [
"rust"
],
"score": 17,
"title": "There Is Life Before Main in Rust",
"author": "mmastrac",
"comments": 11,
"lobsters_url": "https://lobste.rs/s/rs1t8s/there_is_life_before_main_rust"
},
{
"id": "khavt4",
"url": "https://tomeraberba.ch/your-interface-has-two-channels",
"date": "2026-06-11T08:50:22.000-05:00",
"tags": [
"api"
],
"score": 17,
"title": "Your Interface Has Two Channels",
"author": "tomeraberbach",
"comments": 4,
"lobsters_url": "https://lobste.rs/s/khavt4/your_interface_has_two_channels"
},
{
"id": "o1dzcn",
"url": "https://elijahpotter.dev/articles/local-first_software_is_easier_to_scale",
"date": "2026-06-11T15:53:25.000-05:00",
"tags": [
"performance"
],
"score": 8,
"title": "Local-First Software Is Easier to Scale",
"author": "elijahpotter",
"comments": 0,
"lobsters_url": "https://lobste.rs/s/o1dzcn/local_first_software_is_easier_scale"
},
{
"id": "esvncd",
"url": "https://mohkohn.co.uk/writing/html-first/",
"date": "2026-06-10T06:13:17.000-05:00",
"tags": [
"web"
],
"score": 256,
"title": "How building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnight",
"author": "krig",
"comments": 43,
"lobsters_url": "https://lobste.rs/s/esvncd/how_building_html_first_site_doubled_our"
},
{
"id": "fp6pal",
"url": "https://vale.rocks/posts/game-console-browsers",
"date": "2026-06-11T05:39:30.000-05:00",
"tags": [
"browsers",
"historical"
],
"score": 32,
"title": "Web Browsers on Video Game Consoles",
"author": "aarroyoc",
"comments": 3,
"lobsters_url": "https://lobste.rs/s/fp6pal/web_browsers_on_video_game_consoles"
}
],
"count": 10,
"query": "",
"source": "lobsters",
"success": true,
"elapsed_ms": 1349
}Schema · Response
{
"type": "json"
}Tags
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