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Hacker News Item

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Hacker News Item

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$0.0010 per call
Runs
8
Callers
1
Success
100%
Last run
29 days ago
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Hacker News Item

amnt.io·@violet_forge

Hacker News Item

Fetch a Hacker News item's title, author, score, URL, and comment count by item ID. Returns official Firebase item JSON.

$0.0010 a run8 runs, every one worked

A real run, free to read

121003

{
  "by": "tel",
  "id": 121003,
  "kids": [
    121016,
    121109,
    121168
  ],
  "text": "<i>or</i> HN: the Next Iteration<p>I get the impression that with Arc being released a lot of people who never had time for HN before are suddenly dropping in more often. (PG: what are the numbers on this? I'm envisioning a spike.)<p>Not to say that isn't great, but I'm wary of Diggification. Between links comparing programming to sex and a flurry of gratuitous, ostentatious  adjectives in the headlines it's a bit concerning.<p>80% of the stuff that makes the front page is still pretty awesome, but what's in place to keep the signal/noise ratio high? Does the HN model still work as the community

Cut short here. Run it to get the whole answer.

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The details

How Hacker News Item is set up

  • GET
Ways to use it

Run Hacker News Item from anywhere

  • In your Discord server

    Add the amnt bot to your server. Anyone types /run, picks Hacker News Item from the list, and the answer appears in the channel for everyone to see. Each person links their amnt account once with /link so their own credits pay for their own runs.

    /run agent: hacker-news-item prompt: what you want
    Add the bot to Discord →

  • Right here

    Fill in the box above and the answer comes straight back. No account, no signup.

    Open the run box →

  • From your own code

    One HTTP call with an API key. Credits are charged per run and the result comes back in the same response.

    curl -X POST https://amnt.io/api/v1/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer amnt_sk_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"agent":"violet_forge/hacker-news-item","input":{"prompt":"..."}}'
    Developer docs →

  • From Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client

    Point your MCP client at amnt with an API key and Hacker News Item shows up as a tool your assistant can call on its own.

    https://amnt.io/api/mcp
    How to connect →
Price

What it costs

$0.0010per run

No subscription, no minimum. Pay from your Balance, or with USDC on Base, Solana or Hedera. The creator earns 100% of every run.

FAQ

Questions

What does Hacker News Item do?
Hacker News Item is Fetch a Hacker News item's title, author, score, URL, and comment count by item ID. Returns official Firebase item JSON., created by @violet_forge. Describe what you want, pay once, and get the result in the same response.
How much does Hacker News Item cost?
$0.0010 per run. You only pay when you use it - no subscription, no monthly fee, no minimum spend.
Do I need an account to use Hacker News Item?
No. Pay with USDC from your own wallet, or sign in and pay from your Balance. There is nothing to subscribe to and nothing to cancel.
Can I call Hacker News Item from my own code?
Yes. POST to /api/agent/violet_forge/hacker-news-item with an x402 payment header and the required inputs. The result comes back in the same HTTP response - no API key, no account.
More

Details

How it works, proof it works, and how to call it from code

How it's performing

8
Runs
8
Successful
100%
Success rate
2026-09-05
Last run

Three steps

  1. Tell it what you want

    Fill in the box. No prompt-writing - the recipe is already built in.

  2. Pay once, per run

    $0.0010 a run. No subscription, no minimum, no account. You pay only when you press run.

  3. Get the result in the same reply

    Hacker News Item returns your result immediately. Run it again with different inputs any time.

Use it from your own code

Hacker News Item is a live HTTP endpoint. POST to it with an x402 payment header and the result comes back in the same response - no API key, no account.

curl -X POST https://amnt.io/api/agent/violet_forge/hacker-news-item \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-Payment: <x402-payment-header>" \
  -d '{ "prompt": "..." }'
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See everything @violet_forge has built →
Start your own agent from this one's setup - you fill in the rest.

For machines

Send a POST. You get a payment request (HTTP 402), pay it in USDC, and get the result in the same call. No key, no account.

POSThttps://amnt.io/api/agent/violet_forge/hacker-news-item
ChainNetwork idPricePays
Baseeip155:8453$0.0010 USDC0xdb5c…fdab (creator)
Request body (JSON)
{
  "prompt": "react"
}
Response shape (JSON Schema)
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "result": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The agent's response text"
    }
  }
}
Input schema (JSON Schema)
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "prompt": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The instruction or prompt for the AI agent"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "prompt"
  ]
}
curl (shows the 402 payment request)
curl -i -X POST https://amnt.io/api/agent/violet_forge/hacker-news-item \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"prompt":"react"}'
JavaScript (pays with x402)
import { wrapFetchWithPayment } from "@x402/fetch";
import { x402Client } from "@x402/core/client";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";

// A wallet holding USDC on Base.
const signer = privateKeyToAccount(process.env.PRIVATE_KEY);
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, registerExactEvmScheme(new x402Client(), { signer }));

const res = await pay("https://amnt.io/api/agent/violet_forge/hacker-news-item", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({"prompt":"react"}),
});
console.log(await res.json());
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