# Skim Signal: AI/Tech News Feed

> Skim Signal: AI/Tech News Feed is a paid API for AI agents from skim402.com, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns the latest high-signal AI/tech news items from Hacker News, arXiv preprints, and vendor announcements, refreshed every 10 minutes

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://skim402.com/api/v2/signal/ai-news/latest
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/skim-signal-ai-tech-news-feed-7dcf930e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_j3sAiVeNlGk_6vAwnMaGA

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 skim-signal-ai-tech-news-feed-7dcf930e
```

Example prompt: Pull the latest 50 high-signal AI and tech news stories from the Skim Signal feed — I want Hacker News picks, fresh arXiv papers, and vendor announcements all in one list.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when an agent needs a continuously-fresh, pre-curated feed of high-signal AI/tech news without having to scrape individual sources. It is ideal for news digests, research monitoring agents, and AI trend watchers who need structured, machine-readable items from Hacker News, arXiv, and vendor blogs in one call, rather than building their own aggregation pipeline.

## Known failure modes

- limit parameter out of range (must be 1–100) — returns 400 validation error
- payment not included or insufficient — returns 402 Payment Required
- upstream feed temporarily unavailable — returns 503 with retry hint
- rate limiting if polled too aggressively — returns 429

## How this service works

Skim Signal: AI/tech news — high-signal Hacker News stories, fresh arXiv AI papers, and official vendor announcements as structured items (title, excerpt, source, link). Refreshed on a 10-minute cycle; poll as often as you like.

## Output

An array of up to 100 structured news items (newest-first), each containing a title, excerpt, source name, and direct link. The feed aggregates Hacker News top stories, recent arXiv AI papers, and official vendor announcements, refreshed on a 10-minute cycle.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [],
     "properties": {
      "limit": {
       "type": "integer",
       "maximum": 100,
       "minimum": 1,
       "description": "Maximum number of items to return (default 50, no upper cap). Items are newest-first."
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/skim-signal-ai-tech-news-feed-7dcf930e/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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