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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 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 for any framework, startup, library, or AI model
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://email-verify.agentdiet.dev/v1/dev-sentiment)
Output
Returns live HackerNews discussion data, front-page velocity metrics, and developer sentiment analysis for the queried technology, startup, or AI model, including community discussion threads and sentiment signals aggregated from active HackerNews posts.
Example use cases
Evaluating a startup before investing
“I'm doing due diligence on a startup called Replit — can you pull up what HackerNews developers are currently saying about them and how much buzz they have on the front page right now?”
Comparing framework adoption sentiment
“What's the live developer sentiment on HackerNews for Bun versus Node.js — I want to know if the community is warming up to Bun or still skeptical.”
Tracking AI model community reaction
“Can you check HackerNews right now to see how developers are reacting to the new Claude 3.5 Sonnet release — is the discussion positive, mixed, or negative?”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://email-verify.agentdiet.dev/v1/dev-sentiment?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need real-time, live developer community sentiment specifically from HackerNews — the primary forum for tech-savvy early adopters — rather than general social media sentiment. Ideal for evaluating startup credibility, framework adoption trends, or AI model reception among technical audiences. Prefer this over generic social sentiment APIs when the audience is specifically developers and engineers.
Side effects
- Empty or very niche query returns sparse or no HackerNews data
- HackerNews API rate limits or downtime may cause stale or missing results
- Ambiguous query keyword (e.g. 'go') may conflate multiple topics
- Payment failure via x402 returns 402 with no data
- Overly broad query (e.g. 'AI') may return unfocused or noisy sentiment
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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