# Hacker News

> Use this tool when you need to access and search Hacker News content, solve problems related to tech news aggregation and research, and integrate story search and thread retrieval into your workflows. It provides inputs such as search queries and story IDs, and outputs relevant stories, threads, and user data through the Algolia HN Search API. Use it in contexts where you require up-to-date tech news, community discussions, and user insights for informed decision-making or research purposes.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/isteamhq-hacker-news  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/isteamhq-hacker-news

## Description

Provides access to Hacker News content through the Algolia HN Search API, enabling story search, thread retrieval, and user data queries. Supports fetching top stories, Ask HN and Show HN posts, and comment threads for tech news aggregation and research workflows. Built by is.team as part of their developer tooling suite.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.65
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-02

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** search
- **Updated:** 2026-09-02

## Source

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

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/isteamhq-hacker-news` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/isteamhq-hacker-news/pull`

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