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title: "Social Listening API for Developers and AI Agents | Mentio"
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# Social Listening API for Developers and AI Agents | Mentio

> Brand mentions from Reddit, X, Hacker News, GitHub, Bluesky, LinkedIn, YouTube and more, scored by AI for relevance, sentiment and intent, delivered over REST, webhooks, Slack or MCP. TypeScript and Python SDKs. No subscription, $5.80 of free credit.

Source: https://mentio.dev/

Mentions found so far:12,481,203

# The social listening API for your AI agents

One API watches ten platforms, scores every mention with AI, and delivers over REST, webhooks, and MCP.

[Get your API key ›](https://app.mentio.dev)[Read the docs ›](https://docs.mentio.dev)

Pay per keyword and per mention from a prepaid balance. Start with $5.80 of free credit, no card, no sales calls.

## Ten sources, one API

The places developers actually talk. Ingested once, deduplicated, then matched against your keywords.

[Bluesky](/bluesky/)[Hacker News](/hacker-news/)[GitHub](/github/)[Reddit](/reddit/)[X](/x/)[Stack Overflow](/stack-overflow/)[DEV](/dev/)[YouTube](/youtube/)[LinkedIn](/linkedin/)[News](/news/)

## What you do with a mention

Four things teams wire up on day one.

### Answer the question before it rots

Someone asks whether your thing works in production. You see it while the thread is still alive and reply, instead of finding it a week later.

r/devopsu/senior\_dev · 9m

Is anyone using this in production? Wondering about latency before we commit to the migration.

scored · rel 74 · question

#brand-watchAPPnow

New question about latency — nobody has answered it yet.

### Watch the competition

Track competitor names next to your own. Every “thinking of switching” post is a lead with the objection already written out for you.

Mentions this week

your product128

competitor x206

3 of theirs said they are switching.

### Catch buying signals

The classifier tags intent, so “anyone evaluating these tools?” can route to sales while “the export is broken” routes to support.

Hacker NewsAsk HN · 2m

We are evaluating options this quarter. What is everyone using for this?

buy intent→#sales-signals

complaint→#support-escalations

### Give your agents ears

Point Claude or Cursor at the MCP server and ask what people said this week. The agent queries the feed itself, with no dashboard in the loop.

Claudementio · mcp

What did people say about us this week?

search\_mentions38 results

9 worth answering. Two are asking about pricing, one is comparing you to competitor x.

What did people say about us this week?

## From post to signal in three steps

01

### Track keywords

Your brand, your competitors, your space. One POST per term, or a click in the dashboard.

02

### The pipeline watches everything

Every source is ingested once, matched against your terms, and classified by AI: relevance 0 to 100, sentiment, and intent, tuned by your company context.

03

### Act on what matters

Triage in the dashboard, deliver to Slack or webhooks, query the REST API, or let your AI agent work the feed over MCP.

## Built as infrastructure, not a marketing suite

Everything on every account. No feature gated behind a bigger plan.

### Every source on its own clock

Bluesky arrives in seconds over the firehose, GitHub every five minutes, the rest hourly or better. We publish the real intervals because nobody else does.

Blueskyreal time

GitHub15 min

Reddit30 min

Hacker News1 h

YouTube12 h

### AI reads every post

Relevance from 0 to 100, sentiment, and intent, scored against your company context rather than a generic model.

Bluesky@dev.bsky.social · just now

Honestly considering switching, their pricing changes pushed us over the edge.

91

negativecomparisoncompetitor x

### API-first, not API-also

REST with an OpenAPI spec, keyset pagination and stable error codes. The dashboard is a client of the same API you get.

GET/v1/mentions?min\_relevance=60&since=1h200

```
{ "data": [ { "source": "reddit",
      "relevance": 91,
      "intent": "buy_intent" } ],
  "next": "cur_8f3c1a" }
```

### MCP built in

Eight tools on every account, so Claude, Cursor or any agent can search, triage and manage tracking without you writing an integration.

search\_mentionsget\_mentionset\_mention\_stateadd\_keywordlist\_keywordsget\_mention\_statsget\_company\_contextupdate\_company\_context

### Deliver anywhere

Slack, email and webhooks, each with its own filters, so a complaint and a lead can take different routes.

POSThooks.acme.dev/mentions200

slack#brand-watchsent

emaildaily digestqueued

### Priced by usage

Five dollars per keyword per month, deducted by the day from a prepaid balance, plus $0.008 per mention we find. No seats, no tiers, no subscription.

5 keywords × $5$25.00

1,500 mentions × $0.008$12.00

Monthly total$37.00

## Connect it to your agent in one line

Mentio ships a Model Context Protocol server with 26 tools on every account, and a skill for OpenClaw. Copy the setup for your client, then just ask. Or hand your agent one URL:[Claude Code](/claude/), [Cursor](/cursor/),[Codex](/codex/) or [OpenClaw](/openclaw/).

Claude Code

```
claude mcp add --transport http mentio \
  https://mcp.mentio.dev/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MENTIO_API_KEY"
```

Cursor, VS Code, any MCP client

```
{"mcpServers": {
  "mentio": {
    "url": "https://mcp.mentio.dev/mcp",
    "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer $MENTIO_API_KEY" }
  }
}}
```

OpenClaw

```
npx clawhub@latest --workdir ~/.openclaw \
  install mentio
echo "MENTIO_API_KEY=$MENTIO_API_KEY" \
  >> ~/.openclaw/.env
openclaw gateway restart
```

[Setup guide](https://docs.mentio.dev/integrations/openclaw)

Then ask your agent

“What did people say about us on Hacker News this week, and which ones should I reply to?”

[Get your API key](https://app.mentio.dev/login?mode=signup)

## Pay for what you track, and what we find

No seats. No tiers. No subscription. A prepaid balance, deducted daily.

$5/mo

per keyword tracked

$0.008

per mention

Your usage

Keywords tracked51500Mentions we find per month1,5000100k

Every mention we find counts, relevant or not, and you see both numbers in the app so the balance never disagrees with the feed.

Cost breakdown

Keywords × 5$25.00

Mentions × $0.008$12.00

Estimated monthly cost$37.00/mo

Best fitSelf serve

[Start with $5.80 of free credit](https://app.mentio.dev/login?mode=signup)

No card, no subscription. Add any amount from $20 when you are ready.

Self serve

Up to 500 keywords

-   Prepaid: add any amount from $20, deducted daily
-   $5.80 of free credit to start
-   Every feature included: Slack, API, MCP
-   Chat and email support

[Start free](https://app.mentio.dev/login?mode=signup)

Enterprise

More than 500 keywords

-   Same rate card with volume discounts
-   Invoicing available
-   Custom polling cadences and sources
-   Dedicated support channel

[Talk to us](/enterprise)

## Frequently asked questions

### Can ChatGPT or Claude do social listening?

Not on their own: a model cannot watch ten platforms every hour. Connected to Mentio's MCP server it can. Claude, Cursor, Codex and any MCP client get tools to search, filter and triage mentions, so the agent works from real posts rather than guesses.

### Is there a free social listening tool for developers?

Every Mentio account starts with $5.80 of credit and no card: one keyword for a month plus 100 mentions, with the REST API, the TypeScript and Python SDKs, the CLI and MCP available from the first minute.

### How much do social listening tools cost?

Most start at $99 to $500 a month for a plan with caps. Mentio has no plans: $5 per keyword per month, charged per day, and $0.008 per matched mention, from a prepaid balance you top up from $20.

### Is there a social listening API for Python or TypeScript?

Yes. The REST API is the product, with an OpenAPI spec, a TypeScript SDK on npm, a Python SDK on PyPI and a CLI, all generated from the same spec, plus an MCP server for agents.

### What is social listening?

Tracking what people say about your brand across public platforms, so you can answer questions, catch complaints and spot buying signals while the conversation is still live. Mentio does it for the places developers talk.

### What platforms does Mentio monitor?

Ten: X, Reddit, Hacker News, GitHub, Bluesky, LinkedIn, Stack Overflow, DEV, YouTube and news. We cover fewer sources than the big suites and go deeper on the ones developers actually use.

### How fast do mentions arrive?

Bluesky in seconds, over the firehose. GitHub every fifteen minutes, news every fifteen, Reddit every thirty, Hacker News, DEV, Stack Overflow and X hourly, LinkedIn every three hours, YouTube twice a day. Those are the real polling intervals, not marketing numbers.

### How does the AI relevance score work?

Every mention is scored 0 to 100 for relevance against your company context, then tagged with sentiment and an intent: buy intent, question, complaint, praise or comparison. You choose the threshold that reaches Slack or your webhook.

### Can I track competitor mentions?

Yes. Track competitor names as keywords alongside your own. Mentions tagged as comparisons are usually people explaining exactly why they are considering a switch.

### Do you have an API?

Yes, and it is the product. REST with an OpenAPI spec, keyset pagination and stable error codes, on every account. The dashboard is a client of the same API you get.

### Do you have an MCP server?

Yes, with 26 tools, included on every account. Connect Claude, Cursor or any MCP client and ask about your mentions in plain language, or let an agent triage them for you.

### Can I get mentions in Slack?

Yes. Slack, email and webhooks, each with its own filters, so a high-relevance complaint can go to one channel while everything else stays in the feed.

### How much does Mentio cost?

$5 per keyword per month, deducted from a prepaid balance one day at a time, plus $0.008 per mention we find. Every matched mention counts, relevant or not, and you see both numbers in the app. No seats, no plan tiers, and nothing to unlock: API, MCP and Slack are on every account.

### How do I start?

Every new workspace starts with $5.80 of free credit, one keyword-month plus 100 mentions, no card required. When it runs low, add any amount from $20. Self serve goes up to 500 keywords; past that it is a conversation, not a bigger checkbox.

### Do I need a subscription?

No. There is no monthly fee and nothing to cancel. Add any amount from $20 and it lasts as long as it lasts: the balance only goes down while keywords are tracked and mentions are found.

### What happens when my balance runs out?

Tracking pauses when the balance can no longer cover one more day of your keywords. Nothing is lost: keywords, mentions and alerts stay exactly as they were, and adding funds resumes tracking within a minute.

## Start monitoring brand mentions

One request tracks your first keyword. The first scored mention lands within minutes, in Slack, a webhook, or your agent.

[Get your API key ›](https://app.mentio.dev/login?mode=signup)[Read the docs ›](https://docs.mentio.dev)

$5.80 free credit · no card · no subscription