AgentsHacker News digest into Google Docs
Pulls the top Hacker News stories, summarizes each in a sentence or two, and writes a tidy digest into a Google Doc.
For individuals & families · Runs on Frontier
Connects to
Where to run it
- No-code: Zapier Agents, Lindy or n8n (n8n can be self-hosted for privacy).
- In a chat assistant: paste the instructions into Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini with the matching connectors turned on.
- Local: run the reasoning step on a local model. See the model picker for hardware guidance.
Agent instructions (copy into your agent)
Verified: confirmed working from a published template, official example or public demo (checked 2026-10-15). Always review an agent's permissions before connecting your accounts. Credits & licenses.
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