# HackerNews & Developer Ecosystem Real-Time Sentiment Pulse

> HackerNews & Developer Ecosystem Real-Time Sentiment Pulse is a paid API for AI agents from whale-momentum.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 keyword.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://whale-momentum.agentdiet.dev/v1/hackernews-top?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-23
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Provider: whale-momentum.agentdiet.dev
- Website: https://whale-momentum.agentdiet.dev
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/whale-momentum-agentdiet-dev-hackernews-developer-ecosystem-real-time-800d2a5f
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_z9tZeudQIq8cV2dlqZjvo

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 whale-momentum-agentdiet-dev-hackernews-developer-ecosystem-real-time-800d2a5f -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What's the current developer sentiment and HackerNews discussion velocity around Ollama — are there any front-page threads or strong opinions in the comments right now?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time, live developer community signals from HackerNews specifically — especially for gauging grassroots technical opinion on frameworks, OSS libraries, AI models, or startups. Prefer this over general web search when you want HN-specific velocity and developer-centric sentiment rather than broad media coverage.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or ambiguous query string returns no results or irrelevant discussions
- HackerNews API rate limits or downtime may cause partial or failed responses
- Very niche or newly coined terms may yield zero matching threads
- Broad generic queries (e.g. 'AI') may return overwhelming or low-signal results
- Payment failure via x402 returns HTTP 402 before query is executed

## 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://whale-momentum.agentdiet.dev/v1/hackernews-top)

## Output

Returns live HackerNews discussion threads, front-page velocity metrics, and aggregated developer sentiment signals for the queried technology, startup, or AI model keyword — including trending post activity and community reaction summaries.

## 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/whale-momentum-agentdiet-dev-hackernews-developer-ecosystem-real-time-800d2a5f/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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