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Middle of the pack

Beat 43% of Show HN launches that day

#44 of 96 on Nov 8

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#8 of 15 AI Agents launches on Show HN on Nov 8. 4.7% of AI Agents launches (8 of 172) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See AI Agents →

20

points · traction gained Nov 12, 10:31 UTC → Nov 13, 10:27 UTC · % shown only when the previous traction was 5+

Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 15, 20:22 UTC).

0

comments · buzz 0 in latest interval

4d

listed Nov 8, 20:22 UTC

Traction (points) over time

012Nov 9Nov 10Nov 11Nov 12Nov 13ListedNov 9, 10:27 UTC · 2 points · 0 comments · 14h after listingNov 10, 10:45 UTC · 2 points · 0 comments · 38h after listingNov 11, 10:42 UTC · 2 points · 0 comments · 62h after listingNov 12, 10:31 UTC · 2 points · 0 comments · 86h after listingNov 13, 10:27 UTC · 2 points · 0 comments · 110h after listing
5 readings (one per daily ingest run). Dots are recorded values; lines just connect them — nothing in between is measured.

Key statistics

Traction
2points
Comments
0
Rank in AGNT this week
#69of 174 HN
Rank overall this week
#339of 1,038 HN
Sector hit rate
4.7%8/172 · 7D
Traction line
Below10+ points
First reading
2Nov 9, 10:27 UTC
Last reading
2Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
Readings
5over 110h

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Grades · each graded against other AI Agents launches from the same source

Momentum

C

+0 points

Traction gained in the latest daily interval

Better than 48% · vs 136 still-tracked AI Agents · Show HN launches

Velocity

C

0.04 points/h

Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)

Better than 57% · vs 746 AI Agents · Show HN launches, last 30 days

Engagement

—

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Comments per 10 points

Needs 10+ points; below that the ratio is mostly noise

Staying Power

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Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading

Needs 10+ points and readings from two runs

Launch-day race · #44 of 96 Show HN launches on 2026-11-08

  1. #42Bulk-harden all your GitHub repos' settings without an API token2 points
  2. #43Hyper Compress2 points
  3. #44APC Playground2 points
  4. #45A medieval world where growth and citizens are pure functions of time2 points
  5. #46Nexjoin2 points
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Data as of Nov 13, 2026, 9:22 AM UTC. Sector comes from keyword rules on the title and tagline and can be wrong. How it works