# HackerNews & Developer Ecosystem Real-Time Sentiment Pulse

> HackerNews & Developer Ecosystem Real-Time Sentiment Pulse is a paid API for AI agents from domain-osint.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 keyword

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://domain-osint.agentdiet.dev/v1/hackernews-top?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-21
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Provider: domain-osint.agentdiet.dev
- Website: https://domain-osint.agentdiet.dev
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/domain-osint-agentdiet-dev-hackernews-developer-ecosystem-real-time-55d1ec9e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_uL_wPUdiWFb1wUW0cJzAD

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 domain-osint-agentdiet-dev-hackernews-developer-ecosystem-real-time-55d1ec9e
```

Example prompt: What's the live developer sentiment on HackerNews for 'Rust' right now — any front-page stories, discussion velocity, or notable community reactions I should know about?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time developer community sentiment specifically from HackerNews — the canonical pulse-check for technical founders, developer-tool companies, and AI researchers. It is preferable over general web sentiment tools when the target audience is developers, engineers, or technically-minded communities, and when front-page velocity or discussion thread depth matters rather than social media volume.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or too-generic query returns sparse or noisy results
- HackerNews API rate limits or downtime cause delayed/missing data
- Misspelled or obscure keyword returns no matching discussions
- Very new topics may have insufficient discussion volume for meaningful sentiment
- Response schema is loosely typed (generic object), so field availability may vary

## 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://domain-osint.agentdiet.dev/v1/hackernews-top)

## Output

Returns live HackerNews discussion data for the queried keyword, including active threads, front-page velocity signals, and an aggregated developer sentiment reading — indicating how the developer community is reacting to the topic in real time.

## 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/domain-osint-agentdiet-dev-hackernews-developer-ecosystem-real-time-55d1ec9e/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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