Hackernews
sigcli/sigcli
Interact with Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com) — browse top, new, and best stories, read item details and comment threads, look up user profiles, and search posts via Algolia.
A skill your agent uses when the user wants to interact with Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com) — read top stories from the frontpage, extract a post's data and comments, or search stories via the…
Install Browsing Hackernews
$ npx skills add browsing-skills/browsing-skills --skill browsing-hackernews -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install browsing-skills/browsing-skills browsing-hackernews --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/browsing-skills/browsing-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/news.ycombinator.com .claude/skills/browsing-hackernews && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "browsing-hackernews" agent skill from https://github.com/browsing-skills/browsing-skills/tree/main/skills/news.ycombinator.com into .claude/skills/browsing-hackernews/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "browsing-hackernews", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/browsing-skills/browsing-skills/tree/main/skills/news.ycombinator.comType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add browsing-skills/browsing-skills --skill browsing-hackernews -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install browsing-skills/browsing-skills browsing-hackernews --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/browsing-skills/browsing-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/news.ycombinator.com .agents/skills/browsing-hackernews && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "browsing-hackernews" agent skill from https://github.com/browsing-skills/browsing-skills/tree/main/skills/news.ycombinator.com into .agents/skills/browsing-hackernews/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "browsing-hackernews", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add browsing-skills/browsing-skills --skill browsing-hackernews -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install browsing-skills/browsing-skills browsing-hackernews --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/browsing-skills/browsing-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/news.ycombinator.com .cursor/skills/browsing-hackernews && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "browsing-hackernews" agent skill from https://github.com/browsing-skills/browsing-skills/tree/main/skills/news.ycombinator.com into .cursor/skills/browsing-hackernews/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "browsing-hackernews", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/browsing-skills/browsing-skills.git --path skills/news.ycombinator.com--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add browsing-skills/browsing-skills --skill browsing-hackernews -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install browsing-skills/browsing-skills browsing-hackernews --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/browsing-skills/browsing-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/news.ycombinator.com .gemini/skills/browsing-hackernews && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "browsing-hackernews" agent skill from https://github.com/browsing-skills/browsing-skills/tree/main/skills/news.ycombinator.com into .gemini/skills/browsing-hackernews/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "browsing-hackernews", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install browsing-skills/browsing-skills browsing-hackernewsInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add browsing-skills/browsing-skills --skill browsing-hackernews -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/browsing-skills/browsing-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/news.ycombinator.com .github/skills/browsing-hackernews && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "browsing-hackernews" agent skill from https://github.com/browsing-skills/browsing-skills/tree/main/skills/news.ycombinator.com into .github/skills/browsing-hackernews/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "browsing-hackernews", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add browsing-skills/browsing-skills --skill browsing-hackernews -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install browsing-skills/browsing-skills browsing-hackernews --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/browsing-skills/browsing-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/news.ycombinator.com .opencode/skills/browsing-hackernews && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "browsing-hackernews" agent skill from https://github.com/browsing-skills/browsing-skills/tree/main/skills/news.ycombinator.com into .opencode/skills/browsing-hackernews/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "browsing-hackernews", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
browsing-hackernews- GitHub stars
- 116
- Token cost
- ~387 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 140 words
- Files
- 4 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 24
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when the user wants to interact with Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com) — read top stories from the frontpage, extract a post's data and comments, or search stories via the…
- The user wants to interact with Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com) — read top stories from the frontpage
- SKILL.md covers Action Index and Benchmarks
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Extract a posts data and comments
What it does
Browsing Hackernews is an agent skill from browsing-skills/browsing-skills. Use when the user wants to interact with Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com) — read top stories from the frontpage, extract a post's data and comments, or search stories via the Algolia HN search API. No authentication required. HN uses server-rendered HTML, so extraction works reliably without a browser (though a browser still works fine).
Its SKILL.md is about 390 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files, including reference files (for example `references/frontpage.md`, `references/post-data.md` and `references/search.md`).
It sits in Backend & APIs, covering Search implementation. It works with Algolia. The repository describes itself as: Open-source registry of browser-automation skills for AI agents. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- The user wants to interact with Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com) — read top stories from the frontpage
- Extract a posts data and comments
- Search stories via the Algolia HN search API
Example prompts
- “/browsing-hackernews”
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 07855b5. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Browsing Hackernews loads about 387 tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 90 tokens; SKILL.md has 140 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from browsing-skills/browsing-skills at commit 07855b5, republished under its MIT licence (© browsing-skills). 140 words, ~387 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/browsing-hackernews/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 3 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- browsing-hackernews
- description
- Use when the user wants to interact with Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com) — read top stories from the frontpage, extract a post's data and comments, or search stories via the Algolia HN search API. No authentication required. HN uses server-rendered HTML, so extraction works reliably without a browser (though a browser still works fine).
Hacker News — Browsing Skill
Use this index to choose the HN action that matches the user request, then open the linked reference file for the complete navigation, requirements, code, and return shape.
Action Index
- frontpage — Extract top stories from the HN frontpage (rank, title, URL, score, author, comment count). Supports pagination. Full spec: references/frontpage.md.
- post-data — Extract a specific post's details (title, URL, score, author, age) and its top-level comments. Full spec: references/post-data.md.
- search — Search Hacker News stories via the Algolia HN API. No browser navigation required — calls the API via fetch. Full spec: references/search.md.
Benchmarks
Benchmarks compare the maintained skill action against a no-skill browser agent that inspects the live page DOM and derives selectors at runtime. Full notes live in BENCHMARKS.md.
| Action | With Skill | Without Skill | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| frontpage | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| post-data | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| search | TBD | TBD | TBD |
© browsing-skills, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 3 other files (references) in skills/news.ycombinator.com of browsing-skills/browsing-skills.
- SKILL.md
- references/frontpage.md
- references/post-data.md
- references/search.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 07855b5
Compare with similar skills
Browsing Hackernews next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browsing Hackernews this skillbrowsing-skills/browsing-skills | 116 | — | ~387 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Hackernewssigcli/sigcli | 293 | — | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Algolia Searchdavila7/claude-code-templates | 32k | 3 repos | ~492 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Algoliazapier/connectors | 176 | — | ~4.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | Elastic-2.0 | |
| Pp Algoliamvanhorn/printing-press-library | 2.1k | — | ~8k | Automated safety check: Notes | Apache-2.0 | |
| Algolia Searchaiskillstore/marketplace | 430 | 3 repos | ~6.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | None |
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Questions about Browsing Hackernews
What does Browsing Hackernews do?
A skill your agent uses when the user wants to interact with Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com) — read top stories from the frontpage, extract a post's data and comments, or search stories via the…. Browsing Hackernews is an agent skill from browsing-skills/browsing-skills.com) — read top stories from the frontpage, extract a post's data and comments, or search stories via the Algolia HN search API.
When should I use Browsing Hackernews?
Browsing Hackernews fits situations like: the user wants to interact with Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com) — read top stories from the frontpage; extract a posts data and comments; search stories via the Algolia HN search API.
How do I install Browsing Hackernews in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add browsing-skills/browsing-skills --skill browsing-hackernews -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/news.ycombinator.com in browsing-skills/browsing-skills) into .claude/skills/browsing-hackernews in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Browsing Hackernews in Codex?
Run `npx skills add browsing-skills/browsing-skills --skill browsing-hackernews -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/news.ycombinator.com in browsing-skills/browsing-skills) into .agents/skills/browsing-hackernews in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Browsing Hackernews in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add browsing-skills/browsing-skills --skill browsing-hackernews -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/browsing-hackernews, .gemini/skills/browsing-hackernews, .github/skills/browsing-hackernews and .opencode/skills/browsing-hackernews in your project.
What does Browsing Hackernews need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Browsing Hackernews is instructions for the agent only.
Does Browsing Hackernews access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Browsing Hackernews safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Browsing Hackernews use?
Browsing Hackernews is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Browsing Hackernews use?
About 387 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 3.8k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Browsing Hackernews?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Browsing Hackernews: Hackernews (sigcli/sigcli, 293 stars), Algolia Search (davila7/claude-code-templates, 32k stars), Algolia (zapier/connectors, 176 stars) and Pp Algolia (mvanhorn/printing-press-library, 2.1k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Browsing Hackernews?
browsing-skills (a GitHub organization) maintains it in browsing-skills/browsing-skills, which has 116 GitHub stars. The repository holds 24 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 10, 2026.
Source: browsing-skills/browsing-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.