io.github.cyanheads/hn-mcp-server

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

Summary by lookupd

Browses Hacker News feeds, threads with nested comments, and user profiles, and runs full-text search across stories, comments, and jobs.

Install

Claude Code, remote (streamable-http)

claude mcp add --transport http hn-mcp-server https://hn.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Claude Code, npm package (stdio)

claude mcp add hn-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/hn-mcp-server

Claude Code, npm package (stdio)

claude mcp add hn-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/hn-mcp-server

Codex, remote (streamable-http)

codex mcp add hn-mcp-server --url https://hn.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Codex, npm package (stdio)

codex mcp add hn-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/hn-mcp-server

Codex, npm package (stdio)

codex mcp add hn-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/hn-mcp-server

Cursor, remote (streamable-http) → .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hn-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://hn.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cursor, npm package (stdio) → .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hn-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/hn-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Cursor, npm package (stdio) → .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hn-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/hn-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Tools (4 tools)

Publisher-provided text

• 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 ba
• 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, dat

Details

• Version: 0.6.0
• Transports: streamable-http, stdio
• Uptime (7 days): 100%
• Median latency: 582 ms
• First indexed: 2026-11-01T09:26:06.052Z
• Last seen in registry: 2026-11-01T09:26:06.805Z
• Repository: https://github.com/cyanheads/hn-mcp-server

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