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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 sentiment for any technology, startup, framework, or AI model keyword.
Price / call$0.01
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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-velocity-radar)
Output
Returns structured data including live HackerNews discussion threads, front-page velocity metrics, and developer sentiment signals for the queried keyword — reflecting real-time community interest and tone.
Example use cases
AI model community reception check
“Pull the live HackerNews sentiment and front-page velocity for 'Claude 3.5' — I want to know if the developer community is hyped, critical, or mostly quiet about it right now.”
Startup pre-launch competitive research
“What's the HackerNews buzz like for 'Linear' these days? I'm building a competing project management tool and want to understand how developers feel about it.”
Framework adoption signal tracking
“Check HackerNews discussion velocity and developer sentiment around 'htmx' — is it still gaining traction or has the hype died down?”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://mcp-security.agentdiet.dev/v1/hackernews-velocity-radar?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need real-time, developer-community-specific sentiment and discussion velocity from HackerNews — particularly for evaluating how the technical community perceives a framework, startup, or AI model. Prefer this over general web sentiment tools when your audience is developers and the signal source (HackerNews) is specifically valuable.
Side effects
- Missing or empty 'query' parameter returns a 422 validation error
- Very obscure or misspelled keywords may return low or empty result sets
- HackerNews Algolia API downtime may cause upstream fetch failures
- Rate limiting or payment failure (HTTP 402) if credits are exhausted
- Ambiguous short keywords may return noisy, off-topic discussions
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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