HackerNews Tools

Pull top HackerNews stories with HackerNewsTools and stream a report on trending startups.

hackernews_tools.py

"""
Hackernews Tools
=============================

Demonstrates hackernews tools.
"""

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.models.anthropic import Claude
from agno.tools.hackernews import HackerNewsTools

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------


agent = Agent(
    model=Claude(id="claude-sonnet-4-5"),
    tools=[HackerNewsTools()],
    markdown=True,
)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    agent.print_response(
        "Write a report on trending startups and products.", stream=True
    )

Run the Example

1. Set up your virtual environment

   Mac

   uv venv --python 3.12
   source .venv/bin/activate
   

   uv venv --python 3.12
   .venv\Scripts\activate
   
2. Install dependencies

   uv pip install -U agno anthropic
   
3. Export your Anthropic API key

   Mac/Linux

   export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="your_anthropic_api_key_here"
   

   $Env:ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="your_anthropic_api_key_here"
   
4. Run the example

   Save the code above as hackernews_tools.py, then run:

   python hackernews_tools.py
   

Full source: cookbook/91_tools/hackernews_tools.py