Hacker News Story Search (Pythia)
DeprecatedPricing
from $20.00 / 1,000 actor starts
Hacker News Story Search (Pythia)
DeprecatedMerged into apricot_blackberry/pythia-search-bundle - one actor, all sources, pick what you need per run. This standalone actor is deprecated; use the bundle for the same data plus more sources in a single call.
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Pythia · Hacker News Search — Algolia-Backed
Search Hacker News stories by keyword and time window. Backed by HN's Algolia search API (free, public). Use this to track tech mentions, competitor discussion, hiring spikes, infrastructure outages — anything the developer community talks about.
Quick example
Input:
Output: one signal per HN story matching the query — title, URL, points, author, posted_at, comment count, direct HN thread link.
Use cases
- Tech BDR / dev marketing — when your category is being discussed, you have a wedge
- Competitive intel — track every mention of a competitor's launches
- Product discovery — what's trending in {your-segment} dev community right now
- Recruiting intel — high-engagement "who's hiring" thread signals
- Pythia weekly dossier — community-signal input for the weekly brief
Inputs
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
queries | array[string] | yes | HN Algolia search terms. Phrases, technology names, company names. |
window_days | integer | no | Look back this many days from now. Default 30. |
Pricing
$0.02 per actor start + $0.03 per story. Most queries return 10–100 stories; typical run is $0.32–$3.02.
Limitations
- HN-search-API-indexed only. Not real-time live feed.
- High-volume queries may hit Algolia rate limits; this actor backs off automatically.
Pythia ecosystem
Part of Pythia by Creator Fusion.
