# Browsing Hackernews

> Use when the user wants to interact with Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com) — read top stories from the frontpage, extract a post's data and comments, or search stories via the Algolia HN search API. No authentication required. HN uses server-rendered HTML, so extraction works reliably without a browser (though a browser still works fine).

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-browsing-skills-browsing-skills-news-ycombinator-com`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [browsing-skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/browsing-skills)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Web & Browser](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/web-and-browser)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [browsing-skills](https://github.com/browsing-skills)
- **Source:** https://github.com/browsing-skills/browsing-skills/tree/main/skills/news.ycombinator.com

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-browsing-skills-browsing-skills-news-ycombinator-com
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Hacker News — Browsing Skill

Use this index to choose the HN action that matches the user request, then open the linked reference file for the complete navigation, requirements, code, and return shape.

## Action Index

- **frontpage** — Extract top stories from the HN frontpage (rank, title, URL, score, author, comment count). Supports pagination. Full spec: [references/frontpage.md](references/frontpage.md).
- **post-data** — Extract a specific post's details (title, URL, score, author, age) and its top-level comments. Full spec: [references/post-data.md](references/post-data.md).
- **search** — Search Hacker News stories via the Algolia HN API. No browser navigation required — calls the API via fetch. Full spec: [references/search.md](references/search.md).

## Benchmarks

Benchmarks compare the maintained skill action against a no-skill browser agent that inspects the live page DOM and derives selectors at runtime. Full notes live in [BENCHMARKS.md](../../BENCHMARKS.md).

| Action | With Skill | Without Skill | Notes |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| frontpage | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| post-data | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| search | TBD | TBD | TBD |

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [browsing-skills](https://github.com/browsing-skills)
- **Source:** [browsing-skills/browsing-skills](https://github.com/browsing-skills/browsing-skills)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-browsing-skills-browsing-skills-news-ycombinator-com
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/browsing-skills
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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