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mcp-hackernews

MCP server for Hacker News — search, read, and watch topics for what is new since you last looked.

Tools

Tool

Description

hn_search

Search Hacker News (Algolia) with tag/points/date filters

hn_get_item

Get a single item (story, comment, poll, or job)

hn_get_thread

Expand a story's comment tree

hn_get_stories

List a curated feed (top/new/best/ask/show/job)

hn_get_user

Get a user's profile

hn_list_watches

List saved topic watches

hn_check_new

Items matching a watch since its watermark (read-only)

hn_watch_topic

Create or update a topic watch

hn_mark_seen

Advance a watch's watermark

hn_delete_watch

Delete a watch

Related MCP server: HN-MCP

Install

python3 -m venv venv
venv/bin/pip install -e .
venv/bin/pip install -e ".[systemd]"  # optional: journald logging

Configuration

HOST=127.0.0.1
PORT=8800
HN_MCP_DB=/var/lib/mcp-hackernews/watches.db  # watch store

License

Apache-2.0

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