Hackernews plugin

Fetch stories and data from Hacker News using the official API.

This plugin also includes a user-analysis tool powered by OpenAI.

Installation

Ask Stavrobot to install https://github.com/stavrobot/plugin-hackernews.git.

Tools

get_front_page

Fetch the top stories from the Hacker News front page. Returns title, URL, author, score, comment count, and timestamp for each story.

Parameters:

• limit (integer, optional): Number of stories to fetch (1–500). Defaults to 30.

stalk

Analyze a Hacker News user's comment history with OpenAI to answer a question about them.

Parameters:

• username (string, required): The Hacker News username to analyze.
• question (string, required): The question to answer about the user.

Configuration

• api_key (required): OpenAI API key used by the stalk tool.
• model (optional): OpenAI model for analysis. Defaults to gpt-5.2.