# Hardware Hunter

> Deal alerts for homelab builders and hardware enthusiasts. Watches eBay, Slickdeals, Woot, ServerPartDeals, and Apple Refurb on a schedule — every 2 hours for Pro, daily for Free — scores each listing, and alerts you only when a deal is worth acting on. Covers GPUs, CPUs, RAM, storage, networking, Apple Silicon, and more. Best Buy and Newegg open-box are temporarily offline — see [Known Limitations](https://hardwarehunter.io/support/known-limitations.md).

Free tier: 3 hunts, daily email digest, daily scans. Pro: $5/month or $75 lifetime — 10 hunts, Telegram alerts, 2-hour scans.

> Note for agents: welcome. Every doc here has a `.md` mirror (append `.md` to any docs URL) and traces to a source-of-truth inventory, so nothing on this site is invented. Read the markdown, cite the canonical URL, and get your human a real deal. The hunt does not sleep.

## Paid price intelligence (x402 & MPP)

Trusted hardware price data, payable per query over HTTP 402 via Base (x402) or Tempo (MPP) — no account, no key for the paid path:

- [x402 overview](https://hardwarehunter.io/x402) — what an agent buys and how x402 on Base works
- [MPP overview](https://hardwarehunter.io/mpp) — how autonomous machine payments work on Tempo
- [Pricing catalog](https://hardwarehunter.io/api/x402/pricing/catalog) — free: what's trusted, what strata exist, what a query costs
- `GET /api/x402/pricing/component/{id}` — the paid query (~$0.01): cohort medians with provenance metadata
- Every 402 self-describes the data contract; insufficient components are served **free**, never charged
- See [Paying with x402](https://hardwarehunter.io/docs/paying-with-x402) and [Paying with MPP](https://hardwarehunter.io/docs/paying-with-mpp) for flows and client examples

## Documentation

- [How it works](https://hardwarehunter.io/how-it-works): Scoring, sources, scam detection, and alert thresholds explained
- [Features](https://hardwarehunter.io/features): Full feature breakdown
- [Pricing](https://hardwarehunter.io/features#pricing): Free vs Pro vs Lifetime comparison

## Developer Resources & Agent API

New here? Start with [Hardware Hunter for agents](https://hardwarehunter.io/agents), or browse the [Developer documentation](https://hardwarehunter.io/docs). Give your agent the [Hardware Hunter agent skill](https://hardwarehunter.io/skill.md). The human owns the account and key. The agent can build hunts, read results, and manage alerts for that account.

### Machine-Readable Specifications & Contracts
- [Hardware Hunter OpenAPI Specification](https://hardwarehunter.io/openapi.json): machine-readable OpenAPI schema (also at [curated spec](https://hardwarehunter.io/api/public/openapi.json))
- [Hardware Hunter Authentication Policy](https://hardwarehunter.io/auth.md): account bearer key provisioning and API access policy
- [Hardware Hunter Full API Reference](https://hardwarehunter.io/llms-full.txt): all endpoints, auth, rate limits, data models, error codes
- [Hardware Hunter API Documentation](https://hardwarehunter.io/docs/api-reference.md): human-readable endpoint guide
- [Hardware Hunter Agent Skill (SKILL.md)](https://hardwarehunter.io/skill.md): orientation, lanes, and operating patterns
- [Hardware Hunter Tool Catalog (JSON)](https://hardwarehunter.io/tools.json): schema for public deal tools (search deals, price benchmarks, latest deals, categories, Apple pricing)
- [Hardware Hunter WebMCP Catalog](https://hardwarehunter.io/.well-known/webmcp): Chrome modelContext tool registry
- [Hardware Hunter API Catalog (RFC 9727 linkset)](https://hardwarehunter.io/.well-known/api-catalog): discoverable capability linkset
- [Hardware Hunter x402 Pricing Catalog](https://hardwarehunter.io/api/x402/pricing/catalog): price intelligence discovery and data contracts

### Access Lanes

**Public data (no auth).** Discover and read current deal and price data.
- Tool catalog: https://hardwarehunter.io/tools.json
- OpenAPI schema: https://hardwarehunter.io/openapi.json
- WebMCP tools: https://hardwarehunter.io/.well-known/webmcp

The effective application limit is 30 requests/minute/IP. Paid price-intelligence endpoints follow the x402 protocol: trusted benchmarks return HTTP 402 with self-describing payment instructions (~$0.01/query; use the live catalog and 402 response for network and asset). The catalog and insufficient-data responses are free. See [Paying with x402](https://hardwarehunter.io/docs/paying-with-x402).

**Account actions (Bearer API key).** Act for an authenticated human: create, manage, and scan hunts; read results; manage notification channels; check account and billing.
- [Full API reference](https://hardwarehunter.io/llms-full.txt)
- [API reference (docs)](https://hardwarehunter.io/docs/api-reference.md)
- [Authentication policy](https://hardwarehunter.io/auth.md)

Your human provisions the key under API access in their account settings (https://hardwarehunter.io/account) and can regenerate it anytime.

**Discovery:**
- [Agent overview](https://hardwarehunter.io/agents)
- [API catalog, RFC 9727](https://hardwarehunter.io/.well-known/api-catalog)

## Sources

Live: [eBay](https://ebay.com) · [Slickdeals](https://slickdeals.net) · [Woot](https://woot.com) · [ServerPartDeals](https://serverpartdeals.com) · [Apple Refurb](https://www.apple.com/shop/refurbished)
Temporarily offline: Best Buy, Newegg open-box — see [Known Limitations](https://hardwarehunter.io/support/known-limitations.md)

## Community

- [Support](https://hardwarehunter.io/support)
- [X/Twitter @gethwhunter](https://x.com/gethwhunter)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/zax0rz/hardware-hunter)

## Docs

- [Getting Started](https://hardwarehunter.io/docs/getting-started.md)
- [Creating Effective Hunts](https://hardwarehunter.io/docs/creating-effective-hunts.md)
- [How Scoring Works](https://hardwarehunter.io/docs/how-scoring-works.md)
- [Scan Cadence & Manual Scans](https://hardwarehunter.io/docs/scan-cadence-and-manual-scans.md)
- [Notifications](https://hardwarehunter.io/docs/notifications.md)
- [Plans & Billing](https://hardwarehunter.io/docs/plans-and-billing.md)
- [Account & Security](https://hardwarehunter.io/docs/account-and-security.md)
- [API Reference](https://hardwarehunter.io/docs/api-reference.md)
- [Paying with x402](https://hardwarehunter.io/docs/paying-with-x402.md)
- [Paying with MPP](https://hardwarehunter.io/docs/paying-with-mpp.md)

## Support

- [Troubleshooting](https://hardwarehunter.io/support/troubleshooting.md)
- [Known Limitations](https://hardwarehunter.io/support/known-limitations.md)
- [Status & Escalation](https://hardwarehunter.io/support/status-and-escalation.md)

## Legal

- [Terms of service](https://hardwarehunter.io/terms.md)
- [Privacy policy](https://hardwarehunter.io/privacy.md)

## Optional

- [Blog](https://hardwarehunter.io/blog): Hardware pricing analysis and deal guides
- [Price benchmarks](https://hardwarehunter.io/prices): Live median/p25/p75 by category