Hacker News FAQs

Question 1

What is the Hacker News tool designed for?

Accepted Answer

The Hacker News tool is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server designed to give AI assistants real-time access to Hacker News content, including stories, comments, and search functionality.

Question 2

Is this tool suitable for general web scraping beyond Hacker News?

Accepted Answer

No, this tool is specifically built to interact with and extract data from Hacker News. While categorized under 'Web Scraping & Data Collection', its functionality is focused solely on the Hacker News platform.

Question 3

What specific Hacker News content can my AI access?

Accepted Answer

Your AI assistant can fetch the latest top stories, retrieve detailed information for any story (including comments and markdown from linked articles), access popular comments, and search recent stories by keywords across titles, content, and URLs.

Question 4

Can I search for specific stories on Hacker News using this tool?

Accepted Answer

Yes, the tool includes a powerful search function that allows your AI to query recent Hacker News stories by keywords, with options to specify time ranges and limit the number of results returned.

Question 5

How does this tool integrate with AI assistants?

Accepted Answer

It integrates via the Model Context Protocol (MCP), allowing AI clients like Claude Desktop to execute specific commands and retrieve structured Hacker News data directly, enabling dynamic, real-time interactions.

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