# HackerNews

> Use this tool when you need to access and analyze HackerNews content, such as searching posts, retrieving trending stories, or accessing user profiles. It solves problems related to content analysis, trend monitoring, and research applications by providing a comprehensive API interface with features like pagination, search operators, and real-time access. With inputs like keywords, filters, and IDs, and outputs like search results, post data, and user information, it is ideal for building HackerNews-integrated tools and applications.

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

## Description

This HackerNews MCP server provides comprehensive access to the HackerNews Algolia API through five specialized tools: search-posts for keyword and filtered searching with advanced tag and numeric filtering, get-front-page for current trending stories, get-latest-posts for chronologically sorted content, get-item for retrieving complete stories or comments with nested comment trees, and get-user for accessing user profiles and karma scores. Built with TypeScript and featuring robust input validation through Zod schemas, timeout handling, and structured error responses, it supports pagination, multiple search operators, and real-time access to HackerNews content, making it useful for content analysis, trend monitoring, research applications, and building HackerNews-integrated tools.

## 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:** monitoring
- **Updated:** 2026-09-19

## Source

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

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

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