# Hacker News

> Use this tool when you need to access and analyze current tech discussions, trending topics, or community insights from Hacker News. It solves problems related to researching and incorporating real-time information into AI responses through its core tools, which accept inputs like story counts, keywords, and time ranges, and output structured data in JSON or readable text. This tool is ideal for AI assistants requiring up-to-date information on technology and community trends.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/georgenance-hackernews  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/georgenance-hackernews

## Description

This Hacker News MCP server by George Nance provides AI assistants with structured access to Hacker News content through four core tools: fetching top stories with configurable counts, retrieving detailed story information with optional markdown content extraction, getting popular comments with filtering by score and depth, and searching recent stories by keywords within specified time ranges. The implementation includes robust security features like private IP blocking and input validation, uses axios for reliable API communication with the official Hacker News API, and formats responses as clean JSON or readable text depending on the tool. It's particularly valuable for AI assistants that need to research current tech discussions, analyze trending topics, or incorporate real-time community insights from Hacker News into their responses.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.95
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** security
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

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

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/georgenance-hackernews` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/georgenance-hackernews/pull`

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