# 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 2026-10-28).

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

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://mcp-compiler.agentdiet.dev/v1/hackernews-top?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-28
- 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-97d7f24f
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_h2c-gA9Bojg7YlrCtm9zv

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-97d7f24f -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What's the live developer sentiment and HackerNews front-page velocity for 'LangChain' right now — are people excited, skeptical, or mixed?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time developer community sentiment specifically from HackerNews — the canonical signal source for technical founders, engineers, and early adopters — rather than broader social media sentiment. Ideal for tracking startup buzz, framework adoption, or AI model reception among a technically sophisticated audience.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or too-generic query returns no relevant discussions
- HackerNews API rate limits may cause delayed or incomplete results
- Very new or obscure topics may return sparse sentiment data
- Payment failure via x402 protocol blocks the request
- Ambiguous keyword may match unrelated HackerNews threads

## 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/hackernews-top)

## Output

Returns live HackerNews discussion data including front-page velocity signals, community sentiment indicators, and relevant thread activity for the queried technology, startup, or AI model 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-97d7f24f/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)