# HackerNews & Developer Ecosystem Real-Time Sentiment Pulse

> HackerNews & Developer Ecosystem Real-Time Sentiment Pulse is a paid API for AI agents from x402-audit.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 by keyword.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://x402-audit.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: x402-audit.agentdiet.dev
- Website: https://x402-audit.agentdiet.dev
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-audit-agentdiet-dev-hackernews-developer-ecosystem-real-time-db18225f
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_SAyglx6rp_K_NBPbFy269

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 x402-audit-agentdiet-dev-hackernews-developer-ecosystem-real-time-db18225f
```

Example prompt: What's the current HackerNews sentiment and front-page buzz around the Rust programming language — are developers excited or skeptical?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time developer community sentiment specifically from HackerNews — the canonical source for tech-savvy early-adopter opinion. Prefer it over general social media sentiment tools when the audience is developers, founders, or technical decision-makers. Ideal for tracking framework adoption debates, startup reputation, AI model reception, and OSS library momentum among the HN community.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or overly generic query returns low-signal or no results
- Niche or misspelled keyword yields zero matching HN discussions
- Rate limiting or upstream HackerNews API downtime may cause delayed or failed responses
- Payment failure (x402) results in 402 response with no data returned
- Very new topics with minimal HN coverage produce sparse sentiment 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://x402-audit.agentdiet.dev/v1/hackernews-top)

## Output

Returns live HackerNews discussion data, front-page velocity signals, and aggregated developer sentiment scores for the queried keyword, reflecting real-time community reaction across relevant threads and stories.

## 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/x402-audit-agentdiet-dev-hackernews-developer-ecosystem-real-time-db18225f/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402-audit.agentdiet.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402-audit.agentdiet.dev/llms.txt)