# Hacker News Digest: A curated daily digest of top Hacker News stories, summarized and delivered on your schedule.

Source: https://zentor.ai/use-cases/hacker-news-digest

Hacker News digest by AI: daily summaries of top stories, filtered in plain English, delivered on your schedule.

## Prompt

```text
Check Hacker News every morning at 9am PST and send me a quick summary of the top stories. Run it once right now too.
```

Variations:

- **arXiv papers**: Check arXiv now for new papers on AI agents and send me a summary of the 5 most important ones, then set this up to run every day at 9am PST.
- **Product Hunt**: Fetch the Product Hunt Daily Digest now, then run it every day at 9 AM, highlighting all AI-related projects.
- **Overnight tech news**: Every morning, send me a digest of what happened overnight in AI and developer tools. Cover Hacker News, TechCrunch, and key Twitter accounts.

## How it works

1. **Say when you want the digest, and how**: Source, schedule, filters, and delivery channel in plain English.
2. **Zentor opens HN and writes short summaries**: It reads the top stories and adds brief context, not just a headline dump.
3. **Get the digest on your schedule**: Markdown or JSON in your workspace, or push to Slack, Telegram, or email.

## What you can track

- Hacker News: Front page, Show HN, or any keyword thread.
- arXiv: Any category you follow: cs.AI, cs.MA, cs.CL, filtered to your topics.
- Product Hunt: Daily launches, filtered by category or upvote threshold.
- TechCrunch and tech blogs: Industry news without opening twenty tabs.
- X / Twitter accounts: The accounts you actually want to keep up with.
- Competitor blogs: Announcements, funding news, and product changes.

## Comparison

| Feature | RSS reader | Newsletter | Zentor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Content | Headlines only | Editor-curated picks | AI summaries with context |
| Customization | Pick feeds | Little control | Natural language filters |
| Delivery | You pull the feed | Email | Workspace or chat channels |
| Sources | RSS-enabled sites | That newsletter's list | Any public page you name |
| Schedule | Manual checks | Fixed send time | Custom cron |

## FAQ

### How does a Hacker News digest work in Zentor?

You describe the schedule and filters. Zentor opens Hacker News, reads the top stories, and writes a short structured digest with titles, scores, and context.

### Can I customize which stories are included?

Yes. Filter by minimum points, topics, keywords, or domains by saying so in the task.

### What formats can I get?

Markdown, JSON, or plain text, saved to your workspace or sent to Slack, Telegram, or email.

### How often can it run?

Once a day, twice a day, weekly, or a custom schedule. Most people run it with their morning routine.

### Can I monitor sources other than Hacker News?

Yes. The same pattern works on Product Hunt, TechCrunch, arXiv, Lobsters, or other public pages.

### Is this better than an RSS reader?

RSS pulls headlines. Zentor reads the page, summarizes, and can filter noise before it hits your inbox.