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Submits a URL to Hacker News using Playwright browser automation
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| name | hn-submit |
| description | Submits a URL to Hacker News using Playwright browser automation |
| version | 1.0.0 |
| author | Aditya Karnam |
| license | MIT |
| platforms | ["macos","linux","windows"] |
| metadata | {"hermes":{"tags":["Social Media","Hacker News","Browser Automation","Submission"],"related_skills":[],"requires_toolsets":["browser"],"requires_tools":["browser_navigate","browser_fill_form","browser_click"]}} |
| required_environment_variables | [{"name":"HN_USERNAME","prompt":"Enter your Hacker News username","help":"Your login username at news.ycombinator.com","required_for":"Logging in to Hacker News"},{"name":"HN_PASSWORD","prompt":"Enter your Hacker News password","help":"Your login password at news.ycombinator.com","required_for":"Logging in to Hacker News"}] |
Automates posting a URL to Hacker News using Playwright browser tools.
Trigger when the user says "post to HN", "submit to Hacker News", "share on HN", "submit this to hackernews", or any similar intent to share a URL on Hacker News. Do not trigger for general HN browsing or reading.
https://news.ycombinator.com/loginhttps://news.ycombinator.com/submitacct (username), pw (password), title, url.socialsecho $HN_USERNAME
echo $HN_PASSWORD
If blank, check .socials:
grep -E "^HN_(USERNAME|PASSWORD)=" .socials 2>/dev/null
If still missing, ask the user to provide them or run hermes setup hn-submit.
Ask the user for:
https://news.ycombinator.com/loginacct with username, pw with passwordhttps://news.ycombinator.com/submittitle and url; leave text blank (per HN norms for URL posts)Tell the user whether it succeeded or failed, and provide the thread URL if shown.
text field filled when submitting a URL post.After submission, HN redirects to the thread page. Confirm the thread URL is visible and report it to the user.
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Crafts and publishes a threaded reply chain to Meta Threads — a root post followed by a series of connected replies that form a thread. Trigger when the user says "create a thread on Threads", "thread this article", "post a thread", "make a multi-part thread", "thread chain", or any intent to publish a sequence of connected posts on Threads. Do NOT trigger for a single post or multi-image carousel — those have dedicated skills.
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Publishes a local markdown blog file to Substack using Playwright browser automation