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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/yc-launch-tracker)
Output
Returns live HackerNews discussion data including relevant thread summaries, front-page velocity metrics, and aggregated developer sentiment signals for the queried technology, startup, or topic keyword
Example use cases
YC Launch Day Reception Check
“Our startup just launched on HackerNews — can you pull the live sentiment and front-page velocity for 'Pika Labs' so I can see how the developer community is reacting in real time?”
Framework Adoption Signal Research
“I'm deciding whether to adopt htmx for our next project — what are developers on HackerNews actually saying about it lately, and is the discussion growing or fading?”
AI Model Community Sentiment Tracking
“How is the HackerNews developer community currently discussing Claude 3.5 Sonnet — what's the general sentiment and how fast is it spreading on the front page?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://preflight.agentdiet.dev/v1/yc-launch-tracker?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need real-time, developer-community-specific sentiment from HackerNews rather than general social media sentiment. It is purpose-built for technology, startup, framework, and AI model reception analysis within the developer ecosystem, and is especially valuable for tracking YC launch traction, framework adoption momentum, or gauging how technical communities are responding to a new product or announcement.
Side effects
- Empty or very niche query keyword returns no HackerNews discussions
- Payment failure via x402 protocol results in 402 response before data is returned
- HackerNews Algolia API rate limiting causes timeout or partial results
- Ambiguous keyword matches unrelated topics and returns irrelevant sentiment
- Network latency from live data fetch may cause occasional slow responses
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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