HN Daily Brief

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name: hn-daily description: Generate and deliver a Hacker News daily report (Top-N) with article summaries and multi-view comment synthesis, in user-selected language, with optional file persistence and index update.

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HN Daily

Release Notes

v0.8.2: Refresh publication for latest HN Daily Brief packaging and worker-oriented execution workflow.

v0.8.1: Tighten anti-padding controls for final write-up (ban repeated boilerplate tails, enforce anti-template validation before send).

v0.8.0: Run scheduled HN jobs in isolated cron sessions (sessionTarget=isolated, payload.kind=agentTurn) to avoid blocking main chat; keep 3-job retry ladder idempotent.

v0.7.0: Add concurrent retry profile for schedule reliability (primary run + immediate retry + delayed retry) with idempotent completion checks to avoid timeout-caused misses.

v0.6.0: Brand rename for distribution as "HN Daily Brief" + full copy cleanup to English-only wording.

v0.5.1: Language cleanup for public distribution (English-first docs; localized markers still supported).

v0.5.0: First public release.

Parameters

language: output language (default: current user conversation language)

topN: number of items (default: 10)

style: strict | lite (default: strict)

outputDir: output directory (default: /home/ubuntu/.openclaw/workspace/output/hn-daily/)

persist: whether to save file + update index (default: true)

reminderTime: cron time in user timezone, or off

First-load behavior

On first load (or when user changes params), show effective params once and confirm.

Otherwise, reuse last confirmed params.

Mandatory execution order

1. Retry preflight check (required for retry jobs): - If this run is a retry/compensation run, first check whether today's report already exists and is complete (at minimum includes ## Top 10). - If already complete, return NO_REPLY and stop (idempotent exit). 2. Always fetch fresh inputs for this run (required): - Re-pull current HN Top-N items, article snippets, and comments at run time. - Do not reuse previous report body as source input. 3. Collect materials via script (data collection only, never user-facing): - scripts/generate_hn_daily.py --style