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Hacker News Engagement & Sentiment Lookup
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Hacker News Engagement & Sentiment Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from api.agentstools.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-13).
Returns HN engagement metrics (story count, total/avg points and comments) and top stories for a given search query and optional time window, powered by the HN Algolia search API.
Price / call$0.003
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Hacker News engagement / dev-sentiment for a project or topic: story count, total & average points and comments, and the top stories (title/url/points/comments/date). From the keyless HN Algolia search API.
Output
Returns an aggregated summary including total story count, total and average points, total and average comments, and a ranked list of top HN stories (each with title, URL, points, comment count, and publication date) matching the query within the specified time window.
Example use cases
Example prompt
“How much traction does 'htmx' have on Hacker News over the past 180 days — story count, average points, and the top posts?”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://api.agentstools.dev/dev/hn?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need quantified Hacker News engagement data (story counts, points, comments) and a curated list of top stories for a project or technology — especially for developer sentiment research, competitive analysis, or validating community interest. Prefer this over generic web search when you specifically want HN community metrics aggregated and ready to use, without needing to call the Algolia API directly or parse raw results yourself.
Side effects
- Empty results if the query matches no HN stories in the time window
- HN Algolia API upstream timeout or rate limit causing a 5xx response
- Invalid or missing 'query' parameter causing a 400/422 validation error
- Extremely broad queries may return aggregates with low signal value
- 'days' value out of range (must be 1–3650) causing validation failure
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
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| inputrequired | object | |
| output | object |
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