---
title: "Hacker News Deep Thread Analyzer"
description: "Scrapes and analyzes Hacker News threads using the official HN Firebase API and BeautifulSoup. Extracts sentiment trends, expertise signals, and generates structured summaries with key arguments mapped."
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/HackerNews/API"
category:
  - "Research & Scraping"
framework:
  - "Custom Agents"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "HackerNews/API"
  github_stars: 13014
---

# Hacker News Deep Thread Analyzer

Scrapes and analyzes Hacker News threads using the official HN Firebase API and BeautifulSoup. Extracts sentiment trends, expertise signals, and generates structured summaries with key arguments mapped.

## Installation

Choose whichever fits your setup:

1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/hacker-news-deep-thread-analyzer/)