hackernews-intel SKILL.md skillA
hackernews-intel from varnan-tech/opendirectory is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add varnan-tech/opendirectory/hackernews-intel@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- varnan-tech/opendirectory
- Path
skills/hackernews-intel/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed Sep 16, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 14, 2026
- Size
- 5,676 bytes
- Repository stars
- 699
- License
- MIT
Monitors Hacker News for user-configured keywords, deduplicates against a local SQLite cache, and sends Slack alerts for new matching posts. Use when asked to monitor Hacker News for mentions, track keywords on HN, get alerts when something is posted about a topic on Hacker News, or set up HN keyword monitoring. Trigger when a user mentions Hacker News alerts, HN monitoring, keyword tracking on HN, or wants to know when a topic appears on Hacker News.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Hacker News Intel Monitor Hacker News for keywords. On each run, fetch new posts via the HN Algolia API, deduplicate against a local SQLite cache, and send Slack alerts for unseen matches. Run manually or schedule via cron or GitHub Actions. --- ## Step 1: Check Setup **1a. Verify required environment variables** Check that these are set: - `HN_KEYWORDS` (required): comma-separated list of keywords to monitor - `SLACK_WEBHOOK` (required): Slack Incoming Webhook URL for alerts If either is missing, stop and tell the user: - `HN_KEYWORDS`: list the topics you want to monitor, comma-separated. Example: `claude code,LLM agents,deno runtime` - `SLACK_WEBHOOK`: create an Incoming Webhook at https://api.slack.com/apps. Select your workspace, enable Incoming Webhooks, and copy the URL. **1b. Verify script dependencies** ```bash ls /Users/ksd/Desktop/Varnan_skills/hackernews-intel/node_modules/better-sqlite3 2>/dev/null ``` If missing: ```bash cd /Users/ksd/Desktop/Varnan_skills/hackernews-intel && npm install ``` --- ## Step 2: Run the Monitor ```bash cd /Users/ksd/Desktop/Varnan_skills/hackernews-intel && node scripts/monitor-hn.js ``` **Flags:** …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add varnan-tech/opendirectory/hackernews-intel@sha256:9e7513249b8b3c53The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Apr 14, 2026 and Sep 16, 2026, about one every 155 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.0.0 latest | 2026-09-16 | a03d635 | 5,676 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-04-14 | cf4acb6 | 5,733 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (5676 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
varnan-tech/opendirectory · 699 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-17 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_2v57o7mjpmi5oipv GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=varnan-tech/opendirectory/hackernews-intel GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/9e7513249b8b3c53b7e3ca9d21683d4ac7310cf5d378af43821867a77d5b398e
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