# Hacker News MCP

> Use this tool when you need to access and interact with Hacker News content directly from your desktop. It solves the problem of manually browsing the Hacker News website by allowing you to browse latest, top, and best stories, and view comments with clean formatting using natural language or commands. With input options including natural language and commands, and output including detailed story information and formatted comments, use it to streamline your Hacker News browsing experience.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/imprvhub-mcp-claude-hackernews  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/imprvhub-mcp-claude-hackernews

## Description

Enable seamless interaction with Hacker News directly from Claude Desktop. Browse latest, top, and best stories, view detailed story information, and read comments with clean formatting for enhanced readability. Access Hacker News content effortlessly using natural language or commands.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.50
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** container
- **Runtime environment:** vm
- **Category:** other
- **Updated:** 2026-05-12

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Smithery](https://smithery.ai/server/imprvhub/mcp-claude-hackernews)

## 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": "imprvhub-mcp-claude-hackernews"
    }
  }
}
```

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

---
SkillsRegistry indexes agent skills from public registries and GitHub. Skills we have analysed are scanned with Circle-IR and scored on six dimensions; each listing states its scan coverage. More: https://skillsregistry.net/llms.txt