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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 technology, framework, startup, 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://preflight.agentdiet.dev/v1/dev-sentiment)
Output
Returns an object containing live HackerNews discussion data for the queried keyword, including sentiment signals, front-page velocity metrics, and aggregated developer opinion drawn from active HN threads.
Example use cases
Startup competitive intelligence check
“Pull the live HackerNews sentiment for Linear — I want to know if developers are mostly positive or negative about it and how much buzz it's getting right now.”
AI model launch reception monitoring
“What are developers on HackerNews saying about Claude 3.5 Sonnet? Give me the sentiment pulse and how fast it's moving on the front page.”
Framework adoption signal for tech radar
“We're deciding whether to adopt SvelteKit — can you check the current developer sentiment and discussion velocity for SvelteKit on HackerNews?”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://preflight.agentdiet.dev/v1/dev-sentiment?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need real-time, live developer sentiment specifically sourced from HackerNews discussions — ideal for tracking how the technical community is reacting to a framework, AI model, startup, or library right now. Prefer it over general social sentiment APIs when the target audience is specifically developers and engineers, or when HN front-page velocity is a meaningful signal for your use case.
Side effects
- Empty or very niche query keyword returns no results or sparse data
- HackerNews upstream API downtime causes failed or stale response
- Overly broad query (e.g. 'AI') may return noisy, low-signal aggregates
- Payment failure via x402 protocol returns 402 before query is executed
- Ambiguous keyword (e.g. 'Go') may conflate multiple topics
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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