# HackerNews & Developer Ecosystem Real-Time Sentiment Pulse

> HackerNews & Developer Ecosystem Real-Time Sentiment Pulse is a paid API for AI agents from llms-generator.agentdiet.dev, paid per call via MPP, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-23).

Queries live HackerNews discussions, front-page velocity, and developer sentiment for any framework, startup, or AI model topic.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://llms-generator.agentdiet.dev/v1/hackernews-velocity-radar?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-23
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Provider: llms-generator.agentdiet.dev
- Website: https://llms-generator.agentdiet.dev
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/llms-generator-agentdiet-dev-hackernews-developer-ecosystem-real-time-3a440361
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_398mwThLqWZTrdDx1JDvP

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 llms-generator-agentdiet-dev-hackernews-developer-ecosystem-real-time-3a440361 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What's the current HackerNews sentiment and front-page velocity for 'Llama 3' right now — are developers excited or skeptical about it?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you specifically need real-time developer community sentiment and HackerNews discussion velocity for a technology, framework, startup, or AI model — particularly when you want signal from the technical developer audience rather than general social media, Twitter/X, or broader news coverage.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or too-generic query string returns no meaningful results
- HackerNews API rate limits or downtime may cause delayed or incomplete data
- Niche or newly coined terms may have sparse discussion data
- Ambiguous keywords (e.g. 'Go') may conflate multiple topics
- Network timeout if HackerNews Algolia backend is slow

## 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://llms-generator.agentdiet.dev/v1/hackernews-velocity-radar)

## Output

Returns structured data reflecting live HackerNews discussion activity for the queried topic, including sentiment signals, front-page velocity metrics, and aggregated developer opinion extracted from recent HackerNews threads and comments.

## 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

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/llms-generator-agentdiet-dev-hackernews-developer-ecosystem-real-time-3a440361/health.json
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