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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 mesh.agentdiet.dev, paid per call via MPP, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-11-01).
Queries live HackerNews discussions, front-page velocity, and developer community sentiment for any framework, startup, library, or AI model.
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://mesh.agentdiet.dev/v1/hn-pulse)
Output
Returns aggregated real-time developer sentiment data from live HackerNews discussions including front-page velocity metrics, sentiment signals (positive/negative/mixed), recent thread summaries, and discussion frequency for the queried technology, startup, or topic.
Example use cases
AI model launch reception check
“Can you check what the HackerNews developer community is saying about the new GPT-4o release right now — is it mostly hype, criticism, or genuine excitement?”
Framework adoption pulse for engineering decision
“We're choosing between Svelte and Vue for our next project — what's the current developer sentiment on HackerNews for each of them?”
Startup reputation monitoring
“We just launched on Product Hunt and I want to know if our startup Luma AI is getting any traction or discussion on HackerNews — what's the buzz and velocity?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://mesh.agentdiet.dev/v1/hn-pulse?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need real-time developer community pulse specifically from HackerNews — the canonical source for technical founders, engineers, and early adopters. It is ideal for tracking how a new framework, AI model, startup, or library is being received in the developer ecosystem, especially when you need velocity (trending speed) not just static search results. Prefer this over general web search when the target audience is developers and technical decision-makers.
Side effects
- Empty or too-generic query string returns low-signal results
- Very niche or brand-new topics may return sparse HackerNews data
- Rate-limited or temporarily unavailable HackerNews upstream may return stale results
- Payment failure (x402) prevents execution if USDC balance is insufficient
- Ambiguous query keyword (e.g. 'go') may surface unrelated 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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