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.
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.
Install Hn Digest
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill hn-digest -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills hn-digest --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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/hn-digest .claude/skills/hn-digest && 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 "hn-digest" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/hn-digest into .claude/skills/hn-digest/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "hn-digest", 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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/hn-digestType 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill hn-digest -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills hn-digest --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/hn-digest .agents/skills/hn-digest && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "hn-digest" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/hn-digest into .agents/skills/hn-digest/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "hn-digest", 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill hn-digest -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills hn-digest --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/hn-digest .cursor/skills/hn-digest && 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 "hn-digest" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/hn-digest into .cursor/skills/hn-digest/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "hn-digest", 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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git --path skills/hn-digest--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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill hn-digest -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills hn-digest --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/hn-digest .gemini/skills/hn-digest && 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 "hn-digest" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/hn-digest into .gemini/skills/hn-digest/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "hn-digest", 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills hn-digestInstalls 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill hn-digest -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/hn-digest .github/skills/hn-digest && 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 "hn-digest" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/hn-digest into .github/skills/hn-digest/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "hn-digest", 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill hn-digest -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills hn-digest --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/hn-digest .opencode/skills/hn-digest && 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 "hn-digest" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/hn-digest into .opencode/skills/hn-digest/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "hn-digest", 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
hn-digest- GitHub stars
- 1.4k
- Token cost
- ~1.1k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 558 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 1,348
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
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.
- Works in 5 steps: Front page (official API): ids: curl -s… → Search and story lookup (Algolia): curl… → Digest, don't dump: each story gets one… → …
- Asked whats on Hacker News
- SKILL.md covers What This Skill Produces, Required Inputs, Framework: The Two APIs and… and Output Format, plus 3 more sections
- Calls curl; reaches hacker-news.firebaseio.com and hn.algolia.com
What it does
Hn Digest is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. 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.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Backend & APIs, covering Search implementation. It works with Algolia and Firebase. The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Asked whats on Hacker News
- Summarize HN today
- Whats the discussion on this story
- Has HN covered some topic
Example prompts
- “s on Hacker News, summarize HN today, what”
- “/hn-digest”
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Front page (official API): ids: curl -s "https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/topstories.json" → then per item curl -s…
- Search and story lookup (Algolia): curl -s "https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/search?query=postgres&tags=story&numericFilters=points>50" — or…
- Digest, don't dump: each story gets one line of what-it-actually-is (from the title and domain — fetch the linked article only if the user…
- Comment sections are position maps: summarize a discussion as its distinct arguments ("top thread argues X; the main pushback says Y; a…
- Freshness and voice: scores are moving snapshots — timestamp the digest; and HN comments are opinions with usernames, quoted as such. The…
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. 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
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
curl
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:
hacker-news.firebaseio.comhn.algolia.com
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
Hn Digest loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 113 tokens; SKILL.md has 558 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 558 words, ~1,122 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/hn-digest/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- hn-digest
- description
- 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.
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
- Front page (official API): ids:
curl -s "https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/topstories.json"→ then per itemcurl -s "https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/{id}.json"→title,score,descendants(comment count),url,by,time. Fetch the top 10–15 ids only — not all 500. Also:beststories,newstories,askstories,showstories. - Search and story lookup (Algolia):
curl -s "https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/search?query=postgres&tags=story&numericFilters=points>50"— or by date:search_by_date. A story's full comment tree in one call:https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/items/{id}. For topic questions Algolia is one request where Firebase is fifty. - Digest, don't dump: each story gets one line of what-it-actually-is (from the title and domain — fetch the linked article only if the user asks); lead with the 3–5 highest-signal items for the user's stated interests, then the rest compressed.
- Comment sections are position maps: summarize a discussion as its distinct arguments ("top thread argues X; the main pushback says Y; a practitioner reports Z") with rough weight — never as "mixed reactions," which is always true and never informative. Attribute claims to "a commenter," not as facts.
- Freshness and voice: scores are moving snapshots — timestamp the digest; and HN comments are opinions with usernames, quoted as such. The front page is also a specific community's taste — say "HN's take" not "the tech world's take."
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Output Format
HN Digest — [time, user's zone]
[If filtered: the matching stories first.]
| # | Story | Score · Comments | What it is |
|---|
[Discussion mode: the position map — 3–5 argument threads, weighted, attributed] [Search mode: matches with dates and reception]
Source: [HN Firebase API / Algolia HN search] · rerun: [exact curls]
Scores are live snapshots; comments are commenters' views, not facts.
Quality Checks
- Fetches were batched sanely (top 10–15, not 500 ids)
- Every story line says what the thing is, not just its title
- Discussion summaries name distinct positions with rough weights — no "mixed reactions"
- Comment claims are attributed, not laundered into facts
- The digest is timestamped
Anti-Patterns
- Do not dump 30 raw titles — the digest is the product
- Do not loop the Firebase API when Algolia answers in one call
- Do not present commenter claims as verified facts — attribute or drop
- Do not answer "what's on HN" from memory — the front page turns over in hours
- Do not editorialize the community's votes into objective importance — it's HN's taste, labeled as such
Example Trigger Phrases
- "What's on Hacker News?"
- "Summarize HN today."
- "What's the discussion on this story?"
© mohitagw15856, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/hn-digest of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0
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| Hackernewssigcli/sigcli | 293 | — | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Algolia Searchdavila7/claude-code-templates | 33k | 4 repos | ~492 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Algoliazapier/connectors | 177 | — | ~4.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | Elastic-2.0 | |
| Algolia CI Integrationjeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace | 2.8k | — | ~994 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Algolia Common Errorsjeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace | 2.8k | — | ~983 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Hn Digest
What does Hn Digest 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. Hn Digest is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. 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.
When should I use Hn Digest?
Hn Digest fits situations like: asked whats on Hacker News; summarize HN today; whats the discussion on this story; has HN covered some topic.
How do I install Hn Digest in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill hn-digest -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/hn-digest in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/hn-digest in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Hn Digest in Codex?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill hn-digest -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/hn-digest in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/hn-digest in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Hn Digest 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill hn-digest -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/hn-digest, .gemini/skills/hn-digest, .github/skills/hn-digest and .opencode/skills/hn-digest in your project.
What does Hn Digest need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Hn Digest needs the command-line tools its instructions call (curl).
Does Hn Digest access the network?
SKILL.md names 2 domains. In commands or code: hacker-news.firebaseio.com and hn.algolia.com; the agent is likely to contact these when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Hn Digest 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 Hn Digest use?
Hn Digest 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 Hn Digest use?
About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Hn Digest?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Hn Digest: Hackernews (sigcli/sigcli, 293 stars), Algolia Search (davila7/claude-code-templates, 33k stars), Algolia (zapier/connectors, 177 stars) and Algolia CI Integration (jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace, 2.8k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Hn Digest?
mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,434 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,348 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.
Source: mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.