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Complete Hacker News toolkit. Browse live ranked lists (top, best, new, Show HN, Ask HN, jobs), search stories and comments by keyword, filter by date/points/author, fetch items with optional comment trees, explore user profiles and submission history, and monitor real-time activity.

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Domain knowledge for Hacker News — workflow patterns, data models, and gotchas for your AI agent.

Hacker News

Ranked feeds (top, best, new, Show HN, Ask HN, jobs) mirror live ordering. Individual stories and comments share a single numeric item namespace—retrieve one to hydrate text, metadata, and optionally nested replies. User pages summarize karma and submissions. Search surfaces support keyword, temporal, score, and author filters, and a lightweight stream exposes near-real-time churn.

Data Model

  • Feeds — ordered lists that change as votes and time evolve.
  • Items — either submissions or comments, linked via parent pointers.
  • Profiles — usernames map to public stats and posting history.
  • Search & streams — secondary indexes for discovery and monitoring.

Gotchas

  • Live ranking: Firebase-backed lists reshuffle frequently—never cache “current front page” as immutable truth.
  • Shared ID space: Story and comment IDs use the same integer sequence.

Tools in this Server (10)

Hacker News Fetch Item

Fetch a Hacker News story, comment, or poll by ID. By default returns lightweight metadata from Firebase: title, URL, score, author, comment count, an...

Hacker News Fetch User

Fetch a Hacker News user profile. Returns username, karma score, bio/about text, account creation date, and total submission count. For detailed submi...

Hacker News Get User Activity

Get a Hacker News user's full profile and their recent submission activity. Returns karma, bio, account creation date, total submission count, and the...

Hacker News List Comments

Browse Hacker News comments using filters — no keyword query needed. Filter by author, story ID (for all comments on a thread), date range, and minimu...

Hacker News List Stories

Browse Hacker News stories using filters — no keyword query needed. Filter by tags (story, show_hn, ask_hn, front_page), author, date range, min point...

Hacker News Search By Date

Search Hacker News content sorted by date (most recent first). Use 1-3 short keywords. Complex queries are automatically simplified if they return 0 r...

Hacker News Search Comments

Search Hacker News comments by keyword. Uses Algolia keyword search — use 1-2 short keywords, NOT long multi-word queries. Complex queries are automat...

Hacker News Search Stories

Search Hacker News stories by keyword. Uses Algolia keyword search — use 1-3 short keywords, not long natural language queries. Returns results ranked...

Hacker News Top Stories

Get the current ranked story lists from Hacker News — no query needed. Returns the live top, best, new, Ask HN, Show HN, or job stories as ranked by t...

Hacker News Updates

Get recently changed items and user profiles on Hacker News. Returns items that were recently modified (new comments, score changes) and profiles that...

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Hacker News MCP server?

Complete Hacker News toolkit. Browse live ranked lists (top, best, new, Show HN, Ask HN, jobs), search stories and comments by keyword, filter by date/points/author, fetch items with optional comment trees, explore user profiles and submission history, and monitor real-time activity. It provides 10 tools that AI agents can use through the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

How do I connect Hacker News to my AI agent?

Add the MCPBundles server URL to your MCP client configuration (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, etc.). The URL format is: https://mcp.mcpbundles.com/bundle/hacker-news. Authentication is handled automatically.

How many tools does Hacker News provide?

Hacker News provides 10 tools that can be called by AI agents, along with a SKILL.md that gives your AI agent domain knowledge about when and how to use them.

What authentication does Hacker News require?

Hacker News uses open data APIs — no authentication required.

Setup Instructions

Connect Hacker News to any MCP client in minutes

https://mcp.mcpbundles.com/bundle/hacker-news

What is MCP?

Model Context Protocol lets AI tools call external capabilities securely through a single URL. This bundle groups tools behind an MCP endpoint that many clients can use.

Use this bundle in 3 steps

  1. Copy the MCP URL above
  2. Open your AI tool and add a new MCP/connector
  3. Paste the URL and follow any auth prompts

Claude Desktop Users

Skip the manual setup! Use the .mcpb file format for one-click installation. Check the Claude Desktop tab for setup instructions.

Pick your tool tab for exact steps

Select ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code, or another tab for copy-paste config.

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