# Hacker News MCP Server

> Hacker News MCP Server — fritzprix-hn-mcp. Use this tool when you need to access Hacker News data, such as browsing stories, inspecting items, and retrieving user profiles, to gather information, track trends, or analyze community engagement. It provides a convenient interface to the official Firebase API, allowing for seamless integration with LLMs. By leveraging this tool, you can unlock valuable insights from Hacker News data, enabling informed decision-making and research.

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

## Description

Enables LLMs to browse Hacker News stories, inspect items, and look up user profiles via the official Firebase API.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.69
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-08-29

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** ai-ml
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/ya4p6piwcw)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/fritzprix/hn-mcp>

## 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": "fritzprix-hn-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

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

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