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Hacker News Trending Tracker | Top HN front-page stories

Top stories on the Hacker News front page

Turn trends into engagement

Use these Radar results through the Xquik API or MCP server.

How to use

Browse Hacker News stories with points, authors & comment counts. Xquik refreshes this source every 15 minutes.

API

GET /api/v1/radar?source=hacker_news - Get top Hacker News stories.

Example request
curl 'https://xquik.com/api/v1/radar?source=hacker_news' \
  -H "x-api-key: xq_YOUR_KEY"

Cost & credits

Radar reads use 0 credits. You still need to authenticate.

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Use with AI agents

Ask your AI agent to fetch top Hacker News stories. The agent calls the Xquik MCP server and returns ranked stories with score, author, and comment count.

Example prompt
Get the top 30 Hacker News stories today and summarize the top 3 themes by upvotes.

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