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Hacker News

An MCP server that provides structured access to Hacker News data including top, best, and new stories, as well as detailed story and user information via the Firebase API.

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Updated
Jan 5, 2026
Validated
Jan 11, 2026

MCP Server for Hacker News

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for fetching Hacker News data.

Resources

  • top-stories
    • Top stories
    • Returns: an array of story IDs
  • best-stoies
    • Best stories
    • Returns: an array of story IDs
  • new-stories
    • New stories
    • Returns: an array of story IDs
  • story
    • A story
    • Input:
      • id: the ID of the story
    • Returns: a story object
  • user
    • A user
    • Input:
      • id: the ID of the user
    • Returns: a user object

Usage with Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hackernews": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-server-hackernews"]
    }
  }
}

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