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Find Hacker News discussions

Find Hacker News stories or the individual comments that match a keyword, with points, comment counts and item URLs.

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Tool nameCostPlan
search_hackernews0 creditsAll Access & Team

Follow with scrape_url on an item URL to read the whole thread for zero credits.

Inputs

  • keyword (string, required, up to 300 characters): Search term or topic.
  • limit (number, optional, default 10, 1 to 20): Max results to return. Default 10, max 20 (higher values are clamped).
  • sort (string, optional, default relevance): Use Hacker News relevance order or return the newest matches. Default relevance. Values: relevance, recent.
  • type (string, optional, default story): story returns submissions with their comment counts; comment returns individual comments whose text matches, which is where the customer language is. Values: story, comment.

Cost and plan

Cost: 0 credits. Plan: All Access & Team. Cost and plan are separate: a tool can cost no credits and still need a paid plan. See credits and limits.

Use it in chat

You do not need to type the tool name. Connect Adlicio to Claude or to ChatGPT, then ask for the job in plain words. Your AI app picks search_hackernews when it fits the request.