Hacker News
Hacker News story API
Hacker News API is the official YC-hosted API for the Hacker News forum — read-only access to stories, comments, users, and the front-page rankings. Tiny Command exposes two actions, no triggers (HN doesn't push events; polling is the only path): Get Top Stories (the IDs of the current top stories on the front page — paginated by ranking), Get Story (full detail for one story by ID — title, URL, score, author, comments). The connection requires no auth (HN's API is public). The typical workflow: a scheduled trigger fires every 5-15 minutes, calls Get Top Stories, dedupes against previously seen IDs, and reacts to new front-page entries. For "alert me when a story matching keyword X hits the front page" or "track my own submissions' performance" workflows, this is the source. HN's API is very simple (no rate limit policy enforced, but be polite — don't hammer it).
Do anything Hacker News can do, from a workflow.
Every action accepts dynamic inputs from upstream nodes, whether that's an AI output, a form field, or a search result.
| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| Get HN Story | Returns a story by ID with title, URL, score, author, comments. The standard lookup for HN-aware workflows after Get Top Stories returns IDs. |
| Get HN Top Stories | Returns the IDs of stories currently ranking on the HN front page. For "alert when story matching keyword X hits front page" or "track my own submissions" workflows. |
Pre-built Hacker News workflows.
Clone any recipe and customize it in one click. Every recipe is fully editable.
Three things worth knowing.
Tiny Command counts a run the moment a trigger fires. Filtering early means only matching events spend your usage budget.
Connect Hacker News once and every workflow on your account can use its triggers and actions. You don't have to re-auth per workflow.
Every Hacker News field shows up in the visual picker for downstream nodes. The raw payload is there for power users, optional for everyone else.
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