Agent skill
hackernews
Browse and search Hacker News. Fetch top, new, best, Ask HN, Show HN stories and job postings. View item details, comments, and user profiles. Search stories and comments via Algolia. Find "Who is hiring?" threads. Use for any HN-related queries like "what's trending on HN?", "search HN for AI", "show comments on story X", "who is hiring?", "latest Ask HN posts".
Install this agent skill to your Project
npx add-skill https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry/tree/main/skills/other/hackernews
SKILL.md
Hacker News
CLI tool for the Hacker News API. No authentication required.
CLI Usage
Run scripts/hn.sh <command>. All commands support --json for raw JSON output.
Browse Stories
# Top/trending stories (default 10)
scripts/hn.sh top
scripts/hn.sh top --limit 20
# Other lists
scripts/hn.sh new --limit 5 # newest
scripts/hn.sh best --limit 10 # highest rated
scripts/hn.sh ask # Ask HN
scripts/hn.sh show # Show HN
scripts/hn.sh jobs # job postings
View Item Details & Comments
# Full item details (story, comment, job, poll)
scripts/hn.sh item 12345678
# Top comments on a story
scripts/hn.sh comments 12345678
scripts/hn.sh comments 12345678 --limit 10 --depth 2
User Profiles
scripts/hn.sh user dang
Search
# Basic search
scripts/hn.sh search "rust programming"
# With filters
scripts/hn.sh search "LLM" --type story --sort date --period week --limit 5
scripts/hn.sh search "hiring remote" --type comment --period month
Who is Hiring
# Latest "Who is hiring?" job postings
scripts/hn.sh whoishiring
scripts/hn.sh whoishiring --limit 20
Common Workflows
| User asks | Command |
|---|---|
| "What's trending on HN?" | scripts/hn.sh top |
| "Latest Ask HN posts" | scripts/hn.sh ask |
| "Search HN for X" | scripts/hn.sh search "X" |
| "Show me comments on story Y" | scripts/hn.sh comments Y |
| "Who is hiring?" | scripts/hn.sh whoishiring |
| "Tell me about HN user Z" | scripts/hn.sh user Z |
Notes
- Story lists use parallel fetching for speed
- HTML in comments/bios is auto-converted to plain text
- Timestamps shown as relative time ("2h ago", "3d ago")
- For API details, see references/api.md
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