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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 2026-10-21).
Queries live HackerNews discussions, front-page velocity, and developer sentiment for any framework, startup, library, or AI model
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 sentiment signals, front-page velocity, relevant thread references, and an aggregated developer sentiment reading for the queried keyword or topic.
Example use cases
Competitor sentiment monitoring
“Check HackerNews right now and tell me how developers are feeling about Vercel — I want to know the sentiment, any trending discussions, and how fast it's moving on the front page.”
Pre-launch developer pulse check
“Before we announce our new developer tool 'Drifter SDK', can you check if there's any existing HackerNews buzz or sentiment around that name or concept?”
AI model reception analysis
“How is the developer community on HackerNews reacting to Mistral's latest model? Give me a sense of the sentiment and discussion activity around it.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://preflight.agentdiet.dev/v1/yc-launch-tracker?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need real-time developer community sentiment specifically from HackerNews — the canonical forum for startup, framework, and AI model discourse among technical audiences. Prefer this over general social media sentiment tools when your audience is developers, engineers, or founders, and when you care about front-page velocity and discussion depth rather than volume-based metrics from Twitter or Reddit.
Side effects
- Empty or very niche query returns no HackerNews results
- HackerNews API rate limiting or downtime causes fetch failure
- Ambiguous keyword (e.g. 'apple') may return mixed or irrelevant results
- Payment failure via x402 returns 402 error before query is processed
- Overly broad query returns unfocused or low-signal sentiment data
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| queryrequired | string | Technology, startup, library, or topic keyword to analyze across HackerNews |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "object"
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