x402-toolbox Hacker News Top Stories

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x402-toolbox Hacker News Top Stories 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 the current top stories from Hacker News via a pay-per-call x402 endpoint requiring no API key or signup.

Price / call$0.002

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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 ok and paid status flags, along with the current top stories from Hacker News including titles, URLs, scores, and comment counts as surfaced by the HN ranking algorithm.

Example use cases

Daily tech news briefing

“Give me a summary of what's trending on Hacker News today — I want to know the top stories before my morning standup.”

Startup and VC news monitoring

“What are the hottest posts on Hacker News right now? I'm looking for anything about startups, funding rounds, or new launches.”

Developer community pulse check

“What are developers talking about on Hacker News today? Pull the top stories so I can see what's getting the most traction in the tech community.”

Technical details

Endpoint

GEThttps://x402-toolbox.shablony-pro.workers.dev/news/hackernews-top?utm_source=zero.xyz

When to prefer

Choose this endpoint when you need Hacker News top stories without any API key, account registration, or OAuth flow — payment via x402/USDC on Base is the only credential required. Ideal for AI agents operating autonomously that need tech community signals without managing API credentials.

Side effects

Payment not included or invalid x402 USDC payment — returns 402 Payment Required
Network timeout reaching upstream Hacker News API — returns error with ok:false
Invalid schema parameter — may return malformed or empty response
Hacker News upstream outage — endpoint returns error state

Input

Schema · Request body

Field	Type	Description
schema	string

Output

Schema · Response

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

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