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hn-mcp-server

io.github.cyanheads/hn-mcp-server

Browse Hacker News feeds, threads, and user profiles with full-text search.

Uptime
100.0%
5 direct probes · 30d
Response
649ms
last probe
Tools
4
callable
Resources
0
readable
Prompts
0
available
Primary URL
https://hn.caseyjhand.com/mcp
Score: 100/100
Handshake verified by our own probe.
why this score
pass Answers the MCP handshake 50/50
The handshake and the list calls succeeded on the primary URL.
pass Lists tools, resources or prompts 30/30
4 tools, 0 resources, 0 prompts returned.
pass 3 or more catalogue items 10/10
4 items in total; 3 or more earns these points.
pass Describes itself 10/10
75 characters; more than 30 earns these points.

Tools · 4

hn_get_stories

Fetch stories from an HN feed (top, new, best, ask, show, jobs), with title, URL, score, author, and comment count for each story.

hn_get_thread

Get an item and its comment tree as a threaded discussion, with child comments resolved recursively. Use depth 0 for an item-only lookup. A long thread comes back in pages: pass the returned nextCurso…

hn_get_user

Get an HN user profile with karma, about, and optionally their most recent submissions resolved into full items.

hn_search_content

Search Hacker News stories, comments, polls, and jobs via Algolia — by keyword, by filters alone, or both. Filterable by content type, author, parent story, date range, and minimum points.

How to use

Add to your Claude Desktop / Cursor / Cline MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hn-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://hn.caseyjhand.com/mcp",
      "transport": "http"
    }
  }
}