diff --git a/examples/custom_source_hn/.env b/examples/custom_source_hn/.env
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+# Postgres database address for cocoindex
+COCOINDEX_DATABASE_URL=postgres://cocoindex:cocoindex@localhost/cocoindex
+
+# Fallback to CPU for operations not supported by MPS on Mac.
+# It's no-op for other platforms.
+PYTORCH_ENABLE_MPS_FALLBACK=1
diff --git a/examples/custom_source_hn/.env.example b/examples/custom_source_hn/.env.example
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+# Example environment variables for HackerNews Custom Source Example
+# Copy this to .env and fill in your actual database connection string
+
+# PostgreSQL database connection URL
+# Format: postgresql://username:password@host:port/database
+COCOINDEX_DATABASE_URL=postgresql://username:password@localhost:5432/cocoindex_hackernews
diff --git a/examples/custom_source_hn/README.md b/examples/custom_source_hn/README.md
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+# HackerNews Custom Source Example
+
+[![GitHub](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/cocoindex-io/cocoindex?color=5B5BD6)](https://github.com/cocoindex-io/cocoindex)
+
+In this example, we use [CocoIndex Custom Source](https://cocoindex.io/docs/custom_ops/custom_targets) to define a source to get HackerNews recent content, by calling [HackerNews API](https://hn.algolia.com/api).
+We build index for HackerNews threads and their comments, and provides a lightweight query handler to search by keywords.
+
+We appreciate a star ⭐ at [CocoIndex Github](https://github.com/cocoindex-io/cocoindex) if this is helpful.
+
+## Steps
+
+### Indexing Flow
+
+1. We define a custom source connector `HackerNews` to get HackerNews recent threads by calling HackerNews API.
+2. We build index for HackerNews threads and their comments.
+
+## Prerequisite
+
+[Install Postgres](https://cocoindex.io/docs/getting_started/installation#-install-postgres) if you don't have one.
+
+## Run
+
+Install dependencies:
+
+```bash
+pip install -e .
+```
+
+Update the target:
+
+```bash
+cocoindex update --setup main
+```
+
+Each time when you run the `update` command, cocoindex will only re-process threads that have changed, and keep the target in sync with the recent 500 threads from HackerNews.
+
+You can also run `update` command in live mode, which will keep the target in sync with the source continuously:
+
+```bash
+cocoindex update --setup -L main.py
+```
+
+## CocoInsight
+
+I used CocoInsight (Free beta now) to troubleshoot the index generation and understand the data lineage of the pipeline.
+It just connects to your local CocoIndex server, with Zero pipeline data retention. Run following command to start CocoInsight:
+
+```
+cocoindex server -ci -L main
+```
+
+Then open the CocoInsight UI at [https://cocoindex.io/cocoinsight](https://cocoindex.io/cocoinsight).
diff --git a/examples/custom_source_hn/main.py b/examples/custom_source_hn/main.py
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+"""
+HackerNews Custom Source Example
+
+This example demonstrates how to use a custom source with CocoIndex to index
+and search HackerNews threads.
+"""
+
+import cocoindex
+import os
+import functools
+from psycopg_pool import ConnectionPool
+from datetime import timedelta, datetime
+from typing import Any, AsyncIterator, NamedTuple
+import aiohttp
+import dataclasses
+
+from cocoindex.op import (
+    NON_EXISTENCE,
+    SourceSpec,
+    NO_ORDINAL,
+    source_connector,
+    PartialSourceRow,
+    PartialSourceRowData,
+)
+
+
+class _HackerNewsThreadKey(NamedTuple):
+    """Row key type for HackerNews source."""
+
+    thread_id: str
+
+
+@dataclasses.dataclass
+class _HackerNewsComment:
+    id: str
+    author: str | None
+    text: str | None
+    created_at: datetime | None
+
+
+@dataclasses.dataclass
+class _HackerNewsThread:
+    """Value type for HackerNews source."""
+
+    author: str | None
+    text: str
+    url: str | None
+    created_at: datetime | None
+    comments: list[_HackerNewsComment]
+
+
+# Define the source spec that users will instantiate
+class HackerNewsSource(SourceSpec):
+    """Source spec for HackerNews API."""
+
+    tag: str | None = None
+    max_results: int = 100
+
+
+@source_connector(
+    spec_cls=HackerNewsSource,
+    key_type=_HackerNewsThreadKey,
+    value_type=_HackerNewsThread,
+)
+class HackerNewsConnector:
+    """Custom source connector for HackerNews API."""
+
+    _spec: HackerNewsSource
+    _session: aiohttp.ClientSession
+
+    def __init__(self, spec: HackerNewsSource, session: aiohttp.ClientSession):
+        self._spec = spec
+        self._session = session
+
+    @staticmethod
+    async def create(spec: HackerNewsSource) -> "HackerNewsConnector":
+        """Create a HackerNews connector from the spec."""
+        return HackerNewsConnector(spec, aiohttp.ClientSession())
+
+    async def _ensure_session(self) -> aiohttp.ClientSession:
+        """Ensure we have an active HTTP session."""
+        if self._session is None or self._session.closed:
+            self._session = aiohttp.ClientSession()
+        return self._session
+
+    async def list(
+        self,
+    ) -> AsyncIterator[PartialSourceRow[_HackerNewsThreadKey, _HackerNewsThread]]:
+        """List HackerNews threads using the search API."""
+        session = await self._ensure_session()
+
+        # Use HackerNews search API
+        search_url = "https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/search_by_date"
+        params: dict[str, Any] = {"hitsPerPage": self._spec.max_results}
+        if self._spec.tag:
+            params["tags"] = self._spec.tag
+        async with session.get(search_url, params=params) as response:
+            response.raise_for_status()
+            data = await response.json()
+            for hit in data.get("hits", []):
+                if thread_id := hit.get("objectID", None):
+                    utime = hit.get("updated_at")
+                    ordinal = (
+                        int(datetime.fromisoformat(utime).timestamp())
+                        if utime
+                        else NO_ORDINAL
+                    )
+                    yield PartialSourceRow(
+                        key=_HackerNewsThreadKey(thread_id=thread_id),
+                        data=PartialSourceRowData(ordinal=ordinal),
+                    )
+
+    async def get_value(
+        self, key: _HackerNewsThreadKey
+    ) -> PartialSourceRowData[_HackerNewsThread]:
+        """Get a specific HackerNews thread by ID using the items API."""
+        session = await self._ensure_session()
+
+        # Use HackerNews items API to get full thread with comments
+        item_url = f"https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/items/{key.thread_id}"
+
+        async with session.get(item_url) as response:
+            response.raise_for_status()
+            data = await response.json()
+
+            if not data:
+                return PartialSourceRowData(
+                    value=NON_EXISTENCE,
+                    ordinal=NO_ORDINAL,
+                    content_version_fp=None,
+                )
+            return PartialSourceRowData(
+                value=HackerNewsConnector._parse_hackernews_thread(data)
+            )
+
+    def provides_ordinal(self) -> bool:
+        """Indicate that this source provides ordinal information."""
+        return True
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _parse_hackernews_thread(data: dict[str, Any]) -> _HackerNewsThread:
+        comments: list[_HackerNewsComment] = []
+
+        def _add_comments(parent: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+            children = parent.get("children", None)
+            if not children:
+                return
+            for child in children:
+                ctime = child.get("created_at")
+                if comment_id := child.get("id", None):
+                    comments.append(
+                        _HackerNewsComment(
+                            id=str(comment_id),
+                            author=child.get("author", ""),
+                            text=child.get("text", ""),
+                            created_at=datetime.fromisoformat(ctime) if ctime else None,
+                        )
+                    )
+                _add_comments(child)
+
+        _add_comments(data)
+
+        ctime = data.get("created_at")
+        text = data.get("title", "")
+        if more_text := data.get("text", None):
+            text += "\n\n" + more_text
+        return _HackerNewsThread(
+            author=data.get("author"),
+            text=text,
+            url=data.get("url"),
+            created_at=datetime.fromisoformat(ctime) if ctime else None,
+            comments=comments,
+        )
+
+
+@cocoindex.flow_def(name="HackerNewsIndex")
+def hackernews_flow(
+    flow_builder: cocoindex.FlowBuilder, data_scope: cocoindex.DataScope
+) -> None:
+    """
+    Define a flow that indexes HackerNews threads and their comments.
+    """
+
+    # Add the custom source to the flow
+    data_scope["threads"] = flow_builder.add_source(
+        HackerNewsSource(tag="story", max_results=500),
+        refresh_interval=timedelta(minutes=1),
+    )
+
+    # Create collectors for different types of searchable content
+    message_index = data_scope.add_collector()
+
+    # Process each thread
+    with data_scope["threads"].row() as thread:
+        # Index the main thread content
+        message_index.collect(
+            id=thread["thread_id"],
+            thread_id=thread["thread_id"],
+            content_type="thread",
+            author=thread["author"],
+            text=thread["text"],
+            url=thread["url"],
+            created_at=thread["created_at"],
+        )
+
+        # Index individual comments
+        with thread["comments"].row() as comment:
+            message_index.collect(
+                id=comment["id"],
+                thread_id=thread["thread_id"],
+                content_type="comment",
+                author=comment["author"],
+                text=comment["text"],
+                url="",
+                created_at=comment["created_at"],
+            )
+
+    # Export to database tables
+    message_index.export(
+        "hn_messages",
+        cocoindex.targets.Postgres(),
+        primary_key_fields=["id"],
+    )
+
+
+@functools.cache
+def connection_pool() -> ConnectionPool:
+    """Get a connection pool to the database."""
+    return ConnectionPool(os.environ["COCOINDEX_DATABASE_URL"])
+
+
+@hackernews_flow.query_handler()
+def search_text(query: str) -> cocoindex.QueryOutput:
+    """Search HackerNews threads by title and content."""
+    table_name = cocoindex.utils.get_target_default_name(hackernews_flow, "hn_messages")
+
+    with connection_pool().connection() as conn:
+        with conn.cursor() as cur:
+            # Simple text search using PostgreSQL's text search capabilities
+            cur.execute(
+                f"""
+                SELECT id, thread_id, author, content_type, text, created_at,
+                       ts_rank(to_tsvector('english', text), plainto_tsquery('english', %s)) as rank
+                FROM {table_name}
+                WHERE to_tsvector('english', text) @@ plainto_tsquery('english', %s)
+                ORDER BY rank DESC, created_at DESC
+                """,
+                (query, query),
+            )
+
+            results = []
+            for row in cur.fetchall():
+                results.append(
+                    {
+                        "id": row[0],
+                        "thread_id": row[1],
+                        "author": row[2],
+                        "content_type": row[3],
+                        "text": row[4],
+                        "created_at": row[5].isoformat(),
+                    }
+                )
+
+            return cocoindex.QueryOutput(results=results)
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+[project]
+name = "custom-source-hn"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Example using custom source for HackerNews API integration with cocoindex."
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
+dependencies = ["cocoindex>=0.2.21", "aiohttp>=3.8.0", "psycopg[binary,pool]"]
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+packages = []