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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 workflows.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 community sentiment for any technology, framework, startup, or AI model keyword
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://workflows.agentdiet.dev/v1/hackernews-top)
Output
Returns live HackerNews discussion data including relevant threads, front-page velocity metrics, and aggregated developer sentiment signals for the queried technology, startup, or AI model keyword
Example use cases
AI model reception check
“Can you check how HackerNews developers are reacting to GPT-4o right now — is there a lot of buzz, and is the sentiment mostly positive or critical?”
Startup launch buzz monitoring
“My startup just launched — can you check HackerNews to see if we're being discussed and what the community sentiment looks like for 'Notion AI'?”
Framework adoption pulse
“I'm deciding between Svelte and Vue for my next project — can you pull the current HackerNews sentiment and front-page velocity for Svelte so I can see how active the developer community is around it?”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://workflows.agentdiet.dev/v1/hackernews-top?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need real-time, developer-community-specific sentiment and discussion velocity from HackerNews — ideal for tracking how the technical audience perceives a framework, startup, or AI model at a given moment. Prefer this over general social media sentiment tools when the target audience is specifically software developers and technical builders, and you want HackerNews-specific signals like front-page velocity and thread engagement.
Side effects
- Empty or too-generic query returns irrelevant or sparse results
- HackerNews API rate limits or downtime causing failed fetch
- Very niche or obscure topics return no matching discussions
- Misspelled keyword yields no results or unrelated threads
- Payment failure via x402 protocol prevents endpoint access
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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