# Hacker News MCP

Enable seamless interaction with Hacker News directly from Claude Desktop. Browse latest, top, and best stories, view detailed story information, and read comments with clean formatting for enhanced …

## Quick Start

```bash
# Connect this server (installs CLI if needed)
npx -y @smithery/cli@latest mcp add imprvhub/mcp-claude-hackernews

# Browse available tools
npx -y @smithery/cli@latest tool list imprvhub/mcp-claude-hackernews

# Get full schema for a tool
npx -y @smithery/cli@latest tool get imprvhub/mcp-claude-hackernews hn_latest

# Call a tool
npx -y @smithery/cli@latest tool call imprvhub/mcp-claude-hackernews hn_latest '{}'
```

## Tools (5)

- `hn_latest` — Get the latest/newest stories from Hacker News
- `hn_top` — Get the top-ranked stories from Hacker News
- `hn_best` — Get the best stories from Hacker News
- `hn_story` — Get details for a specific story by ID
- `hn_comments` — Get comments for a story (by story ID or index from last story list)

```bash
# Get full input/output schema for a tool
npx -y @smithery/cli@latest tool get imprvhub/mcp-claude-hackernews <tool-name>
```

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Source: https://github.com/imprvhub/mcp-claude-hackernews | License: MPL-2.0