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Hacker News

Hacker News is a social news website focusing on computer science and entrepreneurship. Browse live ranked lists (top, best, new, Show HN, Ask HN, jobs) via the Firebase API, search stories and comments by keyword via the Algolia API, filter by date/points/author, fetch items with optional comment trees, explore user profiles and submission history, and monitor real-time activity.

This Hacker News MCP server is compatible with any MCP client including Claude Desktop, Cursor, and other Model Context Protocol implementations.

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Hacker News — stories, comments, users, search

Tools From This Provider (10)

Hacker News Updates

Get recently changed items and user profiles on Hacker News. Returns items that were recently modified (new comments,...

Hacker News Top Stories

Get the current ranked story lists from Hacker News — no query needed. Returns the live top, best, new, Ask HN, Show...

Hacker News Get User Activity

Get a Hacker News user's full profile and their recent submission activity. Returns karma, bio, account creation date,...

Hacker News Search By Date

Search Hacker News content sorted by date (most recent first). Use 1-3 short keywords. Complex queries are...

Hacker News Fetch Item

Fetch a Hacker News story, comment, or poll by ID. By default returns lightweight metadata from Firebase: title, URL,...

Hacker News Fetch User

Fetch a Hacker News user profile. Returns username, karma score, bio/about text, account creation date, and total...

Hacker News List Comments

Browse Hacker News comments using filters — no keyword query needed. Filter by author, story ID (for all comments on a...

Hacker News Search Stories

Search Hacker News stories by keyword. Uses Algolia keyword search — use 1-3 short keywords, not long natural language...

Hacker News Search Comments

Search Hacker News comments by keyword. Uses Algolia keyword search — use 1-2 short keywords, NOT long multi-word...

Hacker News List Stories

Browse Hacker News stories using filters — no keyword query needed. Filter by tags (story, show_hn, ask_hn,...

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AddedDecember 3, 2025

UpdatedMarch 18, 2026

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