# Hacker News MCP

> Use this tool when you need to extract and organize data from Hacker News, parsing HTML content to provide structured data for various story types, including top, new, ask, show, and jobs stories. It solves problems related to data scraping and organization, providing outputs in a machine-readable format. Ideal for applications requiring real-time or historical data from Hacker News, such as trend analysis or content aggregation.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/pskill9-hn-server  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pskill9-hn-server

## Description

Parses the HTML content from news.ycombinator.com (Hacker News) and provides structured data for different types of stories (top, new, ask, show, jobs).

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.96
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-19

## Facts

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

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/oge85xl22f)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/pskill9/hn-server>

## 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": "pskill9-hn-server"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pskill9-hn-server` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pskill9-hn-server/pull`

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