# HackerNews & Developer Ecosystem Real-Time Sentiment Pulse

> HackerNews & Developer Ecosystem Real-Time Sentiment Pulse is a paid API for AI agents from sec-intel.agentdiet.dev, paid per call via MPP, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-28).

Queries live HackerNews discussions, front-page velocity, and developer sentiment for any framework, startup, library, or AI model topic

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://sec-intel.agentdiet.dev/v1/yc-launch-tracker?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-28
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Provider: sec-intel.agentdiet.dev
- Website: https://sec-intel.agentdiet.dev
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/sec-intel-agentdiet-dev-hackernews-developer-ecosystem-real-time-8d2d6934
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_wqyxz2WnFimx2ZBMGmbv0

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability sec-intel-agentdiet-dev-hackernews-developer-ecosystem-real-time-8d2d6934 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What's the current HackerNews sentiment and discussion velocity around 'Bun' — are developers excited, skeptical, or mixed about it right now?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time developer community sentiment specifically from HackerNews — ideal for tracking YC startup launches, monitoring how a new framework or AI model is being received by technical audiences, or gauging front-page velocity. Prefer this over generic social sentiment APIs when the target audience is developers and the signal source needs to be HackerNews specifically.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or vague query string returns no meaningful results
- Highly niche or misspelled topic keyword yields sparse HackerNews data
- Payment failure (HTTP 402) if x402 USDC micropayment is not properly attached
- Rate limiting or upstream HackerNews API unavailability causes timeout or error
- Response schema is loosely typed (generic object), so structure may vary by topic

## 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://sec-intel.agentdiet.dev/v1/yc-launch-tracker)

## Output

Returns a structured object containing live HackerNews discussion data, front-page velocity metrics, and aggregated developer sentiment signals for the queried topic — including relevant threads, comment trends, and community reception indicators.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "query"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "query": {
   "type": "string",
   "minLength": 1,
   "description": "Technology, startup, library, or topic keyword to analyze across HackerNews"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object"
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/sec-intel-agentdiet-dev-hackernews-developer-ecosystem-real-time-8d2d6934/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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