# HackerNews & Developer Ecosystem Real-Time Sentiment Pulse

> HackerNews & Developer Ecosystem Real-Time Sentiment Pulse is a paid API for AI agents from mcp-compiler.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 on any framework, startup, or AI model in real time.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://mcp-compiler.agentdiet.dev/v1/dev-sentiment?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-23
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Provider: mcp-compiler.agentdiet.dev
- Website: https://mcp-compiler.agentdiet.dev
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/mcp-compiler-agentdiet-dev-hackernews-developer-ecosystem-real-time-19ba7626
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_l03REq1yjt50k8L2EcyZJ

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 mcp-compiler-agentdiet-dev-hackernews-developer-ecosystem-real-time-19ba7626 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What's the current HackerNews sentiment and front-page velocity for Next.js — are developers feeling positive or negative about it right now?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time, developer-community-specific sentiment and discussion velocity rather than general social media sentiment. It is especially valuable for assessing how technical audiences (developers, engineers, founders) are reacting to a new framework, AI model launch, or startup on HackerNews specifically, rather than broader platforms like Twitter or Reddit.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or very short query string rejected due to minLength:1 constraint
- Topic too obscure to have meaningful HackerNews discussions, resulting in sparse or empty results
- Payment failure via x402 if USDC balance is insufficient
- Rate limiting or timeout if HackerNews API is temporarily unavailable
- Ambiguous query term returning mixed-topic sentiment 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://mcp-compiler.agentdiet.dev/v1/dev-sentiment)

## Output

Returns aggregated developer sentiment data drawn from live HackerNews discussions, including front-page velocity metrics, sentiment signals, and relevant discussion threads for the queried technology, startup, 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

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/mcp-compiler-agentdiet-dev-hackernews-developer-ecosystem-real-time-19ba7626/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from mcp-compiler.agentdiet.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/mcp-compiler.agentdiet.dev/llms.txt)