@calesennett/pi-hn

Hacker News front-page reader extension for pi

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Install @calesennett/pi-hn from npm and Pi will load the resources declared by the package manifest.

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$ pi install npm:@calesennett/pi-hn
Package
@calesennett/pi-hn
Version
0.1.3
Published
Feb 21, 2026
Downloads
39/mo · 17/wk
Author
calesennett
License
MIT
Types
extension
Size
581.6 KB
Dependencies
2 dependencies · 0 peers

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README

pi-hn

A simple Hacker News front-page reader extension for pi.

pi-hn screenshot

Features

  • /hn command opens a selectable front-page list
  • j/k (and arrow keys) navigate the list
  • a or Enter opens the article URL
  • x fetches and parses the selected article (via Readability) and adds it to session context for follow-up prompts
  • c opens comments in browser
  • Read tracking is stored in a local JSON file at ~/.pi/agent/data/pi-hn/db.json (or $PI_CODING_AGENT_DIR/data/pi-hn/db.json)

Install

pi install npm:@calesennett/pi-hn

Local development

In this repo, load the extension directly:

pi -e ./extensions/hn.ts