# 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.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://mcp-security.agentdiet.dev/v1/hackernews-trends?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-21
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Provider: mcp-security.agentdiet.dev
- Website: https://mcp-security.agentdiet.dev
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/mcp-security-agentdiet-dev-hackernews-developer-ecosystem-real-time-5c442532
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_rX7EXaCJwZax2RBzjetje

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-security-agentdiet-dev-hackernews-developer-ecosystem-real-time-5c442532
```

Example prompt: What's the current HackerNews sentiment and front-page velocity for 'Bun' — are developers excited about it or is the buzz dying down?

## When to prefer this

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.

## Known failure modes

- 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

## 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.

## 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-security-agentdiet-dev-hackernews-developer-ecosystem-real-time-5c442532/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from mcp-security.agentdiet.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/mcp-security.agentdiet.dev/llms.txt)