# HackerNews & Developer Ecosystem Real-Time Sentiment Pulse

> HackerNews & Developer Ecosystem Real-Time Sentiment Pulse is a paid API for AI agents from github-audit.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 technology, framework, startup, or AI model keyword.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://github-audit.agentdiet.dev/v1/hackernews-trends?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-21
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Provider: github-audit.agentdiet.dev
- Website: https://github-audit.agentdiet.dev
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/github-audit-agentdiet-dev-hackernews-developer-ecosystem-real-time-0733d6f4
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_LfRs2mj8p1HWx2pzeGO3Y

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 github-audit-agentdiet-dev-hackernews-developer-ecosystem-real-time-0733d6f4
```

Example prompt: What's the current developer sentiment and HackerNews discussion activity around Rust — is it trending positively 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 go-to forum for software engineers, founders, and tech investors. Prefer this over general web sentiment tools when your audience is technical developers and you want front-page velocity signals alongside discussion content. Best suited for evaluating emerging frameworks, AI models, developer tools, and tech startups where HN community reception is a meaningful signal.

## Known failure modes

- Missing or empty query parameter returns validation error
- HackerNews API rate limits or downtime may cause incomplete results
- Very niche or misspelled keywords may return sparse or empty sentiment data
- Payment failure (HTTP 402) if USDC balance is insufficient for the $0.01 per-call fee

## 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://github-audit.agentdiet.dev/v1/hackernews-trends)

## Output

Returns aggregated data from live HackerNews discussions including discussion thread activity, front-page velocity metrics, and developer sentiment signals for the queried keyword 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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