How do I connect Hackernews to Operator?

You authorize Hackernews once from your Operator dashboard. Operator holds the connection and refreshes the access token for you, so your agent keeps working with Hackernews without you signing in again.

Can my agent work with issues and pull requests in Hackernews?

Yes. It can open and comment on issues, review pull requests, manage labels, and read project details when you ask. Teams use it to triage incoming work, draft release notes, and post a summary of what changed without leaving chat.

Do I need to write code or manage Hackernews API keys?

No code and no API keys. You authorize Hackernews through a normal sign in and Operator handles the connection, so there is nothing to wire up or host.

Can my agent use Hackernews together with my other apps?

Yes. The same agent reaches every app you connect, so it can move between Hackernews and tools like GitHub, Supabase, Pagerduty in one job, reading from one and acting in another without you wiring anything between them.

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Hacker News is a tech-focused news aggregator by Y Combinator featuring user-driven stories and discussions on startups and programming. It's a go-to source for trending tech news and thoughtful community insights.

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Automate Hackernews with AI

Hand Hackernews to an OpenClaw agent running on Operator. You write what you want in a chat and it turns that into real Hackernews actions like get ask hn story ids, get best hackernews stories, get hacker news item, without you opening the app.

Your agent reaches Hackernews directly or through connectors like Composio MCP and Pipedream MCP, which handle the sign in and token refresh for you, so there is nothing to wire up and no API keys to paste.

What your agent can do with Hackernews

Your agent can call any of these Hackernews actions by name as part of a larger task. Ask for the outcome you want and it picks the right ones.

Get Ask HN Story IDs

Get up to 200 latest Ask HN story IDs from Hacker News. Returns an array of item IDs for Ask HN posts in ranked order.

Get Best HackerNews Stories

Get up to 500 best story IDs from HackerNews ranked by score. Returns story IDs only. Use the returned IDs with get_item_with_id action to fetch full story details.

Get Hacker News Item

Tool to get a Hacker News item by its unique ID from the Firebase API. Use when you need to retrieve details about a specific story, comment, job, poll, or pollopt.

Get Hackernews Item

Get a specific item from Hacker News using its ID. Limits response size to prevent context overflow.

Get Job Story IDs

Get up to 200 latest job story IDs from Hacker News. Returns an array of item IDs for job postings that can be used to fetch full job details.

Get Latest Hackernews Posts

Get the latest posts from Hacker News based on optional filters. Results can be limited using the size parameter.

Get Max Item ID

Tool to get the current largest item ID from Hacker News. Use when you need to discover the most recent items or iterate through all items in the system by walking backward from this ID.

Get New Hacker News Stories

Get up to 500 newest story IDs from Hacker News. Returns an array of item IDs sorted by recency (most recent first). Use these IDs with the Get Item action to retrieve full story details.

Get Show HN Stories

Tool to retrieve up to 200 latest Show HN story IDs from Hacker News. Use when you need to find recent Show HN posts where people share their projects, products, or creations.

Get Top HackerNews Stories

Get up to 500 top story IDs from HackerNews including jobs. Returns story IDs sorted by front page position. Use the returned IDs with get_item_with_id action to fetch full story details.

Get Hacker News Updates

Get recently changed items and user profiles from Hacker News. Use this to monitor recent activity or updates on the platform.

Get Hacker News User

Retrieve a Hacker News user's public profile by their username. Returns the user's username, karma score, and optional bio/about text. Use this to look up information about HN community members.

Get HackerNews User by Username

Tool to get a user profile by their case-sensitive username from the HackerNews Firebase API. Use when you need detailed user information including creation date, karma, bio, and submission history. Only users with public activity are av...

Search Hackernews Posts

Search Hacker News posts using full-text search powered by Algolia. Use this action to find stories, comments, and discussions on Hacker News matching specific keywords. Supports filtering by post type (story, comment, show_hn, ask_hn) a...

How to connect Hackernews

You authorize Hackernews once from your dashboard. Operator holds the connection and refreshes the access tokens on its own, so your agent keeps working with Hackernews without you signing in again. The same setup unlocks every other app your agent can reach, so you only do it once.

When you are ready, the get started guide walks through standing up your OpenClaw agent.

Common questions about Hackernews

How do I connect Hackernews to Operator?: You authorize Hackernews once from your Operator dashboard. Operator holds the connection and refreshes the access token for you, so your agent keeps working with Hackernews without you signing in again.
Can my agent work with issues and pull requests in Hackernews?: Yes. It can open and comment on issues, review pull requests, manage labels, and read project details when you ask. Teams use it to triage incoming work, draft release notes, and post a summary of what changed without leaving chat.
Do I need to write code or manage Hackernews API keys?: No code and no API keys. You authorize Hackernews through a normal sign in and Operator handles the connection, so there is nothing to wire up or host.
Can my agent use Hackernews together with my other apps?: Yes. The same agent reaches every app you connect, so it can move between Hackernews and tools like GitHub, Supabase, Pagerduty in one job, reading from one and acting in another without you wiring anything between them.