Hacker News MCP Server
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides tools for fetching stories from Hacker News. This server parses the HTML content from news.ycombinator.com and provides structured data for different types of stories (top, new, ask, show, jobs).
Features
- Fetch different types of stories (top, new, ask, show, jobs)
- Get structured data including titles, URLs, points, authors, timestamps, and comment counts
- Configurable limit on number of stories returned
- Clean error handling and validation
Installation
- Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/pskill9/hn-server
cd hn-server- Install dependencies:
npm install- Build the server:
npm run build- Add to your MCP settings configuration file (location depends on your system):
For VSCode Claude extension:
{
"mcpServers": {
"hacker-news": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["/path/to/hn-server/build/index.js"]
}
}
}Usage
The server provides a tool called get_stories that can be used to fetch stories from Hacker News.
