# Track new Show HN launches about AI agents

**Use case:** 

Finds the latest Show HN posts on Hacker News that mention AI agents, newest first, with title, link, author, points, comment count and posting time. Change the search words to follow launches in any topic.

## Input

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "query": "AI agents",
  "content_type": "stories",
  "sort_by": "date",
  "search_in": "all",
  "story_tag": "show_hn",
  "date_from": "2024-01-01",
  "date_to": "2024-12-31",
  "max_items": 25,
  "story_ids": [
    "8863"
  ],
  "include_story": true
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "rank": {
    "label": "Rank"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title"
  },
  "domain": {
    "label": "Domain"
  },
  "points": {
    "label": "Points"
  },
  "num_comments": {
    "label": "Num comments"
  },
  "created_at": {
    "label": "Created at"
  },
  "author": {
    "label": "Author"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "Url"
  },
  "verify_url": {
    "label": "Verify url"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Hacker News Scraper: Search Stories, Comments, Front Page Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Track new Show HN launches about AI agents". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/D0qfg6pt2arTOG805) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Track new Show HN launches about AI agents" task

The Hacker News Scraper: Search Stories, Comments, Front Page Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like what to fetch, search words, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Track new Show HN launches about AI agents" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as rank, title, domain, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Track new Show HN launches about AI agents" task via API](https://apify.com/groundtruth/hacker-news-search.md).

## FAQ

### Where does the data come from?

The Show HN AI agents task searches Hacker News through its public Algolia search API and returns each story with a link back to news.ycombinator.com.

### How much does it cost?

The Show HN AI agents task costs $0.0002 per item, so 25 stories cost half a cent.

### Can an AI agent run this task?

The Show HN AI agents task runs through the Apify API or the Apify MCP server with any Apify token, including a prepaid token an AI agent buys over x402 at agi.apify.com.

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Hacker News Scraper: Search Stories, Comments, Front Page](https://apify.com/groundtruth/hacker-news-search.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/groundtruth/hacker-news-search.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/groundtruth/hacker-news-search.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).