GitHub - davkap92/hn-digest: Hacker News Digest Chrome Extension

AI-powered summaries of Hacker News discussions.

Features

• 📝 Summarize Discussions - Get TL;DR, key points, and sentiment analysis
• 🔍 Find Interesting Comments - AI identifies the most valuable comments
• 📊 Discussion Stats - Comment counts, top authors, thread depth
• 🔑 BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) - Use your OpenAI or OpenRouter API key

Installation

1. Clone or download this repository
2. Open Chrome and go to chrome://extensions/
3. Enable "Developer mode" (toggle in top right)
4. Click "Load unpacked"
5. Select the extension folder

Setup

1. Click the extension icon
2. Click "Configure API Key" or the ⚙️ settings button
3. Choose your AI provider:
   • OpenAI - Direct GPT access (Get API key)
   • OpenRouter - 100+ models, often cheaper (Get API key)
4. Enter your API key
5. Click "Test Connection" to verify
6. Save settings

Usage

1. Navigate to any Hacker News page:

   • Story with comments: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=...
   • Front page: news.ycombinator.com

2. Click the HN Digest extension icon

3. On a story page:

   • Click "Summarize Discussion" for a full summary
   • Click "Find Interesting" to discover notable comments
   • View Stats tab for discussion metrics

API Costs

Typical costs per summarization (estimates):

• GPT-4o-mini: ~$0.001-0.005
• GPT-4o: ~$0.01-0.05
• Claude 3.5 Sonnet (via OpenRouter): ~$0.01-0.03

Privacy

• Your API key is stored locally in Chrome's sync storage
• Page data is sent only to the HN Algolia API and your chosen AI provider
• No analytics or tracking

Tech Stack

• Manifest V3 Chrome Extension
• HN Algolia API for fetching discussions
• OpenAI / OpenRouter APIs for summarization
• Vanilla JS, no build step required

License

MIT