antifragiletech/antifragile-claude-code/gtm-hacker-news-scraper

Name: gtm-hacker-news-scraper
Author: antifragiletech

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Search Hacker News stories and comments using the free Algolia API. No Apify token needed. Use when you need to find HN discussions, track mentions, discover Show HN launches, or monitor tech community sentiment.

Install

npx vskill@latest install antifragiletech/antifragile-claude-code/gtm-hacker-news-scraper

SKILL.md

Hacker News Scraper

Search Hacker News using the free Algolia HN Search API. No Apify token or API key needed.

Quick Start

Only dependency: pip install requests.

bash

# Stories about AI content marketing in last week
python3 skills/hacker-news-scraper/scripts/search_hn.py \
  --query "AI content marketing" --days 7
 
# Show HN posts in last month (summary view)
python3 skills/hacker-news-scraper/scripts/search_hn.py \
  --query "" --tags show_hn --days 30 --output summary
 
# Comments mentioning a specific tool
python3 skills/hacker-news-scraper/scripts/search_hn.py \
  --query "LangChain" --tags comment --days 14 --max-results 20

How the Script Works

Queries the Algolia HN Search API (search_by_date endpoint)
Uses numericFilters=created_at_i>{unix_timestamp} for server-side date filtering
Paginates until max-results reached
Normalizes results to a consistent schema
Applies optional keyword filtering (client-side)
Sorts by points (descending) and outputs JSON or summary

CLI Reference

Flag	Default	Description
`--query`	required	Search query
`--days`	7	How many days back to search
`--tags`	story	Item type: `story`, `comment`, `ask_hn`, `show_hn`
`--max-results`	50	Max results to return
`--keywords`	none	Additional filter keywords (comma-separated, OR logic)
`--output`	json	Output format: `json` or `summary`

Output Format

json

{
  "id": "12345678",
  "title": "Show HN: My new tool",
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "author": "username",
  "points": 42,
  "num_comments": 15,
  "created_at": "2026-02-18T12:00:00.000Z",
  "hn_url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12345678",
  "text": ""
}

Cost

Free. No API key, no rate limits (within reason), no Apify credits.

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Source

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Repository forks: 1
7-day trend score: 16

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