Use Case
Stop doing repetitive communication tasks manually. HN Digest lets your AI agent handle them automatically through natural conversation. 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 shows practical examples of using HN Digest to automate common communication workflows and save hours every week.
Install HN Digest: npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install hn-digest
Identify the repetitive communication tasks you want to automate
Describe the task to your AI in plain English
HN Digest will execute the task and return results directly in the chat
Chain multiple tasks: ask your AI to run a sequence of operations
Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing HN Digest
Automate my communication tasks using HN Digest
What repetitive tasks can HN Digest handle for me?
Set up a workflow that runs HN Digest every morning
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.