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What the skills can do

The platform lists 2 Hacker News skills, each added to an agent separately. All are HTTP APIs described by OpenAPI specs, not MCP servers:
  • Hacker News: 10 actions. Calls go to https://yc-hacker-news-official.p.rapidapi.com and carry a credential xpander supplies, so there is nothing to paste.
  • HackerNews: 10 actions. Calls go to https://yc-hacker-news-official.p.rapidapi.com and carry a credential xpander supplies, so there is nothing to paste.

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What the Hacker News skill can do

API connector: 10 actions, as they appear in the skill panel. 0 of them create, change or delete something in Hacker News; mark those under These actions need approval when you add the skill to an agent.
  • Cluster[1] (7): Get Ask HN Story IDs, Get Best Story IDs, Get Job Story IDs, Get New Story IDs, Get Show HN Story IDs, Get Top Story IDs, Get User Profile by ID
  • Other (2): Get Current Largest Item ID, Get Recent Item and User Changes
  • Cluster[3] (1): Get Item Details by ID

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What the HackerNews skill can do

API connector: 10 actions, as they appear in the skill panel. 0 of them create, change or delete something in HackerNews; mark those under These actions need approval when you add the skill to an agent.
  • User profile service (7): Get Top Story IDs, Get New Story IDs, Get Ask HN Story IDs, Get User Profile by ID, Get Best Story IDs, Get Job Story IDs, Get Show HN Story IDs
  • Item details service (2): Get Item Details by ID, Get Current Largest Item ID
  • Update tracking (1): Get Recent Item and User Changes

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Connect Hacker News

In Xpander Chat, open the agent’s settings, click Add skill, and search for Hacker News. The connect dialog asks for a connection name and whether the connection is for the Organization (one shared account) or Personal (your own account, so the agent acts with your permissions where systems allow). On an agent other people use, a personal connection runs their requests as you unless the binding requires each person’s own sign-in; see whose credential a shared agent uses. Hacker News connects with Sign in with Hacker News: you authorize in the browser and xpander stores the OAuth token; the agent never sees it, and the token is attached at the moment a skill is called. Calls go to https://yc-hacker-news-official.p.rapidapi.com.

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Connect HackerNews

In Xpander Chat, open the agent’s settings, click Add skill, and search for HackerNews. The connect dialog asks for a connection name and whether the connection is for the Organization (one shared account) or Personal (your own account, so the agent acts with your permissions where systems allow). On an agent other people use, a personal connection runs their requests as you unless the binding requires each person’s own sign-in; see whose credential a shared agent uses. HackerNews connects with Sign in with HackerNews: you authorize in the browser and xpander stores the OAuth token; the agent never sees it, and the token is attached at the moment a skill is called. Calls go to https://yc-hacker-news-official.p.rapidapi.com.

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Give an agent the Hacker skill

Once Hacker is connected, any agent you can edit may be given the skill: open the agent’s settings, click Add skill, and choose Hacker. Enable only the action groups the agent needs, and mark the actions that should wait for a named person’s sign-off under These actions need approval. Which skills exist for your organization, and who may add them, is decided by your admins; see Skills.