# Hacker News Companion

> Use this tool when you need to quickly understand key insights from lengthy Hacker News threads without reading all comments. It analyzes comment hierarchies and scores based on community engagement metrics, then formats data for high-quality summarization. The Hacker News Companion takes in discussion threads and outputs optimized, summarized data via a CLI or JSON-RPC server interface.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/georgeck-hn-companion  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/georgeck-hn-companion

## Description

HN Companion MCP is a server that fetches and processes Hacker News discussions, preparing them for Claude to generate high-quality summaries. It analyzes the hierarchical structure of comments, scores them based on community engagement metrics (upvotes, downvotes, replies), and formats the data optimally for summarization. The implementation includes both a CLI for direct use and a JSON-RPC server that follows the Model Context Protocol specification, making it particularly valuable for users who want to quickly understand key insights from lengthy HN threads without reading all comments.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.97
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-19

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** monitoring
- **Updated:** 2026-09-19

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/georgeck-hn-companion)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/georgeck/hn-companion-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": "georgeck-hn-companion"
    }
  }
}
```

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

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