Hacker News

Read Hacker News stories and users, search discussions, and publish stories or comments.

Pricing and payment

Pricing: Free in Loadout. Provider charges may apply when using a personally connected account.
Unified payment: Not currently supported. Connect a provider account when required.

Use Hacker News with AI agents

Aident Loadout lets Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and other supported agents call Hacker News. Choose from 7 supported Actions. Review each execution in Audit. Connect Hacker News once through Aident Vault. Your agent can use the supported Actions without receiving the underlying credential.

Included Actions

Hn Get ItemRead a Hacker News item by ID.
Hn Get StoriesList story IDs from a Hacker News feed.
Hn Get ThreadsRead the connected user's Hacker News comments with their scores.
Hn Get UserRead a Hacker News user profile and submission history.
Hn Post CommentPublish a public Hacker News comment or reply.
Hn SearchSearch Hacker News stories and comments.
Hn Submit StoryPublish a public Hacker News link or text post.

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Provider sources

Provider API (news.ycombinator.com)

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