HN Pulse
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
No arguments | |||
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": true
} |
| logging | {} |
| prompts | {
"listChanged": true
} |
| resources | {
"subscribe": true,
"listChanged": true
} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| HnPulse_GetAskHnB | Fetch recent Ask HN posts — questions posed to the Hacker News community. |
| HnPulse_GetJobListingsA | Fetch current job postings from Hacker News (YC companies and community job posts). |
| HnPulse_GetNewStoriesB | Fetch the most recently submitted stories from Hacker News. |
| HnPulse_GetShowHnA | Fetch recent Show HN posts — projects and tools shared by the HN community. |
| HnPulse_GetStoryDetailsB | Get full details of a Hacker News story including title, URL, score, and top comments. |
| HnPulse_GetTopStoriesA | Fetch the current top stories from Hacker News, ranked by score and recency. |
| HnPulse_GetUserProfileA | Get a Hacker News user's profile: karma, about text, and account creation date. |
| HnPulse_SearchStoriesB | Search Hacker News stories and comments using Algolia full-text search. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
TDQS
Scored across 8 tools
Each tool has a clearly distinct purpose targeting specific Hacker News content types or functions. There is no overlap between fetching different story categories (Ask HN, Show HN, new, top), job listings, story details, user profiles, and search, making tool selection unambiguous.
All tools follow a perfectly consistent naming pattern: 'HnPulse_Get' + [specific resource/action]. This uniform verb_noun structure (with 'Get' as the verb) makes the tool set predictable and easy to understand at a glance.
With 8 tools, this server is well-scoped for its purpose of accessing Hacker News data. It covers the main content categories and essential functions without being overwhelming or sparse, providing a balanced and focused tool surface.
The tool set comprehensively covers reading and searching Hacker News content, including stories, comments, jobs, and user profiles. A minor gap is the lack of write operations (e.g., posting or voting), but these are likely outside the server's intended scope, and the read/search coverage is complete for typical agent workflows.