Hacker News Owl: the live HN discussions worth a technical comment from you
Hacker News marketing only works when you add knowledge, not noise. Hacker News Owl finds the busiest discussions related to your product and drafts one substantive HN comment for you to post yourself.
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Ask HN: How do you keep docs in sync with a fast-moving API?
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Show HN: An open-source alternative to a hosted analytics tool
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Why our team stopped writing status reports
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Ask HN: What's your stack for a two-person SaaS?
Ranked by what the community actually did
Results come from Hacker News's own search and are ordered by real points, then by the number of comments.
Source Hacker News's official search, stories only
Kept Discussions sharing at least two words with your keyword
Order Most points first, comment count to break ties
Keywords Pulled from your website by plain code, no AI
High points mean many people found the story worth reading; many comments mean people are still talking. Both are better signals than a keyword match alone for where a thoughtful comment will be seen.
Written for a room that dislikes marketing
The one AI call is set up for Hacker News's culture: technical, sceptical and quick to notice a pitch.
Gets read
- A specific detail from experience
- A trade-off, honestly stated
- A correction or a missing piece
- A plain disclosure if you built the thing
Gets flagged
- Adjectives instead of facts
- A link dropped into the first comment
- Answering a different question to mention a product
- Asking for upvotes
What goes into the HN comment
Only the discussion and one line about you.
The draft is written from the story, up to six of its top comments and the one sentence you write about your product. Your website isn't sent. The result goes through the same cleaning rules as Reddit Owl: links removed, long dashes swapped, length trimmed at the end of a sentence, with every change reported.
You provide
Your website address, your product name, one sentence on what it does and who it's for.
You get
One comment draft, a link to the live discussion and a copy button.
You do
Read the thread, adjust the comment, post it from your account.
Hacker News Owl at a glance
Keywords, search, your pick and one comment.
Runs stay in your history for 30 days. For broader conversations, try Reddit Owl; for your own posts, X Owl.
Hacker News Owl FAQ
Where does Hacker News Owl search?
In Hacker News itself, through its official search, looking at stories only. Results that don't share at least two words with your keyword are dropped, then the rest are ranked by points and comment count.
Is any AI used to find the discussions?
No. Keywords are pulled from your site by plain code, and searching, filtering and ranking are code too. The only AI step is writing the one comment you asked for.
What kind of comment does it write?
A technical, specific comment that adds something to the discussion, written for a crowd that dislikes marketing. It's short, it carries no links, and it mentions your product only through the one line you give it.
Will it post to Hacker News?
No. You read the discussion, decide whether to join, and post the comment from your own account. The dashboard links straight to the thread.
Should I mention that I work on the product?
Yes. Hacker News readers respect a plain “I work on this” and react badly to hidden promotion.
How is this different from Reddit Owl?
Same discipline, different community. Hacker News Owl searches Hacker News directly, ranks by points and comments, takes keywords from your site without any AI, and writes for a technical audience.
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