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Run npx skillmds@latest add araa47/ez-hn in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

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araa47 (@araa47) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Ez Hn by araa47 — Agent Skill

Name: Ez Hn
Author: araa47

Ez Hn

Browse and search Hacker News. Fetch top, new, best, Ask HN, Show HN stories and job postings. View item details, comments, and user profiles. Search stories via Algolia. Find "Who is hiring?" threads. Use for any HN-related queries.

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ez-hn - Hacker News CLI

Simple typer CLI for browsing Hacker News. No authentication required.

Usage

Run uv run skills/ez-hn/scripts/hn.py <command>. All commands support --json for raw JSON output.

Browse Stories

uv run skills/ez-hn/scripts/hn.py top              # top/trending (default 10)
uv run skills/ez-hn/scripts/hn.py top --limit 20    # more results
uv run skills/ez-hn/scripts/hn.py new               # newest
uv run skills/ez-hn/scripts/hn.py best              # highest rated
uv run skills/ez-hn/scripts/hn.py ask               # Ask HN
uv run skills/ez-hn/scripts/hn.py show              # Show HN
uv run skills/ez-hn/scripts/hn.py jobs              # job postings

View Item Details and Comments

uv run skills/ez-hn/scripts/hn.py item 12345678
uv run skills/ez-hn/scripts/hn.py comments 12345678
uv run skills/ez-hn/scripts/hn.py comments 12345678 --limit 10 --depth 2

User Profiles

uv run skills/ez-hn/scripts/hn.py user dang

Search

uv run skills/ez-hn/scripts/hn.py search "rust programming"
uv run skills/ez-hn/scripts/hn.py search "LLM" --type story --sort date --period week --limit 5

Who is Hiring

uv run skills/ez-hn/scripts/hn.py whoishiring
uv run skills/ez-hn/scripts/hn.py whoishiring --limit 20

Common Workflows

User asks	Command
"What's trending on HN?"	`hn.py top`
"Latest Ask HN posts"	`hn.py ask`
"Search HN for X"	`hn.py search "X"`
"Show comments on story Y"	`hn.py comments Y`
"Who is hiring?"	`hn.py whoishiring`
"Tell me about HN user Z"	`hn.py user Z`

Frequently asked questions