You can wire the Hacker News node into an AI agent as a tool provider: the agent calls the operations you allow. See Agent tools.
Credentials
The Hacker News node works without credentials. Add it to a workflow and it is ready to run.Operations
Item
| Operation | ID | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fetch Changed Items and Profiles | fetch_changed_items_and_profiles | Config for fetching changed items and profiles |
| Fetch Item by Id | fetch_item_by_id | Config for fetching a single item (story, comment, job, poll) by ID |
| Fetch Largest Item Id | fetch_largest_item_id | Config for fetching the current largest item ID |
Search
| Operation | ID | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Search by Recent Date | search_by_recent_date | Config for Algolia search sorted by date (most recent first) |
| Search by Relevance | search_by_relevance | Config for Algolia search (sorted by relevance, then points, then comments) |
Story
| Operation | ID | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fetch Ask Hn Stories | fetch_ask_hn_stories | Config for fetching Ask HN stories |
| Fetch Best Stories | fetch_best_stories | Config for fetching best stories |
| Fetch Job Postings | fetch_job_postings | Config for fetching job postings |
| Fetch Newest Stories | fetch_newest_stories | Config for fetching newest stories |
| Fetch Show Hn Stories | fetch_show_hn_stories | Config for fetching Show HN stories |
| Fetch Top Stories | fetch_top_stories | Config for fetching top stories |
User
| Operation | ID | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fetch User Profile | fetch_user_profile | Config for fetching a user profile by username |