Research & monitoring

Amateur used Claude Code to find a possible new planet

An amateur used Claude Code to search public data and flagged what may be an undiscovered planet. It reached 301 points on HN.

  • Level Intermediate
  • Setup1–3 hrs (estimated)
  • Evidence Anecdotal
  • CostNot stated in source
  • No-codeNo

What this is

A real workflow someone ran with an AI agent. Copy the prompt into your agent, connect the listed tools, and it runs for you.

  1. Copy the prompt below.
  2. Paste it into your agent (we recommend Grok Bot) and connect the tools listed: whatever the prompt mentions.
  3. Run it once, check the result, then put it on a schedule if it repeats.

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Claude CodeSource-linked

What you get

An amateur used Claude Code to search public data and flagged what may be an undiscovered planet. It reached 301 points on HN.

The prompt

Cleaned version rewritten from the source — not a direct quote.

Help me download [public transit-survey dataset] light curves for [target list], run a transit search, rank candidates, and check each against known-planet catalogs. Explain each step.

Recommended

Try it in Grok Bot

  1. Copy the prompt (button below).
  2. Open Grok Bot chat and paste it. Replace any [bracketed] placeholders.
  3. Connect the listed tools (as needed) as connectors when Grok Bot asks.
  4. If the task repeats, ask: “Make this a daily routine.”

Alternatives: the same prompt works in Claude Code, Claude, ChatGPT Agent, OpenClaw.

Set it up

Tools: — · Stack: Claude Code

  1. Read the original source for full context.
  2. Connect the tools your agent needs.
  3. Paste the prompt and replace [bracketed] placeholders.
  4. Run once manually and check the output before scheduling it.

Generic suggested steps, not from the source.

Pitfalls & reliability

  • Discussed on HN. Unconfirmed science, so present it as a candidate, not a discovery.

Evidence

Discussed on HN. Unconfirmed science, so present it as a candidate, not a discovery. Marketing check: PASS: individual Reddit post. Duplicate check vs agentusecases.ai: no match in sitemap slugs

Source: Hacker News · Verified by us: not yet · Report broken or outdated

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