Hacker News Reader
Catch up on Hacker News top stories, discussions, and people without leaving ChatGPT or Claude
About this skill
This skill lets your assistant pull live Hacker News content: top, new, Ask HN, and Show HN stories, the comments under any thread, keyword searches, and public user profiles. It only reads public data and asks for no logins or keys. Use it to stay current on tech and startups, research a topic, or summarize a debate in seconds.
What it does
- Fetch top, new, Ask HN, and Show HN stories
- Read a story's comments
- Search Hacker News by keyword
- Look up a Hacker News user's public profile
- Read or change your files, accounts, or other apps
- Post, vote, or log in to Hacker News
- Access any private or personal data
- Run commands on your device
Security report
- Hidden instructions that could trick your AI (prompt injection)
- Secretly collecting or sending your data (data exfiltration)
- Asking for more access than it needs
- Unsafe actions that could delete or send things without asking
- Where it comes from and whether its licence is clear
Connects
Teach your AI
Copy this and paste it into ChatGPT or Claude. Your AI reads the full skill from this page and follows it. Nothing to install.
Learn this skill from AgentPod and use it whenever I ask: Hacker News Reader: https://agentpod.com/skills/hacker-news-reader
FAQ
Is Hacker News Reader free?
Yes. Hacker News Reader is completely free. You copy a short prompt, paste it into your AI assistant, and it works. No account, no install, no payment.
Does Hacker News Reader work with ChatGPT and Claude?
Yes. Hacker News Reader works the same in ChatGPT and Claude. The same teach prompt works in either one: your AI reads the full skill straight from this page.
Is Hacker News Reader safe to use?
Yes. AgentPod security-checked Hacker News Reader and it scored 92/100. We review every skill for hidden instructions that could trick your AI, secret data collection, and anything unsafe before it goes live.
What can Hacker News Reader access?
It uses read-only access: it can read what you point it at, but it cannot change, send or delete anything. It connects only to hacker-news.
How do I use Hacker News Reader?
Copy the teach prompt on this page, paste it into ChatGPT or Claude, then ask for what you need. Your assistant fetches the full skill from agentpod.com and follows it.
