# 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 technology, framework, startup, or AI model keyword.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://shopify-spy.agentdiet.dev/v1/hackernews-trends?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-1ae1fe7e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_VGfU2rUPcjoAZFzqK2Dy0

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-1ae1fe7e
```

Example prompt: What's the current developer sentiment and HackerNews buzz around the Bun JavaScript runtime — any trending discussions or front-page velocity I should know about?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need real-time developer community pulse specifically from HackerNews — front-page velocity, discussion threads, and sentiment — for any tech keyword. Prefer it over general social media sentiment tools when your audience is developers and early adopters, or when evaluating technical credibility and community traction of frameworks, startups, or AI models.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or too-generic query term returns no meaningful results
- HackerNews API rate limits or downtime cause partial or failed responses
- Very niche or newly coined terms may return sparse discussion data
- Payment failure via x402 protocol results in 402 response and no data returned
- Ambiguous keyword (e.g. 'React') may surface mixed unrelated discussions

## 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-trends)

## Output

Returns live HackerNews discussion data including front-page velocity, discussion thread counts, and aggregated developer sentiment signals for the queried technology, startup, library, or AI model keyword.

## 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

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