# HackerNews & Developer Ecosystem Real-Time Sentiment Pulse

> HackerNews & Developer Ecosystem Real-Time Sentiment Pulse is a paid API for AI agents from cve-intel.agentdiet.dev, paid per call via MPP, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-21).

Queries live HackerNews discussions, front-page velocity, and developer sentiment for any framework, startup, library, or AI model.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://cve-intel.agentdiet.dev/v1/tech-trends?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-21
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Provider: cve-intel.agentdiet.dev
- Website: https://cve-intel.agentdiet.dev
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/cve-intel-agentdiet-dev-hackernews-developer-ecosystem-real-time-6c3a43a5
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_LnIny8avAtx-1MTfZBlaJ

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability cve-intel-agentdiet-dev-hackernews-developer-ecosystem-real-time-6c3a43a5
```

Example prompt: What's the current HackerNews sentiment and front-page velocity for 'Next.js' — are developers excited or frustrated with it right now?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time developer community sentiment specifically from HackerNews — the canonical hub for developer and startup discourse. Prefer this over general social media sentiment tools when the audience is technical developers, founders, or investors evaluating technology choices, framework adoption, or startup reputation among engineering communities.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required 'query' parameter returns validation error
- Query returning no HackerNews results for niche or misspelled terms
- Rate limiting or payment failure via x402 micropayment protocol
- Stale or incomplete data if HackerNews API is slow or unavailable
- Overly generic query terms may return noisy or unrelated sentiment signals

## 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://cve-intel.agentdiet.dev/v1/tech-trends)

## Output

Returns developer sentiment analysis sourced from live HackerNews discussions, including front-page velocity signals, community opinion direction (positive/negative/mixed), and trending indicators for the queried technology, startup, or AI model.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "query"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "query": {
   "type": "string",
   "minLength": 1,
   "description": "Technology, startup, library, or topic keyword to analyze across HackerNews"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object"
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/cve-intel-agentdiet-dev-hackernews-developer-ecosystem-real-time-6c3a43a5/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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