MCP Hn vs MCP Claude Hackernews

In-depth architectural comparison of the MCP Hn and MCP Claude Hackernews MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose MCP Hn when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Search & Data Extraction domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: get_stories, get_story_info, search_stories.

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Choose MCP Claude Hackernews when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Search & Data Extraction domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: hn_latest, hn_top, hn_best.

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	MCP Hn erithwik Search & Data Extraction	MCP Claude Hackernews imprvhub Search & Data Extraction
Summary	An MCP server to search Hacker News, get top stories, and more.	An integration that allows Claude Desktop to interact with Hacker News using the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
Category & Scope	Search & Data Extraction

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "erithwik-mcp-hn": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-hn"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "imprvhub-mcp-claude-hackernews": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "imprvhub-mcp-claude-hackernews"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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