Hacker News MCP Server

Fetches structured data from Hacker News, including top, new, ask, show, and job stories.

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What is the Hacker News MCP Server?

Fetches structured data from Hacker News, including top, new, ask, show, and job stories.

What it actually does

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides tools for fetching stories from Hacker News. This server parses the HTML content from news.ycombinator.com and provides structured data for different types of stories (top, new, ask, show, jobs).

  • Fetch different types of stories (top, new, ask, show, jobs)
  • Get structured data including titles, URLs, points, authors, timestamps, and comment counts
  • Configurable limit on number of stories returned
  • Clean error handling and validation

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Maintainer setup documentation.

Example prompts to try

  • “Use Hacker News to Configuration.”

Frequently asked questions

Each story includes the title, URL (if available), number of points, author, timestamp, comment count, and rank.