Hacker News MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides tools for fetching information from Hacker News.

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What is the Hacker News MCP Server?

Hacker News MCP Server source profile. From the maintainer documentation: “A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides tools for fetching information from Hacker News.”

Installation

The documented pypi package is mcp-hn. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the Hacker News MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-hn": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-hn"
      ]
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.