# 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 and front-page velocity to return developer sentiment and trending signals for any framework, startup, library, or AI model.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://email-verify.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: 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-debdde4f
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_6HswlunJEBFPXijNZg2fi

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-debdde4f
```

Example prompt: What is the current HackerNews sentiment around Rust — are developers excited or frustrated, and how fast is it trending on the front page right now?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time developer community sentiment specifically from HackerNews — the primary signal source for technical founders, open source maintainers, and AI researchers. Prefer this over general web search sentiment when you want high-signal, developer-centric opinions rather than mainstream social media noise. Ideal for competitive intelligence, launch monitoring, and framework adoption research.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or vague query string returns no meaningful results
- Keyword too broad (e.g. 'AI') may return noisy or irrelevant aggregated data
- Payment failure via x402 if USDC balance is insufficient
- Rate limiting if called excessively in short windows
- HackerNews API downtime may result in stale or partial data

## 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/hackernews-top)

## Output

Returns aggregated HackerNews discussion data including relevant posts, front-page velocity metrics, comment activity, and an overall developer sentiment signal for the queried keyword or technology.

## 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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