# Summarize Hacker News

> Picks the most interesting articles from Hacker News, reads them, and emails you a summary

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-zocomputer-skills-summarize-hacker-news`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [zocomputer](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/zocomputer)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [zocomputer](https://github.com/zocomputer)
- **Source:** https://github.com/zocomputer/skills/tree/main/Community/summarize-hacker-news

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-zocomputer-skills-summarize-hacker-news
```

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

## About

# Protocol

1. Use this curl comand to fetch front page stories using the Hacker News Algolia API.

```bash
curl -L "https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/search?tags=front_page" | python3 -c "
import json, sys
data = json.load(sys.stdin)
for hit in data['hits']:
    print(f\"{hit.get('objectID')} | {hit.get('title')} | {hit.get('points')} pts | {hit.get('num_comments')} comments | {hit.get('url')}\")
"
```

2. Filter out the top 5 articles that you think would be of interest to me.
3. Use parallel calls to `tool read_webpage` to get the contents of each article.
4. Summarize all the articles.

# Output

Summarize all the articles in a bullet list. For each article:

- Include the article link, hacker news link, points, and comment count.
- Summarize the article content.

Do not use citations, that would be redundant since links are included already.

Use `tool send_email_to_user` to send me the summary, with an appropriate title that includes today's date and time.

## Source & license

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

- **Author:** [zocomputer](https://github.com/zocomputer)
- **Source:** [zocomputer/skills](https://github.com/zocomputer/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:** yes
- **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-zocomputer-skills-summarize-hacker-news
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/zocomputer
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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