# hn-digest

HN Digest 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 posts hn → filter/boost by topic hn → 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: · 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 SkillBoss API Hub, 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.