Giskard Search vs MCP Hn

In-depth architectural comparison of the Giskard Search and MCP Hn 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 Giskard Search when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Search & Data Extraction domain.
• You prefer remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: other (Free / Open Source).
• You have access to required keys: PHOENIXD_URL, PHOENIXD_PASSWORD, OWNER_PRIVATE_KEY.
• Primary tools included: get_invoice, get_arbitrum_invoice, search_web.

Explore Giskard Search Details

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.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Giskard Search giskard09 Search & Data Extraction	MCP Hn erithwik Search & Data Extraction
Summary	Pay-per-use semantic web search for AI agents. Powered by SearxNG, agents pay in sats via Lightning Network micropayments — no API keys required. Self-hosted with phoenixd.	An MCP server to search Hacker News, get top stories, and more.
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": {
    "giskard09-giskard-search": {
      "url": "http://localhost:8004/sse"
    }
  }
}

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

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