# hn-search

> hn-search — trenhol54-hn-search. Use this tool when you need to search through a vast repository of Hacker News stories and comments for specific information or keywords. It solves problems of finding relevant discussions, comments, or stories on Hacker News by providing instant full-text search results. The tool takes in search queries as input and outputs relevant search results ranked by BM25 algorithm.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/trenhol54-hn-search  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/trenhol54-hn-search

## Description

Full-text search across 49M Hacker News stories and comments, powered by Postgres with BM25 ranking for instant results.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.91
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** container
- **Runtime environment:** vm
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [GitHub](https://github.com/trenhol54/hn-search)

## 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": "trenhol54-hn-search"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/trenhol54-hn-search` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/trenhol54-hn-search/pull`

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