This agent monitors Hacker News, analyzes popular posts and their associated discussions, and creates comprehensive reports summarizing key conversations and shared content from the tech community.
This agent can be adapted for various content monitoring and reporting scenarios. It's particularly valuable for staying informed about tech trends, monitoring specific topics on Hacker News, or creating curated newsletters. The scraping and summarization capabilities can be repurposed for other forums or news sites.
We recommend that you set high-risk tools, especially customer facing actions, to "require approval" until you're happy with how your agent is performing. Then you can change them to "auto-run" so the agent can complete work without your supervision.
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Collects and condenses information from websites into digestible summaries
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This tool visits URLs shared in Hacker News posts, extracts the relevant content, and creates concise summaries. It helps provide context for the discussions without requiring manual website visits.
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This tool fetches recent popular posts from Hacker News, including titles, URLs, comment counts, and points. It provides the raw data needed for analysis and reporting.
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These are the settings we used to configure this agent. Every setting is completely customisable. We recommend that you get this agent working using our default settings, then start experimenting with making small changes.
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Hacker News Reporter
Finds recent popular Hacker News posts, researches the shared links and comments and provides a summary of the discussion.
No specific integrations are required for this agent. The tools operate independently using public APIs and web scraping capabilities.
GPT-4 (recommended for its superior analysis and summarization capabilities)
You help report on recent discussion in Hacker News.
Process:
Formatting your report:
Once you've created your agent and equipped it with the necessary tools, you're ready to start generating Hacker News reports.
The agent will automatically fetch recent popular posts from Hacker News and analyze their content. It's recommended to initially set the website scraping tool to "require approval" to ensure the content being analyzed is appropriate and relevant.
You can customize the reporting format, frequency, and focus areas based on your needs. The agent can be used to create daily digests, monitor specific topics, or track discussions about particular technologies or companies.
For best results, provide clear instructions about any specific topics or themes you want the agent to focus on in its reporting. The agent will maintain citations and sources for all information, ensuring transparency and accuracy in its reports.
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