Provides search capabilities for Hacker News content via Algolia's API.
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Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type
@followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@hackernews-mcpsearch Hacker News for 'Rust async'"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
Hacker News MCP
An MCP server that lets an LLM search and read Hacker News, backed by HN's free Algolia search API. Point Claude (or any MCP client) at it and ask things like "search HN for Rust async" or "summarize the top comments on this thread."
Status: the
search_hackernewstool is live (M1). Aget_hackernews_threadcompanion tool lands in M3, and full docs in M4.
Development
This project uses uv for package management.
# Install dependencies (including dev tools) into a local .venv
uv sync --extra dev
# Run the test suite
uv run pytest
# Lint, format-check, and type-check
uv run ruff check .
uv run ruff format --check .
uv run pyrightAll four checks (ruff check, ruff format --check, pyright, pytest) run
in CI on every pull request and push to main, and must pass to merge.
Requires Python 3.11+.
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