Hackernews vs HeyClaude — Claude & AI workflow directory
In-depth architectural comparison of the Hackernews and HeyClaude — Claude & AI workflow directory 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.
At a Glance & Executive Verdict
Hackernews
Developer Tools · Local stdio
Quality: 45/100 (Fair) | Auth: No auth required
HeyClaude — Claude & AI workflow directory
Developer Tools · Local stdio
Quality: 51/100 (Good) | Auth: No auth required
Verdict Summary: Choose Hackernews if you need specialized Developer Tools tools running via a local process. Choose HeyClaude — Claude & AI workflow directory if your workspace requires Developer Tools integration with local subprocess execution. Both servers can be configured concurrently in your client's mcpServers manifest.
Which MCP Server Should You Choose?
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Choose Hackernews when:
You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
Full-text search Hacker News via Algolia. Pass query plus optional tags filter (story, comment, ask_hn, show_hn; default: story). Returns title, URL, score, author, comment count, and timestamp.
get_top_stories
Fetch the current live top-ranked Hacker News stories from the Firebase API. Returns up to `count` stories (default 10) with title, URL, score, author, comment count, and Unix timestamp.
get_stories
Fetch Hacker News stories of a given TYPE: top (default), new (newest), best, ask (Ask HN), show (Show HN), or job (jobs/hiring). PREFER for "newest HN stories", "top Ask HN posts", "Show HN", "HN job postings / who is hiring". Returns title, URL (or self-text for Ask/Show), score, author, comment…
get_item
Fetch a Hacker News story or comment by ID (e.g., "42153809"). Returns full text, score, author, timestamp, and child replies.
get_hn_comments
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).
Hackernews is categorized under Developer Tools and uses a local stdio subprocess. In contrast, HeyClaude — Claude & AI workflow directory belongs to Developer Tools using local stdio subprocess. Select Hackernews when you need capabilities focused on developer tools and HeyClaude — Claude & AI workflow directory when you require tools for developer tools.
Fetch the discussion (top-level comments, actual text) on a Hacker News story by its item ID. PREFER OVER WEB SEARCH for "what are people saying about <HN story>", "HN discussion / developer sentiment on X". get_item returns only comment IDs; this resolves them to text. Find a story ID via get_top_…
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