hn
Browse Hacker News - top stories, new, best, ask, show, jobs, and story details with comments.
Installation
Follow the repository instructions for this skill and your agent. Review the files and dependencies before adding it to your workflow.
View source ↗GuidesSkill instructions
Hacker News
Read Hacker News from the command line.
Commands
Top Stories
uv run {baseDir}/scripts/hn.py top # Top 10 stories
uv run {baseDir}/scripts/hn.py top -n 20 # Top 20 stories
Other Feeds
uv run {baseDir}/scripts/hn.py new # Newest stories
uv run {baseDir}/scripts/hn.py best # Best stories
uv run {baseDir}/scripts/hn.py ask # Ask HN
uv run {baseDir}/scripts/hn.py show # Show HN
uv run {baseDir}/scripts/hn.py jobs # Jobs
Story Details
uv run {baseDir}/scripts/hn.py story <id> # Story with top comments
uv run {baseDir}/scripts/hn.py story <id> --comments 20 # More comments
Search
uv run {baseDir}/scripts/hn.py search "AI agents" # Search stories
uv run {baseDir}/scripts/hn.py search "Claude" -n 5 # Limit results
API
Uses the official Hacker News API (no auth required).
Examples
Read the usage examples in the source repository.
View source ↗Source history
- Indexed on
- 2026-01-20
- Index updated
- 2026-01-30
- Branch
- main
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