Hacker News Companion MCP
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) for summarizing Hacker News discussions using Claude.
Overview
This MCP fetches and processes Hacker News discussions, preparing them in a format that Claude can use to generate high-quality summaries. It handles both the hierarchical structure of comments and their metadata (scores, downvotes, etc.) to help Claude understand the relative importance and relationships of different comments.
Features
- Process Hacker News URLs or post IDs
- Download and analyze comment structure from HN
- Score comments based on community engagement
- Format data optimized for Claude's summarization
Installation
Installing via Smithery
To install Hacker News Companion for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
Manual Installation
- Clone the repository:Copy
- Install dependencies:Copy
Usage
CLI
Example:
API Server
Start the server:
Make a request:
API Reference
POST /api/summarize
Request body:
Response:
Integration with Claude
This MCP is designed to prepare data for Claude to summarize. When a user asks Claude to summarize a Hacker News discussion, Claude can call this MCP to get the formatted data and then generate a summary based on the provided system and user prompts.
License
MIT
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remote-capable server
The server can be hosted and run remotely because it primarily relies on remote services or has no dependency on the local environment.
Fetches and processes Hacker News discussions to prepare them for Claude to generate high-quality summaries, handling comment structure and metadata to help Claude understand the relative importance of different comments.
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