What is the tech stack behind the Hacker News Agent?

It is built using Bun, Hono, and Lucid Agents core libraries, ensuring high performance and type safety with Zod.

What data can this skill access from Hacker News?

The skill provides structured access to Top stories, Best stories, Show HN community projects, Ask HN discussions, and comprehensive daily reports.

How are the micro-payments for endpoints handled?

The skill uses the @lucid-agents/payments framework to facilitate x402 payments, enabling autonomous agents to pay for data access programmatically.

Is this skill suitable for building a commercial news bot?

Yes, it is specifically designed for agentic commerce, providing the necessary endpoints and payment logic to power commercial tech news aggregators.

Does this skill require an API key for Hacker News?

No, the official Hacker News Firebase API does not require an API key for access, though this skill implements a tiered payment model for specific endpoints.

Hacker News Agent

Name: Hacker News Agent
Author: daydreamsai

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Web Scraping & Data Collection

Integrates real-time Hacker News data streams into AI agents for automated tech news monitoring and community trend analysis.

The Hacker News Agent skill enables Claude to interface directly with the Hacker News Firebase API, providing structured access to top stories, trending tech discussions, and community-driven projects. It features a tiered access model ranging from free daily overviews to comprehensive digests, allowing developers to build sophisticated news aggregators, sentiment analysis tools, or automated developer community feeds. Built with a modern stack including Bun and Hono, it is specifically designed for agentic commerce applications using x402 payments.

Key Features

01Detailed story metadata including scores, IDs, and discussion links

02High-performance implementation using Bun, Hono, and Zod validation

03Tiered data access model with built-in x402 payment integration

04Comprehensive 'report' endpoint for full community data digests

05Real-time access to Top, Best, Show, and Ask HN story categories

0623 GitHub stars

Use Cases

01Automated tech news aggregation and summarization bots

02Real-time monitoring of 'Show HN' for market research and competitor tracking

03Building incentivized AI agents that curate niche developer feeds for teams

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For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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