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io.github.cyanheads/hn-mcp-server · v0.6.1

Browse Hacker News feeds, threads, and user profiles with full-text search.

Connect Remote server

Terminal
claude mcp add --transport http hn-mcp-server https://hn.caseyjhand.com/mcp
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hn-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://hn.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "hn-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://hn.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Claude Desktop
Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector
URL: https://hn.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Tools 4 found in our last check

  • hn_get_stories

    Fetch stories from an HN feed (top, new, best, ask, show, jobs), with title, URL, score, author, and comment count for each story.

  • hn_get_thread

    Get an item and its comment tree as a threaded discussion, with child comments resolved recursively. Use depth 0 for an item-only lookup. A long thread comes back in pages: pass the returned nextCursor as cursor to continue.

  • hn_get_user

    Get an HN user profile with karma, about, and optionally their most recent submissions resolved into full items.

  • hn_search_content

    Search Hacker News stories, comments, polls, and jobs via Algolia — by keyword, by filters alone, or both. Filterable by content type, author, parent story, date range, minimum points, and minimum comment count.

Details

Endpointhttps://hn.caseyjhand.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP)
Package@cyanheads/[email protected] (NPM, stdio)
Package@cyanheads/[email protected] (NPM, streamable-http)
First published12 Nov 2026
Last updated12 Nov 2026
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