Hacker News
Provides AI assistants with real-time access to Hacker News stories, comments, searches, and user analytics without requiring API keys.
About
HN-MCP is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server designed to empower Claude Desktop and other AI assistants with seamless, real-time access to Hacker News. It offers capabilities to browse trending stories, perform comprehensive searches across all content, fetch in-depth comment threads, and analyze user activity. Distinguished by its zero-setup approach, HN-MCP requires no API keys or authentication, leveraging smart caching for rapid responses and delivering clean, LLM-optimized data directly from HN's Firebase API and Algolia Search.
Key Features
- Zero-setup Hacker News access (no API keys or registration required).
- Intelligent caching with adaptive TTLs for rapid data retrieval.
- LLM-optimized, structured JSON data formats for AI assistants.
- Comprehensive tools to browse stories, search content, and read nested comments.
- In-depth user profile analysis and Hacker News terminology explanations.
- 3 GitHub stars
Use Cases
- Monitoring YC companies, competitor launches, and market trends for startup founders.
- Analyzing tech sentiment and identifying emerging technologies for market researchers.
- Staying updated on the latest tech tools, frameworks, and best practices for developers.
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