Hacker News MCP Server
by devabdultech
The Hacker News MCP Server adds powerful Hacker News integration to LLM clients like Cursor and Claude. It provides access to stories, comments, user profiles, and search functionality through the Model Context Protocol.
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What is Hacker News MCP Server?
The Hacker News MCP Server is a tool that allows LLM clients to access and interact with Hacker News data using the Model Context Protocol. It provides a set of tools to search for stories and comments, retrieve stories by type, get individual stories with comments, get comment trees, and retrieve user profiles and submissions.
How to use Hacker News MCP Server?
The server can be integrated with LLM clients like Claude by adding the server configuration to the client's configuration file or by installing it via Smithery. Once installed, the server provides a set of tools that can be used to query Hacker News data.
Key features of Hacker News MCP Server
Search stories and comments using Algolia's HN Search API
Get stories by type (top, new, best, ask, show, job)
Get individual stories with comments
Get comment trees and user discussions
Get user profiles and submissions
Real-time access to Hacker News data
Use cases of Hacker News MCP Server
Integrating Hacker News data into LLM-powered applications
Analyzing Hacker News trends and discussions
Building tools for Hacker News users
Providing context to LLMs based on Hacker News content
FAQ from Hacker News MCP Server
What is the Model Context Protocol (MCP)?
What is the Model Context Protocol (MCP)?
The Model Context Protocol is a standard for allowing LLMs to access external data and tools.
What Hacker News data can I access?
What Hacker News data can I access?
You can access stories, comments, user profiles, and search functionality.
How do I install the server?
How do I install the server?
You can install the server by adding the configuration to your Claude Desktop config or via Smithery.
What tools are available?
What tools are available?
The server provides tools for searching, getting stories, getting story with comments, getting comment tree, getting user, and getting user submissions.
Who maintains this server?
Who maintains this server?
This MCP server is built and maintained by devabdultech.