# x402-toolbox Lobsters Hottest News

> x402-toolbox Lobsters Hottest News 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 2026-10-02).

Fetches the hottest (trending) stories currently on Lobste.rs tech news aggregator via a pay-per-call x402 micropayment endpoint

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://x402-toolbox.shablony-pro.workers.dev/news/lobsters-hottest?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-02
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-toolbox-lobsters-hottest-news-780ef183
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_fY39nf-5cv9Im_QVSn7NH

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-lobsters-hottest-news-780ef183
```

Example prompt: What are the hottest stories on Lobste.rs right now? Fetch me the trending posts from the Lobsters tech aggregator.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need real-time trending content specifically from the Lobste.rs tech-focused link aggregator community, which skews toward systems programming, open source, and developer tooling. Prefer this over generic news APIs when the target audience is technically sophisticated developers, or when you want community-curated tech links rather than algorithmically ranked mainstream tech news. The x402 micropayment model means no API key management is required — suitable for autonomous agents.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not included or insufficient USDC — returns HTTP 402 requiring x402 payment
- Lobste.rs upstream unavailable — endpoint may return an error or empty result
- Malformed schema parameter — may return validation error
- Rate limiting or worker timeout on Cloudflare edge — transient 5xx error

## 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 payload with ok and paid confirmation flags along with a list of the currently hottest stories on Lobste.rs, likely including titles, URLs, scores, authors, tags, and timestamps for each trending submission.

## 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-lobsters-hottest-news-780ef183/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)