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Pull the current Hacker News front page, top comments, or a topic search with zero API keys — the official Firebase API and Algolia search via curl, digested instead of dumped. Use when asked what's on Hacker News, summarize HN today, what's the discussion on this story, or has HN covered some topic. Produces a ranked digest with scores and comment counts, the discussion's actual argument threads when asked, and the rerunnable commands.

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# HN Digest Skill

"What's on HN?" deserves better than thirty raw titles — the value is in the digest: what's leading, what the comment sections are actually arguing, and which of it the user cares about. Hacker News serves everything keylessly twice over: the official Firebase API (live items by id) and Algolia's HN search (query, date ranges, popularity). This skill knows when to use which, batches sanely, and summarizes discussions as *positions*, not vibes.

## What This Skill Produces

- **The digest** — top stories with score, comments count, domain, and a one-line what-it-is
- **Discussion reads** — for a story: the top comment threads compressed into the actual arguments being made
- **Topic searches** — has-HN-covered-X, with dates and reception
- **The commands** — exact curls, rerunnable

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