MCP Server for using the Hacker News API
If you already use Hn MCP, the hn mcp mcp server is the piece that lets your assistant work with it directly. MCP Server for using the Hacker News API.
Official Hacker News MCP Server - Adds powerful Hacker News integration to Cursor, Claude, and any other LLM clients. Access stories, comments, user profiles, and search functionality through the Model Context Protocol.
This MCP server is built and maintained by devabdultech. It uses the official Hacker News API and Algolia Search API to provide comprehensive access to Hacker News data through the Model Context Protocol.
The server ships on npm as @smithery/cli, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
Inputs — * query (string): Search queryReturns — Search results with stories and commentsContributing — 1. Fork the repository 2. Create your feature branch 3. Commit your changes 4. Push to the branch 5. Create a new Pull RequestThis sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Hn MCP's toolset — Inputs, Returns, Contributing — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by devabdultech; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against Hn MCP's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Inputs | * query (string): Search query |
| Returns | Search results with stories and comments |
| Contributing | 1. Fork the repository 2. Create your feature branch 3. Commit your changes 4. Push to the branch 5. Create a new Pull Request |
{
"mcpServers": {
"hackernews": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@devabdultech/hn-mcp-server"]
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
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