🚀 ycombo: Post a Random GitHub Repo. to Hacker News

This GitHub Action picks a random public repo from your GitHub profile (or orgs) and submits it to Hacker News via a headless browser using your session cookie.

Perfect for passive social proof, open-source visibility, or quietly testing demand.

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✨ Features

• Picks repos from your GitHub username and any orgs you specify
• Filters to repos with ≥5 stars
• Generates a Show HN: {repo} title
• Submits to Hacker News using Playwright and your HN session cookie

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🔧 Setup

1. Secrets

Add the following GitHub Action secrets:

Name	Description
HN_USER_COOKIE	Your user session cookie from Hacker News

2. Example workflow

name: Post to HN

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 17 * * 1'  # every Monday
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  post:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - uses: ./.github/actions/post-to-hn
        with:
          github-username: soodoku
          github-orgs: appeler,recite,gojiplus
          hn-cookie: ${{ secrets.HN_USER_COOKIE }}

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🧠 Notes

• Repos must have at least 5 stars to be considered.
• The Hacker News user cookie should be stable unless you log out or change your password.
• You can monitor your posts at: https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=YOUR_USERNAME

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📦 Local Testing

To run it manually:

export GITHUB_USERNAME=soodoku
export GITHUB_ORGS=appeler,recite
export HN_USER_COOKIE='your_cookie_here'
python scripts/post_repo_to_hn.py

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License

MIT © Gojiplus