hackernews

name	hackernews
description	Search and browse Hacker News via Algolia API (front, trending, search, comments).

Hacker News Skill

Use .agents/skills/hackernews/scripts/hn.ts for high-signal Hacker News story discovery.

Commands

• front
  • -n number of results (default 20)
• trending
  • --hours lookback window (default 24)
  • --min-points minimum score (default 100)
  • -n number of results (default 15)
• search "<query>"
  • --min-points minimum points (default 0)
  • -n number of results (default 10)
• comments <item_id>
  • -n number of comments (default 20)

Examples

bun run .agents/skills/hackernews/scripts/hn.ts front
bun run .agents/skills/hackernews/scripts/hn.ts trending --hours 72 --min-points 200 -n 15
bun run .agents/skills/hackernews/scripts/hn.ts search "AI agents OR coding assistant" --min-points 50 -n 10
bun run .agents/skills/hackernews/scripts/hn.ts comments 47255881 -n 40

Notes

• API: https://hn.algolia.com/api
• No API key required
• Output is JSON for agent parsing