Honest, practical notes on giving agents social-post metrics. Every number in these posts is a real, live API response.
One GET request returns a Stack Overflow question's view count, score, answers, and date as JSON — no key. The same normalized call works for Hacker News and every platform Pulse supports.
2026-06-26
One GET request returns a Hacker News story's points, comments, author, and date as JSON — no key. The same normalized call works for Stack Overflow and every platform Pulse supports.
2026-06-26
Residential IP moat, 7 platforms, Playwright headless for LinkedIn, agent-first design with x402 and MCP. The technical story.
2026-06-11
One GET request returns Threads follower count and verified status for any public profile. No Meta OAuth, no app review, no token management.
2026-06-11
One GET request returns Instagram follower count, following count, post count, and verified status. No Business Account, no OAuth, no token management.
2026-06-11
One GET request returns LinkedIn post likes, comments, and estimated reach. No OAuth, no API partner application, no page admin access required.
2026-06-11
One GET request returns Mastodon likes, boosts, and replies for posts on any public Mastodon instance. No auth or instance registration. Remote profiles work too.
2026-06-10
Track views, likes, follower counts across YouTube, X, TikTok, Bluesky, Mastodon, Instagram with one HTTP call. No API keys, no OAuth, no $500/mo monitoring tool.
2026-06-11
Use /history to monitor post velocity (views/hr, likes/hr) across multiple platforms. Detect viral posts automatically with one polling loop. No database, no cron job.
2026-06-11
Get views, likes, and comments for any public post with one GET request, then compute engagement rate in one line of code. No OAuth, no API key, free.
2026-06-11
Embed a live social media follower count badge in any GitHub README. Works for X, Bluesky, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Mastodon, Threads — no token, no refresh.
2026-06-11
One GET request returns Mastodon follower count, following count, and post count for any public account on any Mastodon instance. No OAuth, works across all servers.
2026-06-11
One GET request returns TikTok follower count, following count, post count, and total likes for any public profile. No TikTok for Developers, no OAuth.
2026-06-11
One GET request returns any public Instagram account's follower count, following count, and post count. No Graph API, no business account, no access token.
2026-06-26
Track any public account's follower growth over time with one free API: the recorded series plus computed velocity (followers/hour). No database, no cron. YouTube, X, TikTok, Instagram, Bluesky, Mastodon.
2026-06-26
Get follower counts for up to 50 accounts across YouTube, X, TikTok, Instagram, Bluesky, and Mastodon in one API call — as a CSV table. No per-platform token, no stitching.
2026-06-26
Embed a live view, like, or comment count for any public post (YouTube, Hacker News, Stack Overflow…) as a flat SVG badge. One image URL, auto-updating, no token, free.
2026-06-26
One GET request returns YouTube subscriber count and video count for any public channel. No YouTube Data API key, no project setup, no 10,000-unit daily quota.
2026-06-11
One GET request returns X/Twitter follower count, following count, post count, and verified status. No X API key, no $100/mo fee, no OAuth.
2026-06-11
One GET request returns Bluesky follower count, following count, and post count for any public profile. No AT Protocol, no OAuth, no DID resolution.
2026-06-11
One GET request returns Bluesky likes, reposts, replies, and quotes. No AT Protocol knowledge, no authentication. Custom domains and DID handles both work.
2026-06-10
One GET request returns X/Twitter likes, comments, shares, quotes, and bookmarks. No $100/mo API key. Works with x.com and twitter.com URLs.
2026-06-10
One GET request returns TikTok view count, likes, comments, and shares. No invite-only API, no OAuth. Short links resolve automatically.
2026-06-10
One GET request returns YouTube view count, likes, publish date, and channel subscriber count. No API key, no OAuth, no quota management.
2026-06-10
curl /metrics?url= returns views, likes, comments, shares for YouTube, X, TikTok, Bluesky, Mastodon, and Instagram. Real numbers, no OAuth.
2026-06-10
The one-JSON-block install of pulse-mcp, the five tools it adds, and the one-sentence test that proves it works.
2026-06-10
The URL→numbers problem, the residential-IP reason, the one-call curl, batch, and the one-line MCP install.
2026-06-10
How /history turns repeat reads into a growth curve: snapshots at the cache boundary, since= delta polling, one series per post.
2026-06-10