https://github.com/simonw/llm-hacker-news

LLM plugin for pulling content from Hacker News
https://github.com/simonw/llm-hacker-news

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LLM plugin for pulling content from Hacker News

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/simonw/llm-hacker-news
• Owner: simonw
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2025-04-07T23:54:47.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-05-05T17:10:45.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-12-15T07:26:23.825Z (6 months ago)
• Language: Python
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• Size: 13.7 KB
• Stars: 122
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 9
• Open Issues: 3
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# llm-hacker-news

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LLM plugin for pulling content from Hacker News

For background on how this works:

- [Long context support in LLM 0.24 using fragments and template plugins](https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/7/long-context-llm/)

- [Blog post announcing llm-hacker-news](https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/8/llm-hacker-news/)

## Installation

Install this plugin in the same environment as [LLM](https://llm.datasette.io/).

```bash

llm install llm-hacker-news

```

## Usage

You can feed a full conversation thread from [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/) into LLM using the `hn:` [fragment](https://llm.datasette.io/en/stable/fragments.html) with the ID of the conversation. For example:

```bash

llm -f hn:43615912 'summary with illustrative direct quotes'

```

Item IDs can be found in the URL of the conversation thread.

## Development

To set up this plugin locally, first checkout the code. Then create a new virtual environment:

```bash

cd llm-hacker-news

python -m venv venv

source venv/bin/activate

```

Now install the dependencies and test dependencies:

```bash

pip install -e '.[test]'

```

To run the tests:

```bash

python -m pytest

```