# 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 for any framework, startup, library, or AI model keyword.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://mcp-compiler.agentdiet.dev/v1/tech-trends?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-725613af
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_IFGt3bXmbn-Yq0wn4OsR6

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-725613af -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What's the live HackerNews sentiment and developer buzz right now around 'Deno 2' — any front-page velocity or trending discussions?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time, live developer community sentiment specifically sourced from HackerNews discussions — ideal for tracking emerging tech trends, gauging developer adoption of frameworks, monitoring startup reputation among engineers, or assessing reaction to new AI model releases. Prefer it over general web sentiment tools when the HackerNews developer audience is specifically the target demographic.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or whitespace query returns a validation error (minLength:1 enforced)
- HackerNews API downtime may yield stale or empty results
- Very niche or obscure topics may return sparse discussion data
- Rate limiting or payment failure (402) blocks the request
- Ambiguous keywords may conflate multiple unrelated topics

## 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/tech-trends)

## Output

Returns aggregated real-time data from live HackerNews discussions for the queried keyword, including front-page velocity metrics, developer sentiment signals, trending discussion threads, and community reaction indicators.

## 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-725613af/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)