# 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 2026-10-21).

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

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://mcp-compiler.agentdiet.dev/v1/tech-trends?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-21
- 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-daafd3d6
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_rQH7pNjLZ5LF40brNq8v-

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-daafd3d6
```

Example prompt: What's the current developer sentiment and HackerNews buzz around the Rust programming language — is it trending up or down, and what are people saying?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time developer community sentiment specifically from HackerNews — the primary forum for technical founders, engineers, and AI practitioners. Prefer this over generic social listening tools when the audience is developers and tech insiders, and when you need front-page velocity as a signal of organic interest rather than just mention volume.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or too-generic query returns low-signal results
- HackerNews API downtime causes fetch failures
- Very niche or misspelled keywords return no matching discussions
- Rate limiting if called too frequently without payment
- Stale cache may occasionally return slightly delayed 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/tech-trends)

## Output

Returns real-time developer sentiment analysis derived from live HackerNews discussions, including front-page velocity indicators, sentiment signals (positive/negative/mixed), and relevant discussion thread data for the queried technology, startup, or AI model.

## 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-daafd3d6/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)