Hacker News Surfer
Surf Hacker News for AI and tech discussions. Get top stories, search for AI topics, and analyze trending tech news.
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Hacker News Surfer
Hacker News(HN)冲浪技能,获取热门技术话题和 AI 相关讨论。
Features
- ✅ Top Stories - Get current top stories
- ✅ New Stories - Get latest submissions
- ✅ Best Stories - Get highest-rated stories
- ✅ Search AI Topics - Find AI-related discussions
- ✅ Story Details - Get comments and metadata
API
Base URL: https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/
Endpoints:
/topstories.json- Top story IDs/newstories.json- New story IDs/beststories.json- Best story IDs/item/{id}.json- Story details/user/{id}.json- User profile
Usage
Get Top Stories
# Get top 10 story IDs
curl -s "https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/topstories.json" | jq -r '.[:10]'
# Get story details
curl -s "https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/47306655.json" | jq '{
title: .title,
url: .url,
score: .score,
by: .by,
time: .time
}'
Search AI Topics
# Get top stories and filter for AI
curl -s "https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/topstories.json" | \
jq -r '.[:50]' | \
while read id; do
curl -s "https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/$id.json" | \
jq -r 'select(.title | test("AI|artificial intelligence|machine learning|ML|GPT|Claude"; "i"))'
done
Quick Test
# Test API connection
curl -s "https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/topstories.json" | jq -r '.[0]'
Examples
See USAGE.md for detailed examples:
- Get top AI stories
- Search specific topics
- Analyze story trends
- Get user profiles
Installation
✅ No installation required - uses public API
Rate Limit
- No official rate limit
- Be respectful (1 request/second recommended)
Cost
- ✅ Free - No API key required
Download
ZIP package — ready to use
Skill Info
- Creator
- zhaog100
- Downloads
- 35
- Published
- Mar 15, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 16, 2026