hn-digest
Pull the current Hacker News front page, top comments, or a topic search with zero API keys — the official Firebase API and Algolia search via curl, digested instead of dumped. Use when asked what's on Hacker News, summarize HN today, what's the discussion on this story, or has HN covered some topic. Produces a ranked digest with scores and comment counts, the discussion's actual argument threads when asked, and the rerunnable commands.
npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill hn-digest --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# HN Digest Skill "What's on HN?" deserves better than thirty raw titles — the value is in the digest: what's leading, what the comment sections are actually arguing, and which of it the user cares about. Hacker News serves everything keylessly twice over: the official Firebase API (live items by id) and Algolia's HN search (query, date ranges, popularity). This skill knows when to use which, batches sanely, and summarizes discussions as *positions*, not vibes. ## What This Skill Produces - **The digest** — top stories with score, comments count, domain, and a one-line what-it-is - **Discussion reads** — for a story: the top comment threads compressed into the actual arguments being made - **Topic searches** — has-HN-covered-X, with dates and reception - **The commands** — exact curls, rerunnable ## Required Inputs Ask for these if not provided: - **The mode** — front page now, a specific story's discussion, or a topic search - **Appetite** — top 5 headline-digest vs. deep read of one thread - **Their filter** — "anything about AI/security/startups" turns a digest into a targeted one; worth asking when the user has an obvious beat ## Framework: The Two APIs and the Digest Rules 1.
- What This Skill Produces
- Required Inputs
- Framework: The Two APIs and the Digest Rules
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What does the hn-digest skill do?
Pull the current Hacker News front page, top comments, or a topic search with zero API keys — the official Firebase API and Algolia search via curl, digested instead of dumped. Use when asked what's on Hacker News, summarize HN today, what's the discussion on this story, or has HN covered some topic. Produces a ranked digest with scores and comment counts, the discussion's actual argument threads when asked, and the rerunnable commands.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill hn-digest --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, a repository with 1,255 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.