Hacker News MCP by Nova (CIVAI)

Connect Remote server

claude mcp add --transport http mcp-hacker-news https://nova.civai.co/mcp/agents/mcp-hacker_news

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-hacker-news": {
      "url": "https://nova.civai.co/mcp/agents/mcp-hacker_news"
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-hacker-news": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://nova.civai.co/mcp/agents/mcp-hacker_news"
    }
  }
}

Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector
URL: https://nova.civai.co/mcp/agents/mcp-hacker_news

Tools 14 found in our last check

• top_stories

  Fetch the current Hacker News front page (top stories) via the official Firebase API. Use when the user asks for top, front, or trending stories.

• new_stories

  Fetch newest Hacker News story submissions. Use when the user asks for new or latest posts.

• best_stories

  Fetch best-ranked Hacker News stories. Use when the user asks for best posts or all-time greats on the best feed.

• get_item

  Get one Hacker News item (story or comment thread) by numeric id, including top-level comments when available.

• get_user

  Look up a Hacker News user profile (karma, about, created date) by username.

• browse_feed

  Browse an HTML feed on news.ycombinator.com: news, newest, ask, show, jobs, newcomments, front, or best.

• search_stories

  Search Hacker News stories via the public Algolia API (same backend as hn.algolia.com).

• login

  Sign in to Hacker News with username and password. Stores session cookie in hn_session_cookie for upvote, comment, and submit.

• session_status

  Check whether hn_session_cookie is present and still logged in on Hacker News.

• upvote

  Upvote a story or comment by item id. Requires a valid hn_session_cookie from login.

• post_comment

  Post a comment on a story or reply thread. parent_id is the story or comment id. Requires login session.

• submit_story

  Submit a new story link or Ask HN text post. Requires login. Provide story_url for link posts or story_text for text posts.

• get_network_identity

  Where this user's requests to the site leave from (a VPN country, the server, or the app's default) and which browser they present. Read-only.

• set_network_identity

  Choose where this user's requests to the site leave from and which browser they present, only when the user asks (e.g. 'connect through Nigeria', 'use my own user agent'). Sites may ask the user to sign in again when this changes. reset=true goes back to how they signed in.

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