HNPulse — Hacker News Velocity & Developer Sentiment Oracle
Real-time Hacker News front-page velocity, YC launch tracking, and developer sentiment analysis for AI, MCP, and infrastructure topics.
1 route settlement-verified · $0.01 USDC/request · 1 endpoint · Intelligence · base network · x402 protocol
Verified routes
GET /v1/hn-pulse· $0.01 · Verified with a $0.01 test payment on 6 Nov 2026 · receipt
Other routes are unverified.
Networks: Base (settlement-verified)
Discovery is free. Agents search the catalogue here. Payment happens on the listing 402, not on PayAPI.
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- Provider
- Roberto Yanguas
- Hosted at
hn-pulse.agentdiet.dev- Category
- Intelligence
- Price
- $0.01 USDC per request
- Payment networks
- Base
- Settlement-verified
- 1 route, last checked 2026-11-06
- Listed on PayAPI Market
- 2026-10-20
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curl -i "https://hn-pulse.agentdiet.dev/v1/hn-pulse"About this API
HNPulse — Hacker News Velocity & Developer Sentiment Oracle is listed in the Intelligence category with pricing at $0.01 USDC/request. One route has been settlement-verified by PayAPI Market on 2026-11-06. View receipt on Basescan.
Payments settle on base in USDC via the x402 protocol. AI agents discover this API through the PayAPI Market MCP server and pay per request without API keys or accounts.
This API exposes 1 endpoint.
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Questions about this API
What does HNPulse — Hacker News Velocity & Developer Sentiment Oracle do?
Real-time Hacker News front-page velocity, YC launch tracking, and developer sentiment analysis for AI, MCP, and infrastructure topics. It is provided by Roberto Yanguas.
How much does HNPulse — Hacker News Velocity & Developer Sentiment Oracle cost?
HNPulse — Hacker News Velocity & Developer Sentiment Oracle is priced at $0.01 USDC per request, paid per call with no subscription. Verified with a $0.01 test payment on 6 Nov 2026. The exact amount for each call is in the HTTP 402 response before any money moves.
Do I need an API key or account to use HNPulse — Hacker News Velocity & Developer Sentiment Oracle?
No. HNPulse — Hacker News Velocity & Developer Sentiment Oracle uses the x402 protocol, so an agent pays per request in USDC on Base and gets the response, with no API key, account or signup.
Has HNPulse — Hacker News Velocity & Developer Sentiment Oracle been verified?
Yes, 1 route. PayAPI Market paid for a real call from its own wallet, received real data back and recorded the USDC settlement on-chain, most recently on 2026-11-06.
How does an AI agent find HNPulse — Hacker News Velocity & Developer Sentiment Oracle?
Through the free PayAPI Market MCP server at https://payapi.market/mcp, using search_apis or get_api, or over plain HTTP at https://payapi.market/agent/search. Discovery is free; the agent pays the provider directly on the listing's own 402.
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