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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 token-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 community sentiment for any technology, startup, framework, or AI model.
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://token-intel.agentdiet.dev/v1/hackernews-trends)
Output
Returns real-time HackerNews discussion data for the queried topic, including front-page velocity metrics, community sentiment signals, and relevant discussion threads from the developer ecosystem.
Example use cases
AI model launch reception check
“How is the developer community on HackerNews reacting to the Llama 3 release? Is it trending fast and what's the overall sentiment?”
Startup traction signal before pitching
“Before I reach out to investors, can you check how much buzz the startup Linear is getting on HackerNews and whether developer sentiment is positive?”
Framework adoption health check
“We're deciding between Svelte and Vue for our next project — what's the current HackerNews discussion velocity and developer sentiment around each?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://token-intel.agentdiet.dev/v1/hackernews-trends?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need real-time, developer-community-specific sentiment and trending signals from HackerNews — particularly for tech frameworks, AI models, developer tools, or startups. Prefer this over general social media sentiment tools when the target audience is specifically technical developers and hackers, and when front-page velocity or discussion thread depth matters.
Side effects
- Empty or overly broad query returns low-signal results
- Very niche or misspelled topic may return no HackerNews matches
- Payment failure (HTTP 402) if x402 USDC micropayment is not properly attached
- Rate limiting or timeout if HackerNews API is temporarily unavailable
- Ambiguous keyword (e.g. 'Apple') may conflate multiple unrelated 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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