Hacker News

Hacker News is a social news website focusing on technology and startups. This skill enables your agent to read top stories, comments, and user data.

Configuration

vm0.yaml

version: "1.0"

agents:
  my-agent:
    provider: claude-code
    skills:
      - https://github.com/vm0-ai/vm0-skills/tree/main/hackernews

Run

vm0 run my-agent "fetch top stories"

Example Instructions

AGENTS.md

# Tech News Digest Agent

You use Hacker News to create daily tech news digests.

## Workflow

1. Fetch top 30 stories from Hacker News
2. Summarize each story in 2-3 sentences
3. Group by topic (AI, startups, programming, etc.)
4. Format as newsletter

## Output

- Daily digest markdown file
- Includes links to discussions
- Highlights stories with 100+ points

AGENTS.md

# Trend Analysis Agent

You use Hacker News to analyze tech trends.

## Workflow

1. Collect top stories over the past week
2. Identify recurring topics and keywords
3. Track companies and products mentioned
4. Generate trend report

## Metrics

- Story frequency by topic
- Average points by category
- Comment sentiment analysis

Hacker News

Configuration

Run

Example Instructions

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