AI Agent Skill: Optimize with ti-hnparse Python Scripts

Revolutionize Your Hacker News Interactions with the AI Agent Skill: Optimize with ti-hnparse Python Scripts

Elevate your AI coding agent capabilities with the "Optimize with ti-hnparse Python Scripts" skill, a powerful tool tailored for developers and teams leveraging Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex. Designed to seamlessly integrate with the free Algolia Hacker News API, this skill empowers you to fetch detailed Hacker News posts and perform exhaustive searches with unparalleled precision.

What this skill does

• Uses two standalone Python scripts—hnparse.py and hnsearch.py—to enhance Hacker News interactions.
• hnparse.py: Fetch any Hacker News post with its full comment tree and convert it to structured markdown. This script utilizes Playwright's headless browser and HTTP for extracting linked articles.
• hnsearch.py: Perform advanced HN post searches by query and time range, and export results in JSON format. Use of Algolia API ensures optimal search results by relevance.

Use cases

• Developer Research: Quickly gather comprehensive information on Hacker News discussions for technology insights and trends.
• Content Curation: Curate well-structured markdown content from HN posts to share with your developer community or team.
• Trend Analysis: Use search capabilities to analyze trends and discussions within specific time frames of Hacker News.

Technical details

• Script Dependencies: hnparse.py requires Playwright, httpx, and trafilatura. hnsearch.py only requires httpx.
• Data Source: Utilizes the free Algolia Hacker News API for reliable data fetching and searching.
• Output: hnparse.py stores output in markdown format in directories such as ~/.tweakidea/hn/hn-{item_id}/content.md.

Transform how you engage with Hacker News effortlessly. With the "Optimize with ti-hnparse Python Scripts" skill, stay ahead with easy access to structured data and search power that aligns with your development objectives.

Source & Licence

This package is built on open-source work published by eph5xx (eph5xx/tweakidea) and distributed under MIT. The original licence text and copyright notice are included in your download.

Personal and commercial use, modification and redistribution are permitted, provided the original copyright and licence notice are retained.

Your purchase covers curation, licence verification, packaging, documentation and instant delivery. It does not grant exclusive rights to the underlying open-source code, which remains available under its original licence.

Delivery & Support

• Delivery: instant — a secure download link is emailed to you as soon as payment is confirmed.
• Format: ZIP archive containing the skill files, documentation and the original licence.
• Support: support@mcpcart.com — we aim to reply within 2 business days.
• Updates: updates are included only where stated on this page.

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