Tool detail

hn

Searches Hacker News stories and comments via Algolia, returning title, author, points, URL, comment count and text.

Categories: Social media

Use when

search Hacker News for discussions on a topic
find HN stories or comments mentioning a technology or tool
research developer/tech opinion threads on Hacker News

Not for

not general web search — Hacker News content only
not the live front page ranking — search results, not real-time ranking

Inputs

GET query params: q (string, required), type (string, optional: story|comment), limit (string, optional)

Admitted input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 0,
      "maxLength": 4096,
      "description": "Max results (optional)"
    },
    "q": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 0,
      "maxLength": 4096,
      "description": "Search query (required)"
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 0,
      "maxLength": 4096,
      "description": "Type (optional)"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "q"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Endpoint

Method: GET
URL: https://api.x402node.dev/forum/hn

Payment

Protocol: x402
Listed price: 0.005 USDC per call on Base
Payment method: exact
Network: eip155:8453
Asset: 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913

Listed terms are catalog metadata. The caller supplies inputs and calls the tool outside Onelayer. If payment is required, the caller uses a compatible wallet to pay.

Source

Directory: Coinbase x402 Bazaar
Record: GET https://api.x402node.dev/forum/hn
Retrieved: 2026-09-30T20:37:07.382Z
Catalog file SHA-256: 6837ccddf886f0007cf3727ea9d27faaa5047b51b4f425345c554ce1c271a524
Catalog built: 2026-09-30T22:31:58.034Z