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.
hn-mcp is an MCP project maintained in the devabdultech/hn-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “ Official Hacker News MCP Server - Adds powerful Hacker News integration to Cursor, Claude, and any other LLM clients. Access stories, comments, user profiles…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.
The documented npm package is @devabdultech/hn-mcp-server. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.
Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.
Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Inputs | id (string): Username |
| page | optional number): Page number for pagination |
| hitsPerPage | optional number): Results per page (max 100) |
| Returns | Array of user's submitted stories and comments |
| limit | optional number): Number of stories to fetch (max 100) |
{
"mcpServers": {
"hackernews": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@devabdultech/hn-mcp-server"
]
}
}
}From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.
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