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hn-server

Marketing and sales teams that follow technology discussions and launches on Hacker News.

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  • 40gitHub stars
  • MITlicence
  • 22 months agolast update
claude mcp add hacker-news -- node /path/to/hn-server/build/index.js
README.md

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What it does

An MCP server that reads Hacker News pages and returns structured data for top, new, ask, show and job stories. Each story includes its title, link, points, author, timestamp and comment count, and you choose how many stories to return. It parses the public HTML of news.ycombinator.com.

Use cases

  1. 01Pull the current top stories on Hacker News
  2. 02Check new Show HN posts in your field
  3. 03List job posts from the jobs page

Questions about
hn-server.

What is hn-server used for?

Marketing and sales teams that follow technology discussions and launches on Hacker News. An MCP server that reads Hacker News pages and returns structured data for top, new, ask, show and job stories. Each story includes its title, link, points, author, timestamp and comment count, and you choose how many stories to return. It parses the public HTML of news.ycombinator.com.

How do I install hn-server?

Run this in your terminal: claude mcp add hacker-news -- node /path/to/hn-server/build/index.js

Is hn-server open source?

Yes. The code is on GitHub (pskill9/hn-server) under the MIT licence.

Is hn-server safe to use?

It passed our automatic scan for credential theft, hidden instructions and risky install commands. Third party open source software. Sabemos AI does not maintain it. Check the code and permissions before you connect it to company data.