AI workers for Hacker News via Firecrawl

What is an AI worker for Hacker News via Firecrawl?

Hacker News via Firecrawl is a WorkerKit-authored research wrapper that reads public Hacker News listing pages and item discussions using Firecrawl. A worker chooses a section and page or supplies a numeric item id, then analyzes the returned page text. Firecrawl supplies the scraping service and credits. The app does not sign in to Hacker News, submit stories, vote, post comments or automatically read linked external articles.

What these workers do

Prepare a discussion digest

Summarize a defined sample of public listings and threads with links, collection time and coverage limits.

Research a developer topic

Read selected discussions and separate recurring questions from isolated opinions or unverified claims.

Review product launch feedback

Summarize the visible discussion around a selected Show HN item and retain links to supporting comments.

How an AI worker runs in Hacker News via Firecrawl

Pick a useful slice

Read the discussion

Make coverage explicit

Hacker News via Firecrawl questions, answered.

Is this an official Hacker News MCP?

No. WorkerKit authors the tools and Firecrawl supplies the public-page scraping service. The app is separate from the official Hacker News API.

Which account do I connect?

Connect a Firecrawl API key with available credits. A Hacker News login is not used.

Does it read every comment and linked article?

No. It reads the returned public page text. Collapsed, deleted or unreturned comments may be absent, and external article URLs are not followed.

Can the worker vote or post?

No. The app only reads public listing and discussion pages; each call consumes the Firecrawl account's allowance.

What AI workers can do in Hacker News via Firecrawl

The tools a worker can be granted in Hacker News via Firecrawl once you connect it. A kit grants only the ones its job needs, and you can narrow them further on the worker.

Read Hacker News listing

Read one public Hacker News listing page as Markdown through Firecrawl. Choose news, newest, ask, show or jobs and an explicit page number. Rankings and scores can change between reads; retain source URLs and collection time. One page is a sample, not all Hacker News activity, and the call consumes Firecrawl allowance.

Read Hacker News discussion

Read a public Hacker News item and its visible discussion as Markdown through Firecrawl. Supply the numeric id from an item?id= link. This reads the discussion page without following the linked external article; collapsed, deleted or unreturned comments limit coverage. The call consumes Firecrawl allowance.