HN Digest

Fetch and send Hacker News front-page posts on demand. Use when the user asks for HN, says 'hn', 'pull HN', 'hn 10', or specifies a topic like 'hn health', 'hn hacking', or 'hn tech'. Sends N (default

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Command format

Interpret a user message that starts with

hn

as a request for a Hacker News front-page digest.

Supported forms:

```
hn
```
→ default 5 posts
```
hn <n>
```
→ n posts
```
hn <topic>
```
→ filter/boost by topic
```
hn <n> <topic>
```
→ both
If the user asks for “more” after already seeing some (e.g. “show me top 10–15 since we already did top 10”), treat it as an offset request and use
```
--offset
```
(e.g. offset 10, count 10).

Topics:

```
tech
```
(default)
```
health
```
```
hacking
```
```
life
```
/
```
lifehacks
```

Output requirements

Do not send any extra commentary/preamble/epilogue.
Send results as individual messages.
Each post message must be exactly:
- first line: the post title
- second line:
```
<age> · <commentCount> comments
```
  (age like
```
45m ago
```
  ,
```
6h ago
```
  ,
```
3d ago
```
  )
- third line: the Hacker News comments link (
```
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=...
```
  )
After the post messages, send one final message that is the generated image.
- If the chat provider requires non-empty text for media, use a minimal caption
```
.
```
  .
Hard exclude crypto.

Procedure

Parse
```
n
```
and
```
topic
```
from the user message.
Fetch + rank items:
- Run
```
node skills/hn-digest/scripts/hn.mjs --count <n> --offset <offset> --topic <topic> --format json
```
  .
- Default
```
offset
```
  is 0 unless the user explicitly asks for “more/next” after a previous batch.
Send results as N individual messages in the required 3-line format.
Then generate a delightful mood image via Nano Banana, inspired by the posts you just sent:
- Use
```
skills/hn-digest/scripts/mood_prompt.mjs
```
  to build a prompt from the JSON items.
- Add 3–4 subtle Easter eggs derived from the post themes (no text/logos; keep it fun).
- Generate and attach the image by running:
  - ```
  skills/hn-digest/scripts/generate_mood_nano_banana.sh ./tmp/hn-mood/hn-mood.png <topic> <n> <offset>
```
- Send the generated image as one additional message.

If fetching/ranking fails or returns 0 items:

Use
```
https://news.ycombinator.com/
```
in the browser tool, pick N non-crypto items by judgment, and send them in the same 3-line format.
Still generate a mood image (general “HN tech deep dives” vibe) with a banana Easter egg.

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