Hacker News
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides access to Hacker News stories, comments, and user data, with support for search and content retrieval.
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4 Tools
Version 4.43 or later needs to be installed to add the server automatically
Use cases
About
Hackernews mcp MCP Server
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides access to Hacker News stories, comments, and user data, with support for search and content retrieval.
Characteristics
| Attribute | Details |
|---|---|
| Docker Image | mcp/hackernews-mcp |
| Author | AayushBahukhandi |
| Repository | https://github.com/AayushBahukhandi/hackernews-mcp |
| Dockerfile | https://github.com/AayushBahukhandi/hackernews-mcp/blob/main/Dockerfile |
| Docker Image built by | Docker Inc. |
| Docker Scout Health Score | |
| Verify Signature | COSIGN_REPOSITORY=mcp/signatures cosign verify mcp/hackernews-mcp --key https://raw.githubusercontent.com/docker/keyring/refs/heads/main/public/mcp/latest.pub |
| Licence |
Available Tools (4)
| Tools provided by this Server | Short Description |
|---|---|
get_stories | Get stories from Hacker News. |
get_story_info | Get detailed story info from Hacker News, including the comments |
get_user_info | Get user info from Hacker News, including the stories they've submitted |
search_stories | Search stories from Hacker News. |
Tools Details
Tool: get_stories
Get stories from Hacker News. The options are top, new, ask_hn, show_hn for types of stories. This doesn't include the comments. Use get_story_info to get the comments.
| Parameters | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
num_stories | integeroptional | Number of stories to get |
story_type | stringoptional | Type of stories to get, one of: top, new, ask_hn, show_hn |
Tool: get_story_info
Get detailed story info from Hacker News, including the comments
| Parameters | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
story_id | integer | Story ID |
Tool: get_user_info
Get user info from Hacker News, including the stories they've submitted
| Parameters | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
user_name | string | Username of the user |
num_stories | integeroptional | Number of stories to get, defaults to 10 |
Tool: search_stories
Search stories from Hacker News. It is generally recommended to use simpler queries to get a broader set of results (less than 5 words). Very targeted queries may not return any results.
| Parameters | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
query | string | Search query |
num_results | integeroptional | Number of results to get |
search_by_date | booleanoptional | Search by date, defaults to false. If this is false, then we search by relevance, then points, then number of comments. |
Use this MCP Server
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-hackernews": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"mcp/hackernews-mcp"
]
}
}
}
Manual installation
You can install the MCP server using:
Installation for