# Hacker News MCP Server

> Use this tool when you need to fetch specific data from Hacker News, such as top stories, user information, or comments, to provide accurate and up-to-date information to users. It solves problems related to accessing and processing large amounts of data from the platform, and provides outputs in a format compatible with AI assistants. The tool accepts inputs through the Model Context Protocol and returns relevant data, making it ideal for use cases that require real-time information from Hacker News.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/davidvgilmore-hn-mcp-server  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/davidvgilmore-hn-mcp-server

## Description

Enables AI assistants to fetch top, new, best, Ask HN, Show HN, and job stories, as well as specific posts, comments, and user information from Hacker News through the Model Context Protocol.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.68
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-03

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** other
- **Updated:** 2026-09-03

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/tsyq59zxb8)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/davidvgilmore/hn-mcp-server>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "davidvgilmore-hn-mcp-server"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/davidvgilmore-hn-mcp-server` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/davidvgilmore-hn-mcp-server/pull`

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