Schema | Hacker News MCP Server

Hacker News MCP Server

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

Name	Required	Description	Default
`HN_USERNAME`	No	Optional HN username for context
`HN_API_BASE_URL`	No	Firebase API endpoint	https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0
`HN_ALGOLIA_BASE_URL`	No	Algolia search endpoint	https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1

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.

Features and capabilities supported by this server

Protocol revision2025-11-25

Capability	Details
`tools`	{}

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

Name	Description
list_storiesA	Browse Hacker News feeds (top, new, best, ask, show, job) with pagination. Returns titles, URLs, scores, and metadata.
get_itemA	Get any Hacker News item by ID (story, comment, job, poll). Returns full details including text content.
get_commentsA	Get threaded comments for a Hacker News story. Returns comments with indentation showing reply depth. Skips dead and deleted comments.
searchB	Search Hacker News using Algolia. Search stories, comments, or all items by relevance or date.
get_userA	Get a Hacker News user profile by username. Returns karma, account age, about text, and submission count.
get_user_submissionsB	Get recent submissions from a Hacker News user. Can filter by stories or comments.

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

Name	Description
No prompts

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

Name	Description
No resources

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