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HackerNews & Developer Ecosystem Real-Time Sentiment Pulse
HackerNews & Developer Ecosystem Real-Time Sentiment Pulse is a paid API for AI agents from alpha-stream.agentdiet.dev, paid per call via MPP, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-23).
Queries live HackerNews discussions, front-page velocity, and developer sentiment for any framework, startup, library, or AI model in real time.
Price / call$0.01
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Queries live HackerNews discussions, front-page velocity, and developer sentiment on any framework, startup, or AI model. (Live x402 v2, IETF MPP & MCP endpoint at https://alpha-stream.agentdiet.dev/v1/hn-pulse)
Output
Returns an object containing aggregated HackerNews sentiment signals for the queried topic, including discussion velocity (front-page appearance rate), sentiment polarity (positive/negative/mixed developer opinion), recent thread summaries, and related discussion metadata drawn from live HackerNews data.
Example use cases
Competitor sentiment tracking for founders
“Pull the live HackerNews sentiment and front-page velocity for Supabase — I want to know if developers are reacting positively or negatively to their recent announcements.”
AI model reception monitoring
“What are developers on HackerNews saying about Anthropic's Claude right now? Give me the sentiment pulse and any trending threads.”
Due diligence on a startup investment
“I'm evaluating an investment in a company called Linear — can you check HackerNews for real-time developer sentiment, how often they appear on the front page, and what the overall community vibe is?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://alpha-stream.agentdiet.dev/v1/hn-pulse?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need real-time, developer-community-specific sentiment from HackerNews rather than broad social media or generic news sentiment. It is best suited for tech-centric topics — frameworks, libraries, AI models, developer tools, and startups — where HackerNews is the primary signal source. Prefer it over general web search sentiment tools when the audience is specifically software developers and the recency of discussions matters.
Side effects
- Empty or very niche query may return no HackerNews discussions and minimal signal
- Rate limits or x402 payment failures result in HTTP 402 requiring USDC micropayment
- Ambiguous query terms (e.g. single-letter names) may return irrelevant discussion threads
- HackerNews Algolia API downtime may cause upstream data gaps
- Very new topics may have no indexed discussions yet
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| queryrequired | string | Technology, startup, library, or topic keyword to analyze across HackerNews |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "object"
}Reviews
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