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Hackernews + OpenClaw
Give your autonomous agents a live connection to Hackernews: managed, secure, and ready in minutes.
Hacker News is a tech-focused news aggregator by Y Combinator featuring user-driven stories and discussions on. On Molted, your OpenClaw agents connect to Hackernews through the managed MCP integration layer, with no glue code, no servers to run, and no credentials baked into containers. The agent can automate tasks and connect this tool to the rest of your stack for Hackernews, autonomously and within the guardrails you set.
Available actions
6 ready-to-use Hackernews actions.
Your OpenClaw agents can call any of these Hackernews actions directly through Molted's managed MCP layer. No wrappers, no boilerplate.
HACKERNEWS_GET_FRONTPAGE
Get Hackernews Frontpage
Get the frontpage posts of hacker news.
HACKERNEWS_GET_ITEM_WITH_ID
Get Hackernews Item
Get a specific item from hacker news using its id. limits response size to prevent context overflow.
HACKERNEWS_GET_LATEST_POSTS
Get Latest Hackernews Posts
Get the latest posts from hacker news based on optional filters. results can be limited using the size parameter.
HACKERNEWS_GET_TODAYS_POSTS
Get Hackernews Today Posts
Get today's posts from hacker news.
HACKERNEWS_GET_USER
Get Hackernews User
Get a specific user from hacker news using their username.
HACKERNEWS_SEARCH_POSTS
Search Hackernews Posts
Get relevant posts from hacker news based on a full-text query and optional filters. results can be limited using the size parameter.
How the connection works
Connect once. The agent acts.
Hackernews needs no credentials: it works out of the box the moment your agent requests it. Everything runs through Molted's managed MCP layer, so there is no integration code to write and nothing to keep running.
01
The agent requests access
Your OpenClaw agent asks for Hackernews when a task needs it.
02
You approve the connection
Authorize Hackernews once (No auth). Credentials are encrypted at rest and scoped to what you allow.
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The agent acts
It reads and writes to Hackernews autonomously, inside your guardrails, with full audit and revocable access.
FAQ
Hackernews on Molted, answered.
Q.01
Can OpenClaw agents use Hackernews on Molted?
Yes. Hackernews is one of 1,000+ apps available through Molted's managed MCP integration layer. Your agent requests access, you approve the connection, and it can act on Hackernews straight away, with no integration code to write or maintain.
Q.02
How do I connect Hackernews to my agent?
Hackernews needs no credentials: it works out of the box the moment your agent requests it.
Q.03
What can an agent actually do with Hackernews?
Within the permissions you grant, an agent can automate tasks and connect this tool to the rest of your stack. Have your agent use Hackernews to read and write data as one step in a longer autonomous workflow.
Q.04
Is my Hackernews data and credentials secure?
Yes. Molted never bakes credentials into the agent's pod: every connection is brokered through the managed integration layer, secrets are encrypted at rest, and access stays scoped to what you approve. You can revoke Hackernews access at any time.
Q.05
Do I have to run any infrastructure to use Hackernews?
No. Molted is the managed operating environment for autonomous agents: compute, the MCP layer, browser automation and self-healing are all handled for you. Connecting Hackernews is a configuration step, not an engineering project.
Q.06
Does the Hackernews integration cost extra on Molted?
No. Hackernews is part of Molted's managed MCP integration layer at no extra per-app fee. You pay for agent compute and your plan; connecting Hackernews and the other 1,000+ apps is included.
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