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DuckyHelper in Hackernews

DuckyHelper sees Hackernews on your screen and, in early access, works in it with its own cursor to fetch top and new stories, browse Ask HN and Show HN, search posts, and look up users. It's built to ask before it sends or pays, and explains or draws on Hackernews when you want to learn it.

Try asking
  • “What can I see in Hackernews?”
  • “Search the posts for me”
  • “What am I looking at in Hackernews?”

Press fn (Ctrl+Shift+Space on Windows and Linux) and ask out loud. Doing the work for you is early access on Mac.

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“What can I see in Hackernews?”

Here you can see posts, top stories and hacker news user. I circled posts to start with.

Drawn from Hackernews's own actions · ink on your screen works today

WHAT TO ASK

Things you can ask it to do in Hackernews

Each one is something Hackernews itself lets you do, said the way you'd ask. Questions about your screen work today; having it do the job is early access on Mac.

Ask about it

Works today

It sees your screen, answers out loud and draws on it.

  • “Explain this story to me”
  • “Where do I find the latest posts in Hackernews?”
  • “What am I looking at in Hackernews?”
  • “What does this button do?”
  • “Walk me through this screen”

Read and find

Early access

It opens Hackernews and looks things up for you.

  • Search the posts
  • Read the latest posts
  • Look up the top stories
  • Look up the best stories
  • Look up the show HN stories
  • Look up the new hacker news stories
  • Look up a hacker news user
  • Look up a user by username
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  • Look up the hacker news updates
  • Look up an item
  • Look up a hacker news item
  • Look up a job story IDs
  • Look up an ask HN story IDs
  • Look up a max item ID

Why Use DuckyHelper?

Works in Hackernews like you do

  • Early access: it sees Hackernews on your screen and works in it with its own cursor, while you keep using yours
  • Nothing to set up: it works in Hackernews signed in as you
  • Finishes multi-step jobs across Hackernews and your other apps

Built to ask before it sends or pays

  • Built to ask first before it sends a message or pays for anything
  • Built not to type your passwords or card numbers for you
  • It listens and looks only while the pill is open

Shows you, not just tells you

  • Explains Hackernews out loud and draws right on your screen
  • Works it out with you on a blackboard when you want to learn it

Always there, in every app

  • Press one key in any app and ask out loud: fn on a Mac, Ctrl+Shift+Space on Windows and Linux
  • Runs jobs on a schedule (early access)
  • For Mac, Windows and Linux

Want it in every app you use?

One account works in every app on your computer. Try it for 10 minutes, no card, then pick a plan.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

On your screen, the way a person at your computer would. Press fn (Ctrl+Shift+Space on Windows and Linux) and ask about what you see in Hackernews: it answers out loud and can draw on Hackernews to show you where things are. In early access on Mac it also works in Hackernews with its own cursor, signed in as you, while you keep using yours.

For example: “What can I see in Hackernews?” and “Search the posts for me”. Or ask about what you see: “What am I looking at in Hackernews?”. Doing the work for you is in early access on Mac.

No. Open Hackernews and sign in yourself, the way you always do. DuckyHelper works in the window you have open, signed in as you. It's built not to type your passwords or card numbers for you.

It's built to ask first before it sends a message or pays for anything, and to wait for your yes. It may not recognize every send or payment, so keep an eye on tasks that involve messages or money.

Yes. Press one key and ask out loud. It answers out loud while you keep working, draws on your screen to show you where things are, or works it out with you on a blackboard.

Yes. DuckyHelper works in any app on your computer, so one job can move between Hackernews and the other apps and pages you use.

Doing the work for you is new and in early access on Mac. Asking out loud, drawing on your screen and the blackboard work today on Mac, Windows and Linux.

No. It listens and looks only while the pill is open. When the pill is closed, nothing is heard or seen.

No, there is no charge per app. Try DuckyHelper for 10 minutes with no card. Plus is $20 a month, $14 a month for your first 3 months. See pricing.

Mac (Apple silicon, macOS 14 or later), Windows and Linux. Download DuckyHelper.

No. DuckyHelper is made by MingLLM, Inc. and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Hackernews. It works in Hackernews the same way you do, on your screen.

Try it in Hackernews.Press one key and ask.

It sees Hackernews, explains it out loud and does the work with you.Try it for 10 minutes, no card.

Download DuckyHelper
Questions and jobs

Do anything

Ask it a question or hand it a job, in any app.

Doing jobs for you is in early access on Mac. Asking works on Mac, Windows and Linux.