# Send Hacker News to your agent
Hand the extracted package to your coding agent with a concrete install brief instead of figuring it out manually.
## Fast path
- Download the package from Yavira.
- Extract it into a folder your agent can access.
- Paste one of the prompts below and point your agent at the extracted folder.
## Suggested prompts
### New install

```text
I downloaded a skill package from Yavira. Read SKILL.md from the extracted folder and install it by following the included instructions. Tell me what you changed and call out any manual steps you could not complete.
```
### Upgrade existing

```text
I downloaded an updated skill package from Yavira. Read SKILL.md from the extracted folder, compare it with my current installation, and upgrade it while preserving any custom configuration unless the package docs explicitly say otherwise. Summarize what changed and any follow-up checks I should run.
```
## Machine-readable fields
```json
{
  "schemaVersion": "1.0",
  "item": {
    "slug": "hacker-news",
    "name": "Hacker News",
    "source": "tencent",
    "type": "skill",
    "category": "开发工具",
    "sourceUrl": "https://clawhub.ai/ivangdavila/hacker-news",
    "canonicalUrl": "https://clawhub.ai/ivangdavila/hacker-news",
    "targetPlatform": "OpenClaw"
  },
  "install": {
    "downloadUrl": "/downloads/hacker-news",
    "sourceDownloadUrl": "https://wry-manatee-359.convex.site/api/v1/download?slug=hacker-news",
    "sourcePlatform": "tencent",
    "targetPlatform": "OpenClaw",
    "packageFormat": "ZIP package",
    "primaryDoc": "SKILL.md",
    "includedAssets": [
      "SKILL.md",
      "api.md",
      "search.md"
    ],
    "downloadMode": "redirect",
    "sourceHealth": {
      "source": "tencent",
      "status": "healthy",
      "reason": "direct_download_ok",
      "recommendedAction": "download",
      "checkedAt": "2026-04-30T16:55:25.780Z",
      "expiresAt": "2026-05-07T16:55:25.780Z",
      "httpStatus": 200,
      "finalUrl": "https://wry-manatee-359.convex.site/api/v1/download?slug=network",
      "contentType": "application/zip",
      "probeMethod": "head",
      "details": {
        "probeUrl": "https://wry-manatee-359.convex.site/api/v1/download?slug=network",
        "contentDisposition": "attachment; filename=\"network-1.0.0.zip\"",
        "redirectLocation": null,
        "bodySnippet": null
      },
      "scope": "source",
      "summary": "Source download looks usable.",
      "detail": "Yavira can redirect you to the upstream package for this source.",
      "primaryActionLabel": "Download for OpenClaw",
      "primaryActionHref": "/downloads/hacker-news"
    },
    "validation": {
      "installChecklist": [
        "Use the Yavira download entry.",
        "Review SKILL.md after the package is downloaded.",
        "Confirm the extracted package contains the expected setup assets."
      ],
      "postInstallChecks": [
        "Confirm the extracted package includes the expected docs or setup files.",
        "Validate the skill or prompts are available in your target agent workspace.",
        "Capture any manual follow-up steps the agent could not complete."
      ]
    }
  },
  "links": {
    "detailUrl": "https://openagent3.xyz/skills/hacker-news",
    "downloadUrl": "https://openagent3.xyz/downloads/hacker-news",
    "agentUrl": "https://openagent3.xyz/skills/hacker-news/agent",
    "manifestUrl": "https://openagent3.xyz/skills/hacker-news/agent.json",
    "briefUrl": "https://openagent3.xyz/skills/hacker-news/agent.md"
  }
}
```
## Documentation

### Quick Reference

TopicFileAPI endpointsapi.mdSearch patternssearch.md

### 1. Two APIs Available

APIUse CaseBase URLOfficial HN APISingle items, real-timehttps://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0Algolia SearchFull-text search, filtershttps://hn.algolia.com/api/v1

### 2. Official API Endpoints

/topstories.json — top 500 story IDs
/newstories.json — newest 500 story IDs
/beststories.json — best stories
/askstories.json — Ask HN
/showstories.json — Show HN
/jobstories.json — job postings
/item/{id}.json — story/comment details
/user/{username}.json — user profile

### 3. Algolia Search Syntax

/search?query=TERM&tags=TAG&numericFilters=FILTER

Tags (combinable with AND):

story, comment, poll, job, ask_hn, show_hn
author_USERNAME — posts by user
story_ID — comments on story

Numeric filters:

created_at_i>TIMESTAMP — after date
points>N — minimum points
num_comments>N — minimum comments

### 4. Common Patterns

RequestEndpointFrontpageOfficial /topstories.json → fetch first 30 itemsSearch postsAlgolia /search?query=X&tags=storyUser's postsAlgolia /search?tags=author_USERNAMEWho is hiring?Algolia /search?query=who is hiring&tags=story,author_whoishiringComments on storyAlgolia /search?tags=comment,story_IDThis week's topAlgolia /search?tags=story&numericFilters=created_at_i>WEEK_TS

### 5. Response Handling

Official API returns IDs → batch fetch items (parallelize)
Algolia returns full objects with hits[] array
Story object: id, title, url, score, by, time, descendants (comment count)
Comment object: id, text, by, parent, time

### 6. Rate Limits

Official API: No auth required, generous limits
Algolia: 10,000 requests/hour (no key needed)
Always paginate large results (page=N, hitsPerPage=N)

### 7. Gotchas

url is null for Ask HN/Show HN text posts — use text field instead
deleted and dead items exist — check before displaying
Timestamps are Unix seconds, not milliseconds
Algolia objectID = HN item id (as string)
## Trust
- Source: tencent
- Verification: Indexed source record
- Publisher: ivangdavila
- Version: 1.0.0
## Source health
- Status: healthy
- Source download looks usable.
- Yavira can redirect you to the upstream package for this source.
- Health scope: source
- Reason: direct_download_ok
- Checked at: 2026-04-30T16:55:25.780Z
- Expires at: 2026-05-07T16:55:25.780Z
- Recommended action: Download for OpenClaw
## Links
- [Detail page](https://openagent3.xyz/skills/hacker-news)
- [Send to Agent page](https://openagent3.xyz/skills/hacker-news/agent)
- [JSON manifest](https://openagent3.xyz/skills/hacker-news/agent.json)
- [Markdown brief](https://openagent3.xyz/skills/hacker-news/agent.md)
- [Download page](https://openagent3.xyz/downloads/hacker-news)