MCP server providing tools to fetch and search Hacker News stories, comments, and user info.
Copy the AI prompt to install this server into Claude Code, Cursor, or another agent β or use 1-click editor setup below.
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π‘ Paste the JSON block into your client's configuration file under mcpServers, then restart the application.
Inspect callable tools, capabilities, and parameters exposed to AI agents by MCP Hn.
get_storiesCallable MCP tool function
get_story_infoCallable MCP tool function
search_storiesCallable MCP tool function
get_user_infoCallable MCP tool function
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides tools for fetching information from Hacker News.
get_stories Fetching (top, new, ask_hn, show_hn) storiesget_story_info Fetching comments associated with a storysearch_stories Searching for stories by queryget_user_info Fetching user infoUse prompts like the following:
A more detailed example with the puppeteer MCP server:
To install Hacker News MCP Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
Update the following:
On MacOS: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
With the following for production:
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