Hacker News MCP Server

1# Hacker News MCP Server
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5A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides tools for fetching information from Hacker News.
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9## Tools
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11- `get_stories` Fetching (top, new, ask_hn, show_hn) stories
12- `get_story_info` Fetching comments associated with a story
13- `search_stories` Searching for stories by query
14- `get_user_info` Fetching user info
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16## Example Usage
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18Use prompts like the following:
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20```
21User: Get the top stories of today
22  Output: Uses `get_stories` tool and returns a story about AI
23User: What does the details of the story today that talks about the future of AI
24  Output: Uses `get_story_info` tool based on the results of the previous tool
25User: What has the user `pg` been up to?
26  Output: Uses `get_user_info` tool and returns a summary of the user's activity
27User: What does hackernews say about careers in AI?
28  Output: Uses `search_stories` tool and returns a summary of the comments
29```
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31A more detailed example with the puppeteer MCP server:
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33```
34User: What are the top stories of today?
35  Output: Uses `get_stories` tool and returns a story about AI
36User: Can you use the puppeteer tool to read the article about <AI> and also use the hackernews tool to view the comments and give me a summary of what the main comments are about the article?
37  Output: Uses puppeteer tool to read the article about AI and then uses the `get_story_info` hn tool to get the comments and returns a summary of the comments
38```
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40## Quickstart
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42### Installing via Smithery
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44To install Hacker News MCP Server for Claude Desktop automatically via [Smithery](https://smithery.ai/server/mcp-hn):
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46```bash
47npx -y @smithery/cli install mcp-hn --client claude
48```
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50### Claude Desktop:
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52Update the following:
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54On MacOS: `~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`
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56On Windows: `%APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`
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58With the following for production:
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60```json
61{
62  "mcpServers": {
63    "mcp-hn": {
64      "command": "uvx",
65      "args": ["mcp-hn"]
66    }
67  }
68}
69```
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