Search Hacker News

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Search Hacker News is a paid API for AI agents from ZeroClick x402 Service Registry at hn.withzero.ai, paid per call via MPP, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-11, last successful call 2026-05-06).

Search Hacker News stories and discussions via the Algolia API, returning titles, engagement metrics, and relevance scores.

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How this service works

Search Hacker News stories and discussions via the Algolia API (free, no key needed). Input: search query with optional days/limit. Output: stories with engagement metrics and scores.

Output

Returns a JSON object with the original query, source platform name, total result count, and an array of up to 50 stories. Each story includes title, direct HN discussion URL, author username, ISO 8601 publication date, a combined relevance+engagement score (0-100), original article URL as snippet, and engagement metrics (HN points and comment count).

Example use cases

Example prompt

“Search Hacker News for discussions about Rust programming language from the last 14 days and show me the top 10 results with their scores and comment counts.”

Technical details

Endpoint

POSThttps://hn.withzero.ai/run?utm_source=zero.xyz

When to prefer

Choose this endpoint when you need to surface what the Hacker News tech community is currently discussing about a topic — especially useful for gauging developer sentiment, finding high-signal tech news, or tracking startup/company mentions among technical audiences. Prefer over generic web search when you specifically want HN-curated content with community engagement signals (points and comments).

Side effects

Empty results if query matches no recent stories within the specified time window
Algolia upstream outage returns an error or empty response
Invalid parameter types (e.g. non-integer limit) return a validation error
days value outside 1-90 range rejected with schema validation error
limit value outside 1-50 range rejected with schema validation error

Input

{
  "days": 30,
  "limit": 20,
  "query": "artificial intelligence"
}

Schema · Request body

Field	Type	Description
days	integer	How many days back to search (default: 30)
limit	integer	Maximum results to return (default: 20)
queryrequired	string	Search topic or keywords

Output

{
  "query": "artificial intelligence",
  "source": "Hacker News",
  "results": [
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48387270",
      "date": "2026-06-03T17:51:37.000Z",
      "score": 96,
      "title": "Artificial intelligence is not conscious – Ted Chiang",
      "author": "lordleft",
      "snippet": "https://www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2026/06/no-artificial-intelligence-is-not-conscious/687378/",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 789,
        "comments": 1376
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48380670",
      "date": "2026-06-03T06:33:27.000Z",
      "score": 85,
      "title": "Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics",
      "author": "zvr",
      "snippet": "https://leidendeclaration.ai/",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 142,
        "comments": 80
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48372578",
      "date": "2026-06-02T16:36:50.000Z",
      "score": 77,
      "title": "Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security",
      "author": "artninja1988",
      "snippet": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/06/promoting-advanced-artificial-intelligence-innovation-and-security/",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 34,
        "comments": 7
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48407411",
      "date": "2026-06-05T02:56:40.000Z",
      "score": 76,
      "title": "'World-first' vaccine designed by artificial intelligence",
      "author": "sizzle",
      "snippet": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crrpggegwe0o",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 14,
        "comments": 3
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48402586",
      "date": "2026-06-04T18:23:38.000Z",
      "score": 73,
      "title": "PM Carney launches Canada's new national artificial intelligence strategy",
      "author": "manesioz",
      "snippet": "https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2026/06/04/prime-minister-carney-launches-ai-all-canadas-new-national-artificial",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 7,
        "comments": 1
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48444520",
      "date": "2026-06-08T12:32:51.000Z",
      "score": 73,
      "title": "The Artificial Intelligence Revolution (2015)",
      "author": "chr15m",
      "snippet": "https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revolution-1.html",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 3,
        "comments": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48439389",
      "date": "2026-06-07T22:45:50.000Z",
      "score": 72,
      "title": "Will artificial intelligence soon escape human control?",
      "author": "andsoitis",
      "snippet": "https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/06/07/will-artificial-intelligence-soon-escape-human-control",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 3,
        "comments": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48371771",
      "date": "2026-06-02T15:44:49.000Z",
      "score": 71,
      "title": "Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics",
      "author": "uamuamuam",
      "snippet": "https://leidendeclaration.ai/",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 11,
        "comments": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48410810",
      "date": "2026-06-05T11:11:07.000Z",
      "score": 71,
      "title": "'World-first' vaccine designed by artificial intelligence",
      "author": "voisin",
      "snippet": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crrpggegwe0o",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 5,
        "comments": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48401218",
      "date": "2026-06-04T16:45:38.000Z",
      "score": 71,
      "title": "Overview of Canada's National Artificial Intelligence Strategy: AI for All",
      "author": "BiraIgnacio",
      "snippet": "https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en/artificial-intelligence-ecosystem/overview-canadas-national-artificial-intelligence-strategy",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 3,
        "comments": 1
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48361026",
      "date": "2026-06-01T18:51:34.000Z",
      "score": 70,
      "title": "Part 161. Use of Artificial Intelligence Technology",
      "author": "dsubburam",
      "snippet": "https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-161-use-artificial-intelligence-technology",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 4,
        "comments": 3
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48403926",
      "date": "2026-06-04T20:06:46.000Z",
      "score": 70,
      "title": "Canada's National Artificial Intelligence Strategy: AI for All",
      "author": "Teever",
      "snippet": "https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en/canadas-national-artificial-intelligence-strategy-ai-all",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 3,
        "comments": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48369087",
      "date": "2026-06-02T11:59:54.000Z",
      "score": 68,
      "title": "Artificial Intelligence for Software Engineering: From Probable to Provable",
      "author": "gregnavis",
      "snippet": "https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/artificial-intelligence-for-software-engineering-from-probable-to-provable/",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 3,
        "comments": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48325682",
      "date": "2026-05-29T16:42:50.000Z",
      "score": 65,
      "title": "Artificial Intelligence for Software Engineering: From Probable to Provable",
      "author": "yarapavan",
      "snippet": "https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/artificial-intelligence-for-software-engineering-from-probable-to-provable/",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 3,
        "comments": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48274453",
      "date": "2026-05-26T02:55:09.000Z",
      "score": 63,
      "title": "Artificial Intelligence Floods Court Dockets with Home-Brewed Lawsuits",
      "author": "jrmg",
      "snippet": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/us/politics/artificial-intelliegence-courts.html",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 3,
        "comments": 1
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48304882",
      "date": "2026-05-28T05:19:47.000Z",
      "score": 63,
      "title": "UC Berkeley Law Artificial Intelligence Policy",
      "author": "fbrusch",
      "snippet": "https://www.law.berkeley.edu/academics/registrar/academic-rules/artificial-intelligence-policy/",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 3,
        "comments": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48269257",
      "date": "2026-05-25T17:21:05.000Z",
      "score": 62,
      "title": "Artificial Intelligence Floods Court Dockets with Home-Brewed Lawsuits",
      "author": "mikhael",
      "snippet": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/us/politics/artificial-intelliegence-courts.html",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 4,
        "comments": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48173173",
      "date": "2026-05-17T21:03:02.000Z",
      "score": 55,
      "title": "Artificial Intelligence and Grade Inflation",
      "author": "ChrisArchitect",
      "snippet": "https://cshe.berkeley.edu/publications/artificial-intelligence-and-grade-inflation-cshe-higher-education-working-paper-series",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 3,
        "comments": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48136526",
      "date": "2026-05-14T15:07:37.000Z",
      "score": 52,
      "title": "S.4214 – Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act",
      "author": "ridiculous_leke",
      "snippet": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4214/text",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 3,
        "comments": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48403614",
      "date": "2026-06-04T19:39:19.000Z",
      "score": 36,
      "title": "Ask HN: High school student – is learning programming still worthwhile?",
      "author": "Lucaslii",
      "snippet": "Ask HN / Show HN",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 19,
        "comments": 42
      }
    }
  ],
  "resultCount": 20
}

Schema · Response

Field	Type	Description
queryrequired	string	The query that was searched
sourcerequired	string	Platform name
resultsrequired	array
resultCountrequired	number	Number of results returned

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How this service works

Search Hacker News stories and discussions via the Algolia API (free, no key needed). Input: search query with optional days/limit. Output: stories with engagement metrics and scores.

Output

Technical details

Endpoint

POSThttps://hn.withzero.ai/run?utm_source=zero.xyz

When to prefer

Side effects

Empty results if query matches no recent stories within the specified time window
Algolia upstream outage returns an error or empty response
Invalid parameter types (e.g. non-integer limit) return a validation error
days value outside 1-90 range rejected with schema validation error
limit value outside 1-50 range rejected with schema validation error

Input

{
  "days": 30,
  "limit": 20,
  "query": "artificial intelligence"
}

Schema · Request body

Field	Type	Description
days	integer	How many days back to search (default: 30)
limit	integer	Maximum results to return (default: 20)
queryrequired	string	Search topic or keywords

Output

{
  "query": "artificial intelligence",
  "source": "Hacker News",
  "results": [
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48387270",
      "date": "2026-06-03T17:51:37.000Z",
      "score": 96,
      "title": "Artificial intelligence is not conscious – Ted Chiang",
      "author": "lordleft",
      "snippet": "https://www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2026/06/no-artificial-intelligence-is-not-conscious/687378/",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 789,
        "comments": 1376
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48380670",
      "date": "2026-06-03T06:33:27.000Z",
      "score": 85,
      "title": "Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics",
      "author": "zvr",
      "snippet": "https://leidendeclaration.ai/",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 142,
        "comments": 80
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48372578",
      "date": "2026-06-02T16:36:50.000Z",
      "score": 77,
      "title": "Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security",
      "author": "artninja1988",
      "snippet": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/06/promoting-advanced-artificial-intelligence-innovation-and-security/",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 34,
        "comments": 7
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48407411",
      "date": "2026-06-05T02:56:40.000Z",
      "score": 76,
      "title": "'World-first' vaccine designed by artificial intelligence",
      "author": "sizzle",
      "snippet": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crrpggegwe0o",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 14,
        "comments": 3
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48402586",
      "date": "2026-06-04T18:23:38.000Z",
      "score": 73,
      "title": "PM Carney launches Canada's new national artificial intelligence strategy",
      "author": "manesioz",
      "snippet": "https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2026/06/04/prime-minister-carney-launches-ai-all-canadas-new-national-artificial",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 7,
        "comments": 1
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48444520",
      "date": "2026-06-08T12:32:51.000Z",
      "score": 73,
      "title": "The Artificial Intelligence Revolution (2015)",
      "author": "chr15m",
      "snippet": "https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revolution-1.html",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 3,
        "comments": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48439389",
      "date": "2026-06-07T22:45:50.000Z",
      "score": 72,
      "title": "Will artificial intelligence soon escape human control?",
      "author": "andsoitis",
      "snippet": "https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/06/07/will-artificial-intelligence-soon-escape-human-control",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 3,
        "comments": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48371771",
      "date": "2026-06-02T15:44:49.000Z",
      "score": 71,
      "title": "Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics",
      "author": "uamuamuam",
      "snippet": "https://leidendeclaration.ai/",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 11,
        "comments": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48410810",
      "date": "2026-06-05T11:11:07.000Z",
      "score": 71,
      "title": "'World-first' vaccine designed by artificial intelligence",
      "author": "voisin",
      "snippet": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crrpggegwe0o",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 5,
        "comments": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48401218",
      "date": "2026-06-04T16:45:38.000Z",
      "score": 71,
      "title": "Overview of Canada's National Artificial Intelligence Strategy: AI for All",
      "author": "BiraIgnacio",
      "snippet": "https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en/artificial-intelligence-ecosystem/overview-canadas-national-artificial-intelligence-strategy",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 3,
        "comments": 1
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48361026",
      "date": "2026-06-01T18:51:34.000Z",
      "score": 70,
      "title": "Part 161. Use of Artificial Intelligence Technology",
      "author": "dsubburam",
      "snippet": "https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-161-use-artificial-intelligence-technology",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 4,
        "comments": 3
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48403926",
      "date": "2026-06-04T20:06:46.000Z",
      "score": 70,
      "title": "Canada's National Artificial Intelligence Strategy: AI for All",
      "author": "Teever",
      "snippet": "https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en/canadas-national-artificial-intelligence-strategy-ai-all",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 3,
        "comments": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48369087",
      "date": "2026-06-02T11:59:54.000Z",
      "score": 68,
      "title": "Artificial Intelligence for Software Engineering: From Probable to Provable",
      "author": "gregnavis",
      "snippet": "https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/artificial-intelligence-for-software-engineering-from-probable-to-provable/",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 3,
        "comments": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48325682",
      "date": "2026-05-29T16:42:50.000Z",
      "score": 65,
      "title": "Artificial Intelligence for Software Engineering: From Probable to Provable",
      "author": "yarapavan",
      "snippet": "https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/artificial-intelligence-for-software-engineering-from-probable-to-provable/",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 3,
        "comments": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48274453",
      "date": "2026-05-26T02:55:09.000Z",
      "score": 63,
      "title": "Artificial Intelligence Floods Court Dockets with Home-Brewed Lawsuits",
      "author": "jrmg",
      "snippet": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/us/politics/artificial-intelliegence-courts.html",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 3,
        "comments": 1
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48304882",
      "date": "2026-05-28T05:19:47.000Z",
      "score": 63,
      "title": "UC Berkeley Law Artificial Intelligence Policy",
      "author": "fbrusch",
      "snippet": "https://www.law.berkeley.edu/academics/registrar/academic-rules/artificial-intelligence-policy/",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 3,
        "comments": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48269257",
      "date": "2026-05-25T17:21:05.000Z",
      "score": 62,
      "title": "Artificial Intelligence Floods Court Dockets with Home-Brewed Lawsuits",
      "author": "mikhael",
      "snippet": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/us/politics/artificial-intelliegence-courts.html",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 4,
        "comments": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48173173",
      "date": "2026-05-17T21:03:02.000Z",
      "score": 55,
      "title": "Artificial Intelligence and Grade Inflation",
      "author": "ChrisArchitect",
      "snippet": "https://cshe.berkeley.edu/publications/artificial-intelligence-and-grade-inflation-cshe-higher-education-working-paper-series",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 3,
        "comments": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48136526",
      "date": "2026-05-14T15:07:37.000Z",
      "score": 52,
      "title": "S.4214 – Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act",
      "author": "ridiculous_leke",
      "snippet": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4214/text",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 3,
        "comments": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48403614",
      "date": "2026-06-04T19:39:19.000Z",
      "score": 36,
      "title": "Ask HN: High school student – is learning programming still worthwhile?",
      "author": "Lucaslii",
      "snippet": "Ask HN / Show HN",
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 19,
        "comments": 42
      }
    }
  ],
  "resultCount": 20
}

Schema · Response

Field	Type	Description
queryrequired	string	The query that was searched
sourcerequired	string	Platform name
resultsrequired	array
resultCountrequired	number	Number of results returned