Use Case
HN Digest is a powerful AI agent skill that extends your assistant with new capabilities. Fetch and send Hacker News front-page posts on demand. Use when the user asks for HN, says 'hn', 'pull HN', 'hn 10', or specifies a topic like 'hn health', 'hn hacking', or 'hn tech'. Sends N (default 5) posts as individual messages with Title + Link. Exclude crypto. This guide walks you through installing HN Digest, configuring it for your setup, and running your first commands β so you can start getting value in minutes.
Install HN Digest: npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install hn-digest
Restart your AI client (Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, or OpenClaw)
Type a natural language request related to communication to trigger HN Digest
Review the output and refine your prompt for better results
Combine HN Digest with other skills to build multi-step workflows
Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing HN Digest
Help me get started with HN Digest
What can HN Digest do for my communication workflow?
Show me an example of using HN Digest
Select your agent
Option 1: Install via CLI (recommended)
Recommended (no pre-install needed)
npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install hn-digestOr via clawhub CLI (if already installed)
clawhub --dir ~/.claude/skills install hn-digestβ οΈ Requires Node.js 18+. No Node? Use Option 2 below to download the ZIP instead. Install Node.js β
Option 2: Manual install (no Node required)
Download the ZIP, extract it, and place the folder at the path below. Restart your agent to activate.
Install path
~/.claude/skills/hn-digest/π‘Extract and place the folder at the path above, then restart your agent.