# HackerNews MCP Server

> Use this tool when you need to access and analyze HackerNews content, including stories, comments, and user information, to solve problems such as content discovery, trend analysis, and community insight. It provides comprehensive access to all HackerNews API endpoints with 15 specialized tools, accepting search queries and API requests as inputs and returning relevant content and data as outputs. Ideal for use cases requiring in-depth analysis of HackerNews data, such as market research, social media monitoring, and content curation.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/wei-hn-mcp-server-vibe  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/wei-hn-mcp-server-vibe

## Description

Enables AI assistants to search, retrieve, and interact with HackerNews content including stories, comments, polls, and user information. Provides comprehensive access to all HackerNews API endpoints with 15 specialized tools for content discovery and analysis.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.99
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** search
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/x2odlu90z5)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/wei/hn-mcp-server-vibe>

## 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-hn-mcp-server-vibe"
    }
  }
}
```

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

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