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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 sec-intel.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://sec-intel.agentdiet.dev/v1/hackernews-top)
Output
Returns live HackerNews discussion data, front-page velocity metrics, and aggregated developer sentiment signals for the queried technology, startup, or AI model topic, drawn from active threads and community engagement patterns.
Example use cases
AI model community reception check
“Can you check what HackerNews developers are currently saying about Llama 3? I want to know if there are any trending discussions or strong sentiment signals.”
Startup launch buzz monitoring
“We just launched our startup Reclaim AI — can you pull real-time HackerNews discussions and see how the developer community is reacting to it?”
Framework technology sentiment audit
“I'm evaluating whether to adopt htmx for our next project. What's the HackerNews developer community saying about it right now — is sentiment positive or negative?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://sec-intel.agentdiet.dev/v1/hackernews-top?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need real-time, live developer community sentiment and discussion velocity specifically from HackerNews — the most influential tech/startup discussion forum. Prefer it over general web sentiment tools when your audience cares about what engineers, founders, and early adopters think, not mainstream consumer opinion. Ideal for competitive intelligence on frameworks, startup launch monitoring, and AI model reception tracking among developers.
Side effects
- Empty or overly generic query string returns low-signal or no results
- Very niche or newly coined terms may have no HackerNews activity yet
- Rate limiting or upstream HackerNews API downtime may cause failures
- Payment failure via x402 (insufficient USDC balance) blocks the call
- Network timeout if live HackerNews scraping takes too long
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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