Hacker News MCP Server
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About This Server
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides tools for fetching information from Hacker News.
Server Information
š Overview:
ā Key Points:
šÆ Conclusion:
The "mcp-hn" repository provides a functional MCP server designed to interact with Hacker News, offering a set of tools accessible through the Model Context Protocol. The repository is publicly accessible on GitHub.
This webpage is the GitHub repository page for "mcp-hn," a project by user "erithwik." The project is described as an MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server for Hacker News. The page provides general information about the repository, including its description, available tools, usage examples, and quickstart instructions for integrating it with Claude Desktop. It also displays repository statistics such as stars, forks, and the primary programming language used.
ā Key Points:
- The repository is named "mcp-hn" and belongs to user "erithwik."
- It is a public repository.
- The project is described as an MCP Server for Hacker News, offering tools to fetch information.
- It offers tools such as getstories, getstoryinfo, searchstories and getuserinfo.
- The project is licensed under the MIT License.
- The repository has 3 stars and 3 forks.
- The primary programming language used is Python (100%).
- The project provides a set of tools for interacting with Hacker News data.
- Example usages demonstrates the server's functionality, including fetching top stories, retrieving story details, searching for stories, and obtaining user information.
- The Quickstart guide offers instructions for integrating "mcp-hn" with the Claude Desktop application.
- This tool facilitates integration with the Claude Anthropic AI.
- The repository contains standard files like .gitignore, LICENSE, README.md, pyproject.toml, and uv.lock.
- The file LICENSE reflects a MIT License.
š Main Findings:
š Details:
šÆ Conclusion:
The "mcp-hn" repository provides a functional MCP server designed to interact with Hacker News, offering a set of tools accessible through the Model Context Protocol. The repository is publicly accessible on GitHub.
Server Features
get_stories
Fetching (top, new, ask_hn, show_hn) stories
get_story_info
Fetching comments associated with a story
search_stories
Searching for stories by query
get_user_info
Fetching user info
Provider Information
Erithwik
cloud Provider
Quick Actions
MCP Configuration
Available Tools
get_storiesget_story_infosearch_storiesget_user_info