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Andrej Karpathy had Claude Code sift 43 million Hacker News comments into HackerTube, a site of 6,454 recommended videos, over one weekend, then built a second 47,000-video site in about 3 minutes.
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HackerNews
What people got AI agents to do inside HackerNews, most often with Claude Code. 1 use case so far, each linked to its source.
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Claude Code
HackerNews API reference for agentsClaude CodeUse cases in HackerNews
That is every HackerNews use case so farNew ones are found across the web every hour. Seen an agent do something in HackerNews?Questions
- What do people get AI agents to do with HackerNews?
- Mostly research & learning. There are 1 use cases on this page, each linked to the post where someone described it.
- Which agents work with HackerNews?
- In these reports, Claude Code. Most agents reach HackerNews through an API connection, an MCP server or a browser.
- What does an agent need to use HackerNews?
- An authorised connection to the HackerNews account, scoped to the actions it needs. The HackerNews API reference on One lists every action an agent can take and what each one requires.