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erithwik/mcp-hn

MCP Server for Hackernews

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About erithwik/mcp-hn

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that exposes Hacker News data as standardized tools and resources. It enables AI agents to fetch stories, comments, and user information through the MCP interface, using Python to interact with the Hacker News API.

Best for

Developers building AI agents that need programmatic access to Hacker News content

Use cases

  • Fetch top or new stories for aggregation or summarization
  • Retrieve comments and threads for conversation analysis
  • Search Hacker News for specific topics or keywords

Notes

74 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2025-07-14. Licensed MIT.

Pros

  • Standard MCP interface simplifies integration with any MCP-compatible AI client
  • Lightweight Python implementation easy to deploy and extend
  • Actively maintained on GitHub with community engagement

Cons

  • Limited to Hacker News data only, not a general web tool
  • Requires an MCP client to utilize, adding a dependency
  • Subject to Hacker News API rate limits and availability

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How to use

How to set it up

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Install

npx -y @smithery/cli install mcp-hn --client claude

Tools exposed

  • get_stories
  • get_story_info
  • search_stories
  • get_user_info

Clients the listing names (not checked here)

Claude Desktop

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