# x402-toolbox Hacker News Item Lookup

> x402-toolbox Hacker News Item Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from x402-toolbox.shablony-pro.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-29).

Fetches a single Hacker News item (story, comment, job, poll, or pollopt) by its ID via a pay-per-call x402 endpoint.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://x402-toolbox.shablony-pro.workers.dev/dev/hackernews-item?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-29
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-toolbox-hacker-news-item-lookup-0c389cda
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_vK7PQTOLFsx4qP-AhlORi

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-toolbox-hacker-news-item-lookup-0c389cda
```

Example prompt: Can you look up Hacker News item number 38490515 and tell me the title, score, and number of comments?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to programmatically retrieve structured metadata about a specific Hacker News item without requiring an API key or signup — payment via USDC on Base serves as the identity. Ideal for AI agents operating autonomously that need to resolve a known HN item ID into rich metadata on demand.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent item ID returns null or empty result
- Payment failure results in 402 response before data is returned
- Deleted or dead items may return with dead:true flag and minimal metadata
- Schema parameter misconfiguration may result in unexpected response format
- Rate limits or worker errors return 5xx responses

## How this service works

309 deterministic pay-per-call tools for AI agents over x402 (USDC, Base). No signup, no API key: the payment is the identity.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with fields describing the Hacker News item: type (story, comment, job, poll, pollopt), id, title, URL, text, score, author (by), creation time (time), descendant count, and associated kids (child comment IDs). The response includes ok and paid confirmation flags.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "schema": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "ok": true,
  "paid": true
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-toolbox-hacker-news-item-lookup-0c389cda/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402-toolbox.shablony-pro.workers.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402-toolbox.shablony-pro.workers.dev/llms.txt)