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Hacker News

Hacker News MCP Connector for Claude

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Explore tech news via Hacker News — fetch top and new stories, retrieve detailed item contents, and read comments directly from any AI agent.

3 tools Official Updated Jun 28, 2026 Official Vinkius Partner
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Connect to Hacker News (Y Combinator) and take full control of your tech news consumption, discussion auditing, and trend tracking through natural conversation.

What you can do

  • Front Page Orchestration — Fetch current Top stories to retrieve popular social links, titles, scores, and author metadata natively within your chat
  • Real-time Submission Tracking — Iterate through chronological submissions to discover cutting-edge tech updates and new project launches flawlessly
  • Detailed Item Auditing — Read the full contents of specific HN items (stories, comments, or polls) by their numeric IDs to extract exact textual context
  • Clean Comment Retrieval — Retrieve discussion threads with HTML comments converted cleanly into Markdown, allowing your AI agent to reason with structured conversations limitlessly
  • Story Metadata Inspection — Analyze specific node blocks identifying submission times, URL references, and total comment counts synchronously
  • Trend Discovery — Identify high-ranking tech discussions and gather required IDs to browse and discover ongoing community debates natively

How it works

  1. Subscribe to this server
  2. No authentication required (Public API)
  3. Start exploring tech news from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client

Who is this for?

  • Developers & Engineers — stay updated on the latest tech trends and library releases without manual browsing
  • Product Managers — monitor community feedback and discover new product launches using natural language conversation
  • Researchers — audit discussion threads and extract key insights from tech-focused community debates in real-time
  • Curious Professionals — quickly summarize top stories and read insightful comments through the chat interface
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3 tools expose this connector's capabilities to your AI agent.

top_stories

Fetch the current Top stories on the Hacker News front page

new_stories

Fetch the most recently submitted stories on Hacker News

get_item

Read the detailed contents of a specific Hacker News item (a story, comment, or poll) by its ID. Returns HTML comments converted cleanly to Markdown

See how to talk to your AI agent using Hacker News.

Show me the top 5 stories on Hacker News right now

Retrieving top stories... I found 5 trending items including 'Release of New AI Protocol' (Score: 450) and 'Advancements in Fusion Energy'. Would you like the link or comments for any of these?

Get details and comments for HN item 123456

Retrieving item 123456... Title: 'Mastering Rust for Systems Programming'. I've also fetched 10 top-level comments discussing memory safety and performance. Would you like me to summarize the discussion?

What are the newest submissions on tech launches?

Checking newest stories... I found several recent submissions including 'Show HN: A new open-source database' and 'Beta release of WebFramework X'. I can provide the IDs if you want to track their progress.

Yes. This server uses the public Hacker News API, which does not require authentication. You can start exploring stories and comments immediately after subscribing.

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