devfeed-mcp
A personalized dev community reader for AI assistants. Like RSS, but for Hacker News, Lobsters, Reddit, and Dev.to — and your AI does the reading for you.
Define your interests once, then ask your AI assistant what's happening across all your communities in a single conversation.
Quick Start
Claude Code / Claude Desktop
claude mcp add devfeed-mcp -- npx devfeed-mcp
Manual (any MCP client)
{
"mcpServers": {
"devfeed-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["devfeed-mcp"]
}
}
}
No API keys. No accounts. No config required to start.
What Can It Do?
Unified Digest Across All Sources
> What's interesting in my dev communities today?
## Hacker News
- **Claude Code Unpacked** (994 pts, 353 comments) [ai-agents, mcp]
- **Axios compromised on NPM** (1900 pts, 780 comments) [supply-chain-security]
## Lobsters
- Rust 2026 Edition stabilized (42 pts, 18 comments) [rust, programming]
## Reddit
- Show: I built an MCP server for... (342 pts, 89 comments, r/ClaudeAI) [MCP server]
## Dev.to
- Building AI Agents with TypeScript (156 reactions, 23 comments) [ai, typescript]
HN Reply Notifications
HN has no notifications. This is the most-requested feature in HN history.
> Check my HN replies
2 new replies for your-username:
[simonw | 2h ago] on your comment about agent sandboxing:
"Interesting approach with the worktrees..."
Who is Hiring? Filter
The monthly HN hiring thread has 500+ comments. Stop Ctrl+F'ing.
> Search Who is Hiring for remote TypeScript
Found 12 postings matching "remote TypeScript":
Acme Corp | Remote (US) | Senior Full-Stack Engineer | TypeScript, React
We're building AI-powered developer tools...
Cross-Platform Search
> Search all communities for "MCP server"
## Hacker News
- Show HN: Real-time dashboard for Claude Code agent teams (55 pts)
## Lobsters
- MCP protocol deep dive (28 pts, 12 comments)
## Reddit
- Anyone using MCP servers in production? (89 pts, r/ClaudeAI)
## Dev.to
- How to Build Your First MCP Server (42 reactions)
Thread Intelligence
Understand a 300-comment thread before diving in.
> Summarize the Claude Code thread
"Claude Code Unpacked" — 994 pts, 353 comments
Most Discussed Comments (by reply count):
- [amangsingh] (15 replies): "500K LOC proves LLMs struggle..."
- [troupo] (12 replies): "A TUI wrapper should need 20-50K LOC..."
All Tools
Unified (cross-platform)
| Tool | What It Does |
|---|---|
feed_digest | Personalized digest across all sources |
feed_search | Search all platforms at once |
Hacker News
| Tool | What It Does |
|---|---|
hn_replies | Reply notifications (the missing feature) |
hn_top / hn_ask / hn_show | Story listings |
hn_thread | Full comment tree |
hn_thread_summary | Key participants and debates |
hn_thread_search | Search within a thread |
hn_who_is_hiring | Filter the hiring thread |
hn_my_activity | Your recent comments/submissions |
hn_user | User profile lookup |
hn_story | Story details |
hn_search | Search via Algolia |
Lobsters
| Tool | What It Does |
|---|---|
lobsters_hot / lobsters_newest | Story listings |
lobsters_thread | Story comments |
lobsters_tag | Stories by tag |
| Tool | What It Does |
|---|---|
reddit_subreddit | Posts from any subreddit |
reddit_thread | Post + comments |
reddit_search | Search posts |
Dev.to
| Tool | What It Does |
|---|---|
devto_top / devto_latest | Article listings |
devto_tag | Articles by tag |
devto_thread | Article + comments |
Personalization
Create ~/.devfeed.yaml to personalize your experience:
# Platform usernames
hackernews: your-hn-username
reddit: your-reddit-username
# Topics (matched across all sources)
topics:
- ai-agents
- developer-tools
- open-source
# Keywords to match in titles
keywords:
- "Claude Code"
- "MCP server"
- TypeScript
# HN users to follow
hn_follow:
- tptacek
- patio11
# Reddit subreddits for your digest
subreddits:
- programming
- ClaudeAI
- LocalLLaMA
# Dev.to tags
devto_tags:
- ai
- typescript
See example.devfeed.yaml for a full example.
All data stored locally in ~/.devfeed/. No server, no telemetry.
Why This Exists
I've had accounts on these platforms for years. The reading experience across all of them is fragmented — different UIs, no unified notifications, no way to filter by what I actually care about.
This gives my AI assistant read access to all my dev communities so I can stay on top of conversations without context-switching between four browser tabs.
Tech
- TypeScript
- HN Firebase API + Algolia Search
- Lobsters JSON API
- Reddit Public JSON API
- Dev.to Forem API
- MCP SDK
- Zero external auth required
- All state stored locally
License
MIT
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