Hacker News MCP Server

#!/bin/bash # Hacker News MCP Server - Bash Installation Script (for Git Bash on Windows) echo -e "\033[0;32mInstalling Hacker News MCP Server...\033[0m" echo "" # Check if Python is installed echo -e "\033[0;33mChecking Python installation...\033[0m" if ! command -v python &> /dev/null; then echo -e "\033[0;31mERROR: Python is not installed or not in PATH\033[0m" echo -e "\033[0;31mPlease install Python from https://www.python.org/downloads/\033[0m" echo -e "\033[0;31mMake sure to check 'Add Python to PATH' during installation\033[0m" exit 1 fi PYTHON_VERSION=$(python --version 2>&1) echo -e "\033[0;32mFound: $PYTHON_VERSION\033[0m" # Create virtual environment echo "" echo -e "\033[0;33mCreating virtual environment...\033[0m" python -m venv venv if [ ! -f "venv/Scripts/python.exe" ]; then echo -e "\033[0;31mERROR: Failed to create virtual environment\033[0m" exit 1 fi echo -e "\033[0;32mVirtual environment created successfully\033[0m" # Activate virtual environment and install dependencies echo "" echo -e "\033[0;33mInstalling dependencies...\033[0m" venv/Scripts/python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip --quiet venv/Scripts/python.exe -m pip install -r requirements.txt --quiet if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo -e "\033[0;31mERROR: Failed to install dependencies\033[0m" exit 1 fi echo -e "\033[0;32mDependencies installed successfully\033[0m" # Test the installation echo "" echo -e "\033[0;33mTesting installation...\033[0m" TEST_RESULT=$(venv/Scripts/python.exe -c "from mcp.server.fastmcp import FastMCP; print('OK')" 2>&1) if [[ $TEST_RESULT == *"OK"* ]]; then echo -e "\033[0;32mInstallation test passed!\033[0m" else echo -e "\033[0;31mERROR: Installation test failed\033[0m" echo -e "\033[0;31m$TEST_RESULT\033[0m" exit 1 fi # Get absolute paths SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)" PYTHON_PATH="$SCRIPT_DIR/venv/Scripts/python.exe" SERVER_PATH="$SCRIPT_DIR/hackernews_mcp.py" # Convert to Windows paths PYTHON_PATH_WIN=$(cygpath -w "$PYTHON_PATH" 2>/dev/null || echo "$PYTHON_PATH" | sed 's|/c/|C:/|' | sed 's|/|\\|g') SERVER_PATH_WIN=$(cygpath -w "$SERVER_PATH" 2>/dev/null || echo "$SERVER_PATH" | sed 's|/c/|C:/|' | sed 's|/|\\|g') # Display next steps echo "" echo -e "\033[0;36m============================================\033[0m" echo -e "\033[0;32mInstallation Complete!\033[0m" echo -e "\033[0;36m============================================\033[0m" echo "" echo -e "\033[0;33mNext steps:\033[0m" echo "" echo -e "\033[1;37m1. Python path (for Claude Desktop config):\033[0m" echo -e " \033[0;36m$PYTHON_PATH_WIN\033[0m" echo "" echo -e "\033[1;37m2. Server path (for Claude Desktop config):\033[0m" echo -e " \033[0;36m$SERVER_PATH_WIN\033[0m" echo "" echo -e "\033[1;37m3. Add this server to Claude Desktop config:\033[0m" echo -e " Config file location: %APPDATA%\\Claude\\claude_desktop_config.json" echo "" echo -e " Add this entry (use paths from above):" echo -e " \033[0;36m{" echo -e " \"mcpServers\": {" echo -e " \"hackernews\": {" echo -e " \"command\": \"$PYTHON_PATH_WIN\"," echo -e " \"args\": [\"$SERVER_PATH_WIN\"]" echo -e " }" echo -e " }" echo -e " }\033[0m" echo "" echo -e "\033[1;37m4. Restart Claude Desktop\033[0m" echo "" echo -e "\033[0;33mFor detailed instructions, see README.md\033[0m" echo ""