Integration — Hacker News

Publish to Hacker News from Markdown

Hacker News values substance and a strong title. PostRout helps you distill your Markdown into a clear submission and headline that resonates with the HN community.

What PostRout does for Hacker News

  • Title suggestions tuned for HN
  • Clear, substantive framing
  • Links back to your canonical source

Prepare a Hacker News version in three steps

1. Upload Markdown

Bring your Markdown file or paste your content into PostRout.

2. AI optimizes for Hacker News

PostRout formats and rewrites your content for Hacker News.

3. Review and publish

Review the Hacker News version before publishing it.

Why this integration matters

Hacker News has its own audience habits, formatting expectations, and publishing details. PostRout adapts your source Markdown so the destination version feels native instead of pasted from somewhere else.

Generated output includes

  • Hacker News title and opening optimized for the destination
  • Markdown formatting checked before publishing
  • Links, references, and canonical source handled where supported
  • A reusable version kept alongside your original Markdown

How the Hacker News version is prepared

PostRout keeps the source article and destination output connected.

Prepare the source

PostRout reads your Markdown, metadata, links, and structure before creating the destination version.

Adapt for Hacker News

The generated output is shaped around the platform's format, audience expectations, and publishing context.

Keep distribution connected

Use the same source to create versions for additional platforms without losing the canonical message.

Can I publish to other platforms at the same time?

Yes. PostRout can generate a Hacker News version alongside versions for the other destinations you choose, so one Markdown source can become a complete multi-platform campaign.

Start publishing to Hacker News.Write once. Publish everywhere.

Get started

Turn your next Markdown draft into platform-ready versions.