# HackerNews & Developer Ecosystem Real-Time Sentiment Pulse

> HackerNews & Developer Ecosystem Real-Time Sentiment Pulse is a paid API for AI agents from email-verify.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 on any framework, startup, library, or AI model.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://email-verify.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: email-verify.agentdiet.dev
- Website: https://email-verify.agentdiet.dev
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/email-verify-agentdiet-dev-hackernews-developer-ecosystem-real-time-7e3c210c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_nHhT9FVL2xYUPh4XysKNs

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 email-verify-agentdiet-dev-hackernews-developer-ecosystem-real-time-7e3c210c
```

Example prompt: What's the current HackerNews sentiment and discussion velocity around the LLaMA 3 model — are developers excited, skeptical, or is it barely being mentioned?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need live, real-time developer community sentiment specifically from HackerNews — not Twitter/X or Reddit. Best suited for gauging how the technical and engineering community views a framework, AI model, library, or startup, especially when front-page velocity and discussion thread density are the signals you care about.

## Known failure modes

- Missing or empty 'query' parameter returns a validation error
- No HackerNews results found for an obscure or misspelled keyword
- Rate limiting or upstream HackerNews API unavailability may return a 5xx error
- Payment failure (HTTP 402) if the $0.01 per-call fee is not settled
- Very new topics with no HackerNews activity may return empty or low-confidence results

## 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://email-verify.agentdiet.dev/v1/tech-trends)

## Output

Returns aggregated HackerNews discussion data for the queried keyword, including active thread signals, front-page velocity metrics, and an overall developer sentiment reading for the given technology, startup, or topic.

## 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

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