Connect Hacker News to Your AI Agent

Find posts on a topic and compare the arguments in their comments with links to the original discussions.

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Try a Hacker News Task

Copy a prompt into your agent with the oo Skill installed. Add your page links and source notes before running it.

oo Skill Hacker News

Compare Topic Discussions

Search posts and read their bounded comment trees to identify agreements and disagreements.

/oo Hacker News: Search Hacker News for [topic], read the comments of these selected item IDs [IDs] without text truncation, and compare the main arguments with source links.

Summarize Front-Page Stories

Retrieve front-page story IDs and read the selected items for a concise digest.

/oo Hacker News: Read the first 10 current top Hacker News stories and list titles, scores, and links, summarizing any text included in the items.

Start Working with Hacker News

  1. Install OOMOL

    Set up oo CLI and the oo Skill in your agent.

    Install OOMOL →
  2. Connect Hacker News

    Use the public Hacker News connection without an API key or account authorization.

    Connect Hacker News →
  3. Give Your Agent a Task

    Use /oo with the pages to read, the changes to make, and where to save the result.

    Connection Guide →

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  • Comment trees have depth and child limits; long comment text is truncated by default. Request untruncated text when needed.

Hacker News Tools

The integration reads public Hacker News items and profiles through Firebase and searches posts through Algolia.

Search and Story Lists

Find indexed posts and retrieve current front-page, new, Ask HN, and Show HN lists.

Items, Comments, and Profiles

Read individual items, bounded comment trees, and public user profiles.

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Get Ask Stories

Get the latest Ask HN story IDs from Hacker News.

hackernews.get_ask_stories

Get Best Stories

Get the best story IDs from Hacker News ranked by score.

hackernews.get_best_stories

Get Item

Get a Hacker News item by its numeric ID.

hackernews.get_item

Get Item With Id

Get a Hacker News item with a bounded nested comment tree.

hackernews.get_item_with_id

Get Job Stories

Get the latest job story IDs from Hacker News.

hackernews.get_job_stories

Get Latest Posts

Get the latest Hacker News posts via Algolia search_by_date.

hackernews.get_latest_posts

Get Max Item Id

Get the current largest Hacker News item ID.

hackernews.get_max_item_id

Get New Stories

Get the newest story IDs from Hacker News.

hackernews.get_new_stories

Get Show Stories

Get the latest Show HN story IDs from Hacker News.

hackernews.get_show_stories

Get Top Stories

Get the top story IDs from Hacker News sorted by front page position.

hackernews.get_top_stories

Get Updates

Get recently changed items and user profiles from Hacker News.

hackernews.get_updates

Get User

Get a Hacker News user's public profile summary by username.

hackernews.get_user

Get User By Username

Get a Hacker News user's detailed public profile by username.

hackernews.get_user_by_username

Search Posts

Search Hacker News posts using Algolia full-text search.

hackernews.search_posts

Frequently Asked Questions

Does a story include the linked article?

An item includes its Hacker News fields and any item text. External article text is not fetched by these operations.

Why can a discussion summary be incomplete?

The comment tree is bounded by depth and children per node. The default also truncates long text, so request suitable limits and untruncated text for detailed reading.

Can I search by topic?

Yes. Supply a search query and optional story or comment tags; indexed search results come from Algolia.

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