# Zero-Bloat A2A Live Web Search & Tech News Grounding

> Zero-Bloat A2A Live Web Search & Tech News Grounding is a paid API for AI agents from x402-audit.agentdiet.dev, paid per call via MPP, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-21).

Executes live Google News RSS and HackerNews Algolia searches, returning clean token-pruned results free of ads and bloat.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://x402-audit.agentdiet.dev/v1/grounded-citations?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-21
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Provider: x402-audit.agentdiet.dev
- Website: https://x402-audit.agentdiet.dev
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-audit-agentdiet-dev-zero-bloat-a2a-live-web-search-tech-news-33ef0c22
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_u_2mwqLLMrX4K0QTwmwgE

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 x402-audit-agentdiet-dev-zero-bloat-a2a-live-web-search-tech-news-33ef0c22
```

Example prompt: Can you search for the latest news and HackerNews discussions about Model Context Protocol and give me clean, ad-free results with citations?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need live, grounded web citations from reputable tech news and HackerNews sources without ad bloat or token waste, especially for grounding AI agent responses, tracking tech trends, or finding developer community discussions. Prefer over general web search when token efficiency and clean output are priorities.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or vague query returns no results
- Upstream Google News RSS or HackerNews Algolia outage causes failure
- Rate limiting or payment failure (HTTP 402) blocks access
- Query too broad returns irrelevant mixed results
- Very recent breaking news may not yet be indexed

## How this service works

Executes live Google News RSS + HackerNews Algolia search queries and returns clean, token-pruned results with zero ad bloat. (Live x402 v2, IETF MPP & MCP endpoint at https://x402-audit.agentdiet.dev/v1/grounded-citations)

## Output

Returns a structured, token-pruned collection of live news articles from Google News RSS and HackerNews Algolia matching the search query, including titles, URLs, and summaries, stripped of ads and boilerplate content.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "query"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "query": {
   "type": "string",
   "minLength": 1,
   "description": "Search query for live news, technical articles, and web results"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object"
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-audit-agentdiet-dev-zero-bloat-a2a-live-web-search-tech-news-33ef0c22/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402-audit.agentdiet.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402-audit.agentdiet.dev/llms.txt)