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HackerNews & Developer Ecosystem Real-Time Sentiment Pulse
HackerNews & Developer Ecosystem Real-Time Sentiment Pulse is a paid API for AI agents from mcp-security.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 community sentiment for any framework, startup, library, or AI model in real time.
Price / call$0.01
Success—
StatusUnknown
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-security.agentdiet.dev/v1/hackernews-trends)
Output
Returns live HackerNews discussion data including front-page velocity metrics, recent story and comment activity, and aggregated developer sentiment signals for the queried technology, startup, or topic.
Example use cases
Startup competitive intelligence check
“Pull up the live HackerNews sentiment and discussion velocity for 'Vercel' right now — I want to know whether developers are positive or negative about it compared to recent months.”
AI model launch reception tracking
“Check what HackerNews developers are saying about 'Claude 3.5 Sonnet' — how fast is it trending and what's the general sentiment in the community?”
Open-source library adoption pulse
“I'm evaluating whether to adopt 'Drizzle ORM' — can you check HackerNews for live discussion activity and developer sentiment around it so I know if it's gaining traction?”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://mcp-security.agentdiet.dev/v1/hackernews-trends?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need real-time, developer-community-specific sentiment or discussion velocity from HackerNews — as opposed to general social media sentiment or broad web search. Ideal for evaluating developer adoption of frameworks, libraries, AI models, or startups based on what technical practitioners are actively discussing right now.
Side effects
- Empty or irrelevant query string returns no meaningful results
- Very niche or newly coined terms may yield sparse HackerNews data
- HackerNews Algolia API downtime causes retrieval failures
- Rate limiting or payment failures (x402) prevent successful calls
- Results may reflect only recent HackerNews activity and miss older sentiment trends
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| queryrequired | string | Technology, startup, library, or topic keyword to analyze across HackerNews |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "object"
}Reviews
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