HackerNews API
This MCP implementation, developed by Danny Lee, provides a simple server-client architecture for fetching data from the HackerNews API. Built with Python and leveraging the MCP and Anthropic libraries, it offers tools for retrieving top stories, user information, and story details. The implementation focuses on demonstrating basic MCP functionality while providing a practical interface to a popular news aggregator. By connecting AI models with HackerNews data, this server enables use cases such as content analysis, trend identification, and user behavior studies. It's particularly useful for developers looking to understand MCP architecture or build applications that require programmatic access to HackerNews content through a standardized interface.
Composite of vulnerability cleanliness, spec conformance, provenance, stability, and usage signals — scanned and weighted by Cognium. Human and agent signals are tracked separately. Last scanned 2026-09-28.
Scan details: Circle-IR · 2026-09-28 · Appeal
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- Version
- 1.0.0
- Skill type
- atomic
- Execution layer
- mcp-remote
- Category
- ai-ml
- Source
- PulseMCP
- Repository
- github.com/dannylee1020/toy-mcp
- Author type
- human
- Last scanned
- 2026-09-28
- Updated
- 2026-09-28
Use via MCP
Resolve HackerNews API from your agent
Streamable HTTP transport at https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp. No auth for read tools. Discovery: .well-known/mcp.json.
One command in your shell — Claude Code wires it up and verifies the connection. Run /mcp in any session to confirm.
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp--scope user for --scope project to commit it to .mcp.json.