HN Companion
Createdgeorgeck
Prepares Hacker News discussions for summarization by language models like Claude.
About
HN Companion is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) designed to facilitate the summarization of Hacker News discussions using large language models. By fetching and processing HN comments, structuring them hierarchically, and scoring them based on community engagement, it provides an optimized data format for language models to generate high-quality summaries. The tool handles the nuances of comment threads and metadata, enabling a comprehensive understanding of the discussion's key points and sentiment.
Key Features
- Downloads and analyzes comment structure from HN
- Formats data optimized for Claude's summarization
- Processes Hacker News URLs or post IDs
- Scores comments based on community engagement
- Provides system and user prompts for summarization
Use Cases
- Automating the process of extracting key insights from Hacker News threads.
- Summarizing Hacker News discussions with Claude.
- Integrating Hacker News summarization into other applications.
