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SYNTHORA Tech News Feed
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SYNTHORA Tech News Feed is a paid API for AI agents from tech-news.hergertsynthora.com, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).
Fetches real-time top tech, startup, and crypto stories with scores and comment counts sourced from Hacker News
Price / call$0.001
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How this service works
Real-time top tech/startup/crypto stories with score and comments via Hacker News. Narrative signal for research agents. Free source. $0.005 USDC via x402 on Base. SYNTHORA. First 3 calls FREE per wallet — send header X-WALLET: 0x<addr>. No charge on upstream failure.
Output
A JSON object containing a list of top tech/startup/crypto stories sourced from Hacker News, each with metadata such as story title, score, and comment count. The response includes an 'ok' status flag, a 'niche' field confirming 'tech-news', and a 'result' object with the story data.
Example use cases
Crypto narrative research for analysts
“What are the hottest crypto stories on Hacker News today? I want to see scores and how much discussion each one is getting so I can spot emerging narratives.”
Daily startup news briefing
“Give me a quick rundown of the top startup stories trending on Hacker News right now — I want to know what the tech community is buzzing about this morning.”
Topic-specific tech story search
“Find me the most upvoted Hacker News stories about AI or machine learning from today, with their scores and comment counts.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://tech-news.hergertsynthora.com/serviceWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need real-time, scored, community-ranked tech and startup news with discussion signal (comment counts) sourced from Hacker News. It is ideal for research agents that need narrative intelligence about what the tech community is currently discussing, especially around startups and crypto. Prefer it over generic RSS feeds or news APIs when Hacker News community sentiment and score ranking matter to your use case.
Side effects
- Upstream Hacker News API unavailability causing empty or stale results
- Overly broad or unrecognized query/tag returning empty result set
- Payment failure over x402 protocol blocking request execution
- Malformed input schema causing request rejection
- Rate limiting or quota exhaustion returning error response
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| tags | string | tags |
| query | string | query |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"ok": true,
"niche": "tech-news",
"result": {}
}
}Tags
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