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claude mcp add --transport http hn-mcp-server https://hn.caseyjhand.com/mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"hn-mcp-server": {
"url": "https://hn.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
}
}
}
{
"servers": {
"hn-mcp-server": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://hn.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
}
}
}
Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector
URL: https://hn.caseyjhand.com/mcp
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Details
| Endpoint | https://hn.caseyjhand.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP) |
| Package | @cyanheads/[email protected] (NPM, stdio) |
| Package | @cyanheads/[email protected] (NPM, streamable-http) |
| First published | 12 Nov 2026 |
| Last updated | 12 Nov 2026 |
| Registry name | io.github.cyanheads/hn-mcp-server |
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