Hacker News Daily

Fetch and filter Hacker News top stories. Use when user asks for tech news, HN updates, daily news digest, or wants to set up automated HN fetching. Supports...

Fetch top stories from Hacker News with keyword filtering and caching.

Quick Start

python3 scripts/fetch_hn.py

Options

python3 scripts/fetch_hn.py --limit 5          # Return 5 stories
python3 scripts/fetch_hn.py --min-score 100    # Only stories with 100+ points
python3 scripts/fetch_hn.py --no-cache         # Force fresh fetch
python3 scripts/fetch_hn.py --format json      # JSON output

Proxy

Set HTTP_PROXY or HTTPS_PROXY environment variable if needed:

export HTTPS_PROXY=http://127.0.0.1:7890
python3 scripts/fetch_hn.py

Output

Text format (default):

📰 Hacker News 精选

1. [AI] OpenAI releases new model
   🔗 https://...
   👍 892 分 | 💬 234 评论

JSON format (--format json): Array of story objects with id, title, url, score, etc.

Caching

Results cached for 4 hours at ~/.cache/hn-daily/hn_cache.json. Use --no-cache to bypass.

Keywords

Default filter keywords: ai, llm, gpt, claude, openai, programming, python, rust, startup, machine learning, github, etc.