Mcp Hn
What is Mcp Hn
mcp-hn is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server designed to provide tools for fetching information from Hacker News, a popular social news website focusing on computer science and entrepreneurship.
Use cases
Use cases for mcp-hn include obtaining the latest news in technology, researching user activities on Hacker News, and analyzing discussions around specific topics such as AI careers.
How to use
To use mcp-hn, you can send prompts to the server that utilize various tools such as get_stories to fetch top stories, get_story_info to retrieve comments on a specific story, search_stories to find stories by keywords, and get_user_info to obtain information about users.
Key features
Key features of mcp-hn include the ability to fetch top, new, ask_hn, and show_hn stories, access detailed comments associated with stories, perform keyword searches for stories, and retrieve user activity summaries.
Where to use
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Clients Supporting MCP
The following are the main client software that supports the Model Context Protocol. Click the link to visit the official website for more information.
Overview
What is Mcp Hn
mcp-hn is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server designed to provide tools for fetching information from Hacker News, a popular social news website focusing on computer science and entrepreneurship.
Use cases
Use cases for mcp-hn include obtaining the latest news in technology, researching user activities on Hacker News, and analyzing discussions around specific topics such as AI careers.
How to use
To use mcp-hn, you can send prompts to the server that utilize various tools such as get_stories to fetch top stories, get_story_info to retrieve comments on a specific story, search_stories to find stories by keywords, and get_user_info to obtain information about users.
Key features
Key features of mcp-hn include the ability to fetch top, new, ask_hn, and show_hn stories, access detailed comments associated with stories, perform keyword searches for stories, and retrieve user activity summaries.
Where to use
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Clients Supporting MCP
The following are the main client software that supports the Model Context Protocol. Click the link to visit the official website for more information.
Content
Hacker News MCP Server
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides tools for fetching information from Hacker News.
Tools
get_storiesFetching (top, new, ask_hn, show_hn) storiesget_story_infoFetching comments associated with a storysearch_storiesSearching for stories by queryget_user_infoFetching user info
Example Usage
Use prompts like the following:
User: Get the top stories of today Output: Uses `get_stories` tool and returns a story about AI User: What does the details of the story today that talks about the future of AI Output: Uses `get_story_info` tool based on the results of the previous tool User: What has the user `pg` been up to? Output: Uses `get_user_info` tool and returns a summary of the user's activity User: What does hackernews say about careers in AI? Output: Uses `search_stories` tool and returns a summary of the comments
A more detailed example with the puppeteer MCP server:
User: What are the top stories of today? Output: Uses `get_stories` tool and returns a story about AI User: Can you use the puppeteer tool to read the article about <AI> and also use the hackernews tool to view the comments and give me a summary of what the main comments are about the article? Output: Uses puppeteer tool to read the article about AI and then uses the `get_story_info` hn tool to get the comments and returns a summary of the comments
Quickstart
Claude Desktop:
Update the following:
On MacOS: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
With the following for production:
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-hn": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-hn"
]
}
}
}Dev Tools Supporting MCP
The following are the main code editors that support the Model Context Protocol. Click the link to visit the official website for more information.
