# Hacker News Launch, Show HN & Tech Founder Lead Monitor (`lucacelli/hackernews-tech-launch-lead-monitor`) Actor

Extract top Hacker News stories, Show HN startup launches, Ask HN threads, founder handles, linked domains, GitHub repos, and comment sentiment velocity at $0.50 / 1,000 items.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lucacelli/hackernews-tech-launch-lead-monitor.md
- **Developed by:** [Ömürsel Ocakcı](https://apify.com/lucacelli) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Social media, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$0.50 / 1,000 story extracteds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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 examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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`).

# README

## Hacker News Launch, Show HN & Tech Founder Lead Monitor

> 🎁 **RUN FOR FREE WITH YOUR $5.00 APIFY MONTHLY CREDIT:** Every Apify account automatically receives **$5.00 in free platform usage every month** — enough to extract **3,300 to 10,000 verified records every single month for $0.00 out of pocket!** Click the green **Start** button above to test immediately.

***

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- **Ultra-Low Pay-Per-Result Pricing:** Just **$0.50 per 1,000 storys** (`$0.0005/story`) with **$0 monthly subscription** and **$0 hidden add-on charges**.
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- **Structured JSON, CSV & Excel Output:** Clean, normalized fields ready for immediate CRM or database ingestion.

| Metric | **This Actor (`lucacelli/hackernews-tech-launch-lead-monitor`)** | **Harmonic.ai / PitchBook Alerts ($200+/mo)** |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| **Effective Price per 1,000 storys** | **$0.50 / 1,000 storys** | $49–$299/month mandatory subscription |
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***

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***

### 🤖 Use as a 5-in-1 AI Agent Tool in Claude Desktop, Cursor & Windsurf (MCP)

Paste this into your `claude_desktop_config.json` or Cursor MCP settings to give your AI assistant simultaneous access to **Hacker News Launch, Show HN & Tech Founder Lead Monitor** plus our top B2B intelligence Actors:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lucacelli-b2b-cloud-suite": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@apify/actors-mcp-server",
        "--actors",
        "lucacelli/hackernews-tech-launch-lead-monitor,lucacelli/google-maps-scraper-places-emails-contacts-reviews,lucacelli/b2b-domain-contact-tech-enricher,lucacelli/shopify-store-product-contact-spy,lucacelli/ai-ready-website-to-markdown-rag-crawler"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APIFY_TOKEN": "YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

***

### 🚀 Synchronous REST API, Python & Node.js Quickstart

#### 1. Synchronous HTTP POST (n8n / Make.com / Clay / cURL)

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/lucacelli~hackernews-tech-launch-lead-monitor/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "feedType": "show",
  "maxItems": 50
}'
```

#### 2. Python (`apify-client`)

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("lucacelli/hackernews-tech-launch-lead-monitor").call(run_input={
    "feedType": "show",
    "maxItems": 50
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)
```

***

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# Actor input Schema

## `queries` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search on Hacker News (e.g. \["Show HN: AI", "Show HN: SaaS", "MCP"]).

## `maxStoriesPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of stories per query (1 to 100).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "Show HN: AI",
    "MCP"
  ],
  "maxStoriesPerQuery": 20
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

Link to the extracted JSON items stored in the default dataset

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "queries": [
        "Show HN: AI",
        "MCP"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lucacelli/hackernews-tech-launch-lead-monitor").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "queries": [
        "Show HN: AI",
        "MCP",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lucacelli/hackernews-tech-launch-lead-monitor").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "queries": [
    "Show HN: AI",
    "MCP"
  ]
}' |
apify call lucacelli/hackernews-tech-launch-lead-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lucacelli/hackernews-tech-launch-lead-monitor"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/ePGcC0bANyJwKBie0/builds/mhrJexJVUWVKnd5v0/openapi.json