Hacker News

Hacker News Get User Activity

Get a Hacker News user's full profile and their recent submission activity. Returns karma, bio, account creation date, total submission count, and the most recent N submissions hydrated with titles, scores, and comment counts. Use this to understand what a user has been posting and how active they are.

Hacker News List Comments

Browse Hacker News comments using filters — no keyword query needed. Filter by author, story ID (for all comments on a thread), date range, and minimum points. Use this to list recent comments or browse a story's discussion. For keyword search within comments, use the comment keyword search tool instead.

Hacker News List Stories

Browse Hacker News stories using filters — no keyword query needed. Filter by tags (story, show_hn, ask_hn, front_page), author, date range, min points/comments. Sort by relevance, date, points, or comments. Use this when you want to browse or filter stories without searching for specific keywords. For keyword search, use the story keyword search tool. For the live HN front page ranked lists, use the Firebase ranked-stories tool (top, best, new, Show HN, Ask HN, jobs).

Hacker News Search By Date

Search Hacker News content sorted by date (most recent first). Use 1-3 short keywords. Complex queries are automatically simplified if they return 0 results. Returns results chronologically. Best for finding recent content. For relevance-ranked keyword search, use the story keyword search tool. For browsing without a keyword, use the filtered story listing tool with sort_by='date'.

Hacker News Search Comments

Search Hacker News comments by keyword. Uses Algolia keyword search — use 1-2 short keywords, NOT long multi-word queries. Complex queries are automatically simplified if they return 0 results. When searching within a specific story thread (using story_id filter), keep the query to 1-2 words. To find different types of content in a thread, make multiple calls with different single keywords rather than one call with many keywords.

Hacker News Search Stories

Search Hacker News stories by keyword. Uses Algolia keyword search — use 1-3 short keywords, not long natural language queries. Returns results ranked by relevance, then points. Filter by tags (story, show_hn, ask_hn, front_page), author, date range, and minimum points/comments. Complex multi-word queries are automatically simplified if they return 0 results. For browsing without a keyword, use the filtered story listing tool instead. For date-sorted search results, use the date-sorted search to

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 HN, or job stories as ranked by the HN algorithm. Each story includes title, URL, author, score, and comment count. Use 'top' for the front page, 'best' for highest-voted, 'new' for latest, 'show' for Show HN product launches, 'ask' for Ask HN discussions, 'job' for YC job postings. This is the best starting point for discovering what's trending right now.

Hacker News Updates

Get recently changed items and user profiles on Hacker News. Returns items that were recently modified (new comments, score changes) and profiles that were updated. Use this to monitor real-time activity and find stories with active discussions.