# Vextorium Mastodon Trending Links

> Vextorium Mastodon Trending Links is a paid API for AI agents from api.vextorium.com, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-14).

Returns the most-shared news links and articles currently trending on a Mastodon instance, with title, site name, description, and today's share count.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.vextorium.com/v1/mastodon-trending-links?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/vextorium-mastodon-trending-links-642efded
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_T4ifQs6rqv5zbwgImtq6j

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 vextorium-mastodon-trending-links-642efded -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What are the top 10 most shared links on mastodon.social right now? Show me the titles, descriptions, and how many times each was shared today.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need real-time trending content from the Mastodon/fediverse ecosystem specifically, rather than Twitter/X or mainstream social platforms. It is ideal for monitoring fediverse discourse, building news digests from decentralized social media, or tracking what links a specific Mastodon community is amplifying. Prefer this over general web scraping when you want curated, community-validated trending links with share counts from a specific Mastodon server.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unreachable Mastodon instance returns an error or empty results
- Instance with no trending data configured returns empty links array
- Limit parameter out of range may return default or capped results
- Rate limiting on the upstream Mastodon public API causes failure or stale data
- Non-existent instance hostname causes a connection error

## How this service works

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## Output

A JSON object with a count of results, an array of trending link objects (each with URL, site name, article title, description, and shares_today count), the source label, and the Mastodon instance queried.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "limit": {
   "type": "integer"
  },
  "instance": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "count": 20,
  "links": [
   {
    "url": "https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/unprecedented-cyberattack-cripples-supermarket-fridges-across-europe-as-hackers-activate-automatic-defrosting-delivery-and-store-prices-also-impacted-by-incident",
    "site": "Tom's Hardware",
    "title": "'Unprecedented' Cyberattack cripples supermarket fridges across Europe as hackers activate automatic defrosting  — delivery and store prices also impacted by incident",
    "description": "A cyberattack has hit supermarkets in Europe, disabling refrigerators.",
    "shares_today": 27
   },
   {
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/13/ai-share-crash-risk-global-imf-debt-corrowing-cyber-attacks",
    "site": "The Guardian",
    "title": "Threat of AI share crash puts world financial stability at risk, says IMF",
    "description": "High valuations and debt put sector in danger, while fund also warns on government borrowing and cyber-attacks",
    "shares_today": 177
   }
  ],
  "source": "Mastodon public API (mastodon.social)",
  "instance": "mastodon.social"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/vextorium-mastodon-trending-links-642efded/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.vextorium.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.vextorium.com/llms.txt)