# 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 2026-10-21).

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

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://llms-generator.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: 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-f0d51a08
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_uquJx8ZGnaznkRwnkcSda

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-f0d51a08
```

Example prompt: What's the current HackerNews sentiment and developer buzz around React Server Components — are there active discussions, how fast is it trending on the front page, and is the community reaction mostly positive or critical?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time, developer-community-specific sentiment from HackerNews rather than broad social media sentiment. It is especially valuable for evaluating how technical audiences perceive a new framework, AI model, or startup, where HackerNews is a leading indicator of developer adoption and criticism. Prefer this over Twitter/X sentiment tools when you specifically want the opinion of builders, engineers, and founders rather than general public sentiment.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or overly generic query returns irrelevant or sparse results
- Topic with no recent HackerNews activity returns minimal data
- Payment failure via x402 returns HTTP 402 before any data is returned
- Rate limiting or service unavailability returns error response
- Very niche or misspelled query keyword yields no matching discussions

## 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-top)

## Output

Returns live HackerNews discussion data and developer sentiment analysis for the queried topic, including front-page velocity signals, community reactions, and an aggregated sentiment pulse across relevant 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

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