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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 preflight.agentdiet.dev, paid per call via MPP, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-23).
Queries live HackerNews discussions, front-page velocity, and developer sentiment for any framework, startup, library, or AI model topic.
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://preflight.agentdiet.dev/v1/hn-pulse)
Output
Returns live HackerNews discussion data for the queried topic, including front-page velocity signals, thread summaries, comment sentiment analysis, and an overall developer sentiment pulse indicating community mood (positive, negative, or mixed) around the given technology, startup, or AI model.
Example use cases
Startup competitive intelligence check
“Can you pull the latest HackerNews sentiment and discussion velocity for Linear, the project management startup? I want to know if developers are bullish or bearish on it right now.”
AI model community reception tracking
“What are HackerNews developers saying about the Mistral AI model — any front-page posts, trending threads, or strong community sentiment I should know about?”
Framework adoption mood check
“I'm deciding between Bun and Deno for a new project — can you check the current HackerNews sentiment and discussion activity for both so I can see which the dev community is more excited about?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://preflight.agentdiet.dev/v1/hn-pulse?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need real-time, developer-community-specific sentiment and discussion data from HackerNews rather than broad social media sentiment. Ideal for gauging how the technical community reacts to a new framework, startup launch, or AI model release. Prefer over generic social sentiment APIs when the target audience is specifically software engineers and builders.
Side effects
- Empty or very niche query returns no HackerNews discussions
- Payment required (HTTP 402) if no valid x402 USDC payment header is provided
- Topic too broad returns noisy or irrelevant sentiment aggregation
- HackerNews Algolia upstream latency causes delayed response
- Malformed query string (empty string violates minLength:1) returns validation error
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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