Hacker News Frontpage
Fetch and summarize the current Hacker News front page.
What to do
- •Fetch the RSS feed from
https://hnrss.org/frontpage?count=30 - •Parse the titles, links, points, comment counts, and descriptions from the feed
- •Summarize the top stories in the exact format below
Output format
Start with a one-line date header, then group stories by theme.
code
# HN — Feb 21, 2026 ## AI / ML - **Story title** — One-sentence summary. _142 pts · 87 comments_ · [link](https://...) - **Another story** — Summary here. _98 pts · 43 comments_ · [link](https://...) ## Systems / Infra - **Story title** — Summary. _210 pts · 112 comments_ · [link](https://...) ## Show HN - ...
Rules
- •Use
## Themeheaders — pick from: AI / ML, Systems / Infra, Programming, Show HN, Science, Startups / Business, Culture / Other - •Bold the story title, follow with an em dash and a one-sentence summary
- •Put points, comments in italics on the next line, followed by the link
- •Order stories within each theme by points descending
- •Skip job posts, polls, and low-substance items
- •Limit to the ~15 most interesting stories
- •Do NOT add any preamble or closing remarks — just the formatted output
Save output
After printing the summary, also write it to a file named YYYY-MM-DD-frontpage.md (using today's date).