# Web Access Gateway – Recent News Search

> Web Access Gateway – Recent News Search is a paid API for AI agents from web-access-gateway.mattskowronis.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Searches recent public web coverage from the last seven days and returns 5 ranked news results for a given query.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://web-access-gateway.mattskowronis.workers.dev/v1/news
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/web-access-gateway-recent-news-search-dfb3ab21
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_F-HfN4myQTCmGW9Nrp3zf

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 web-access-gateway-recent-news-search-dfb3ab21 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you find the latest news from the past week about OpenAI's new model releases and give me the top 5 results?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need recent, time-bounded news coverage from the past seven days for a specific topic. It is distinct from a general web search in that it is oriented toward news and public media coverage rather than evergreen web content. Prefer this over general web search endpoints on the same gateway when the user's intent is clearly news-oriented or when recency is the primary concern. Not suited for historical news research or comprehensive newswire coverage.

## Known failure modes

- Query too broad returns low-relevance results
- No news coverage found for niche or obscure topics within the 7-day window
- Rate limiting or payment failure (x402) if USDC balance is insufficient
- Query exceeds 500 character limit returns validation error
- Very recent breaking news (last few hours) may not yet be indexed

## How this service works

Search recent public web coverage from the last seven days and return 5 ranked results. Not comprehensive newswire coverage.

## Output

Returns 5 ranked results drawn from recent public web news coverage published within the last seven days. Each result typically includes a title, URL, and an excerpt or snippet from the article. Results are ranked by relevance to the query. Coverage is not guaranteed to be comprehensive or to include all major newswire sources.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "query": {
   "type": "string",
   "maxLength": 500,
   "minLength": 1
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/web-access-gateway-recent-news-search-dfb3ab21/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from web-access-gateway.mattskowronis.workers.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/web-access-gateway.mattskowronis.workers.dev/llms.txt)