Hacker News MCP Server

MCP server for Hacker News. Lets AI agents fetch top, new, best, Ask HN, and Show HN stories, read comment threads, and look up items and users via the official Firebase API. Useful for tracking tech trends, summarizing discussions, and research into what the developer community is talking about.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hackernews": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "hackernews-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "type"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Story feed type (top, new, best, ask, show, job)"
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Number of stories to return"
    }
  }
}

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Hacker News item ID"
    }
  }
}