Hacker News Digest

${var} — Optional topic filter (e.g. ai-agents, crypto, security). If empty, uses interests from MEMORY.md.

If ${var} is set, weight stories matching that topic more heavily but still include 1–2 high-signal off-topic items so the digest stays well-rounded.

Context

1. Read memory/MEMORY.md for tracked topics and interests.
2. Read the last 2 days of memory/logs/ and .cache/hn-seen-ids.json (if present) to skip stories already covered. The cache file is auto-created; safe to delete to reset dedup.

1. Gather candidates

Aim for ~40 candidate stories. Hit these sources, dedupe by id:

a. Best stories (longer-term quality ranking, less recency-biased than topstories):

curl -s "https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/beststories.json" | jq '.[0:30][]'