# HackerNews & Developer Ecosystem Real-Time Sentiment Pulse

> HackerNews & Developer Ecosystem Real-Time Sentiment Pulse is a paid API for AI agents from shopify-spy.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

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://shopify-spy.agentdiet.dev/v1/hackernews-top?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-21
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Provider: shopify-spy.agentdiet.dev
- Website: https://shopify-spy.agentdiet.dev
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/shopify-spy-agentdiet-dev-hackernews-developer-ecosystem-real-time-01808be8
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_k9uc89ACKZ11zvfqybHbQ

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 shopify-spy-agentdiet-dev-hackernews-developer-ecosystem-real-time-01808be8
```

Example prompt: What's the current HackerNews sentiment and front-page velocity around Cursor AI — are developers excited or skeptical about it right now?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time developer community sentiment specifically from HackerNews — the gold standard forum for engineers, founders, and early adopters. Prefer it over general social media sentiment APIs when your audience cares about technical credibility, developer adoption signals, or startup traction within the engineering community. Ideal for competitive intelligence on frameworks, libraries, or AI models where HN front-page velocity is a meaningful signal.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or overly generic query returns low-signal results
- Very niche or brand-new topics may have zero HackerNews mentions
- HackerNews API rate limits or outages cause upstream failures
- Misspelled or ambiguous keywords may return off-topic discussions
- Payment not completed (x402) results in 402 response with no data

## 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://shopify-spy.agentdiet.dev/v1/hackernews-top)

## Output

Returns live HackerNews discussion data including front-page velocity, relevant threads mentioning the queried topic, and an aggregated developer sentiment signal indicating community enthusiasm, skepticism, or controversy around the given technology, startup, or AI model.

## 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/shopify-spy-agentdiet-dev-hackernews-developer-ecosystem-real-time-01808be8/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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