hn-hiring-trends-mcp
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": false
} |
| prompts | {
"listChanged": false
} |
| resources | {
"subscribe": false,
"listChanged": false
} |
| experimental | {} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| hiring_threadsB | List the monthly 'Who is hiring?' threads available, with comment counts and links. |
| hiring_snapshotB | One month at a glance: number of job posts, remote/hybrid/onsite and visa shares, the most requested skills, and salary ranges where posts state them. |
| skill_demandA | Month-by-month share of job posts that mention each skill, with the change from the oldest to the newest month read. |
| rising_skillsB | Which skills gained or lost demand: compares the share of posts mentioning ~70 known skills in the recent half of the period with the earlier half. |
| search_jobsA | Find job posts that mention all the given terms, optionally remote-only or visa-sponsoring. Returns company, the post's header line, salary if stated, and a link. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| monthly_hiring_report | A short, shareable report on one month of HN hiring. |
| skill_outlook | Should I learn X? Demand trend for a few skills. |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
TDQS
Scored across 5 tools
The job-listing tools (hiring_threads, search_jobs) are clearly distinct, but the analytics trio overlaps: rising_skills (recent vs earlier half), skill_demand (month-by-month shares + change), and hiring_snapshot (which also reports most-requested skills) all report skill-demand information. An agent could easily pick the wrong one for a given question.
All names are lowercase snake_case and readable, forming a coherent set with recurring 'hiring_' and 'skill' prefixes. Only minor deviation: search_jobs is verb_noun while the others are noun phrases, but the style stays consistent.
Five tools is well-scoped for a niche analytics server; each covers a distinct slice (thread listing, job search, monthly snapshot, skill trends, skill change).
The surface covers the main analytical needs: discovering threads, searching posts, monthly aggregation, and skill trends over time. Minor gaps remain (e.g. no company-level aggregation or filtering by thread directly in search), but core workflows are supported.