# SYNTHORA Hacker News Search

> SYNTHORA Hacker News Search is a paid API for AI agents from hn_search.hergertsynthora.com, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Search Hacker News stories and comments by keyword via Algolia, returning titles, URLs, points, authors, and dates as real-time tech/market signals.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://hn_search.hergertsynthora.com/service
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/synthora-hacker-news-search-7b368b76
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_xX33LbIVs8NY4beklfqfw

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 synthora-hacker-news-search-7b368b76 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search Hacker News for recent posts and discussions about 'WebAssembly' so I can see what the tech community is saying about it right now.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time signals from the Hacker News tech community — startup sentiment, developer reactions, emerging technology discussions, or market buzz — without needing to scrape or authenticate with HN directly. It is ideal for agents that need structured, fast access to HN data with a pay-per-call micropayment model rather than managing API keys or quotas.

## Known failure modes

- Empty result set if query matches no indexed HN content
- Algolia backend unavailability causing failed lookups
- Malformed or missing query parameter returning an error
- Payment failure via x402 preventing request execution
- Rate limiting if too many calls are made in quick succession

## How this service works

Search Hacker News stories and comments by keyword (Algolia): title, url, points, author, date. Real-time tech/market signal for agents. $0.01 USDC via x402.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with ok:true and a result field containing Hacker News stories and/or comments matching the query, including metadata such as title, URL, points, author, and publication date as indexed by Algolia.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "query": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "query"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "ok": true,
  "niche": "hn_search",
  "result": {}
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/synthora-hacker-news-search-7b368b76/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from hn_search.hergertsynthora.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/hn_search.hergertsynthora.com/llms.txt)