An AI agent skill that automates the collection, summarization, and social media content creation for the top 10 Hacker News stories every day.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install hackernews-digest
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install hackernews-digest using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Hacker News Daily Digest?
The Hacker News Daily Digest is a specialized tool within the Openclaw Skills ecosystem designed for developers and tech enthusiasts who want to stay informed without drowning in information. It fetches the top 10 trending articles from Hacker News, scrapes their full content, and uses advanced AI to generate high-density summaries, actionable advice, and cross-platform social media copy.
By automating the research and curation process, this skill transforms raw links into a structured daily intelligence report. It is particularly effective for users who need to maintain a high-quality technical knowledge base or manage social media presence with minimal manual effort.
Hacker News Daily Digest Use Cases
- Staying updated on daily technology trends without manual browsing.
- Generating professional social media content for Twitter, Jike, and Xiaohongshu automatically.
- Converting lengthy technical articles into quick, actionable takeaways for busy professionals.
- Archiving high-quality technical summaries in a local knowledge base for future reference.
How Hacker News Daily Digest Works
- Configuration discovery determines the base directory for file storage based on CLI flags or environment variables.
- The system fetches the current Top 10 articles from Hacker News using the autocli integration.
- A parallel agent architecture is initialized, where multiple agents concurrently scrape article content using WebFetch or a headless browser.
- Each agent analyzes the article content to produce a summary, core points, and tailored social media snippets.
- The skill aggregates all individual analysis files into a single, comprehensive Markdown document with SEO-friendly frontmatter.
Hacker News Daily Digest Setup
Ensure you have your environment ready for Openclaw Skills and then configure the storage path as follows:
# Set the base directory via environment variable
export HN_DIGEST_BASE_DIR="/your/path/to/digest"
# Or run the skill with a specific base directory parameter
./hackernews-digest --base-dir /tmp/hn
The skill requires autocli and WebFetch dependencies to be accessible within your agent environment.
Hacker News Daily Digest Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill organizes data into a clear temporal hierarchy within the specified base directory:
| Data Type | Path Pattern | Content |
|---|---|---|
| Temporary Cache | {BASE_DIR}/{YYYYMMDD}/temp/*.md |
Individual article analysis fragments sorted by rank. |
| Final Output | {BASE_DIR}/{YYYYMMDD}/hackernews-daily-{YYYYMMDD}.md |
The compiled daily report with full metadata. |
The final document includes YAML frontmatter containing the title, ISO date, description, and relevant technical tags.
Hacker News Daily Digest Advanced Features
- Multi-agent parallel processing for high-speed article analysis and reduced latency.
- Intelligent fallback mechanisms: if a URL is inaccessible via WebFetch, the skill automatically employs a headless browser agent to retrieve content.
- Platform-specific copy generation: creates unique content styles for Jike (opinionated), Xiaohongshu (engaging), and Twitter (concise).
- Automated directory lifecycle management including pre-run cleanup of existing temporary files.
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