What are the key features of HN Companion?

HN Companion processes HN URLs or post IDs, downloads comment structures, scores comments based on engagement, formats data for Claude, and provides system/user prompts for efficient summarization.

How do I use HN Companion?

You can use the CLI to process individual HN posts or run the API server and send POST requests with the HN post URL or ID to get the formatted data ready for Claude.

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HN Companion MCP Server

Prepares Hacker News discussions for summarization by language models like Claude.

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What is the HN Companion MCP Server?

Prepares Hacker News discussions for summarization by language models like Claude.

What you get

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) for summarizing Hacker News discussions using Claude.

This MCP fetches and processes Hacker News discussions, preparing them in a format that Claude can use to generate high-quality summaries. It handles both the hierarchical structure of comments and their metadata (scores, downvotes, etc.) to help Claude understand the relative importance and relationships of different comments.

Process Hacker News URLs or post IDs
Download and analyze comment structure from HN
Score comments based on community engagement
Format data optimized for Claude's summarization

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HN Companion is a tool that prepares Hacker News discussions for summarization by language models like Claude. It fetches, processes, and formats HN comments, scores engagement, and provides prompts to optimize summarization results.