hn-mcp-server MCP

An MCP server that allows agents to browse Hacker News feeds, threads, and user profiles. It supports fetching stories from various feeds (top, new, best, ask, show, jobs), retrieving full comment threads with pagination, looking up user profiles including karma and submissions, and performing full-text searches across stories, comments, polls, and jobs using Algolia.

Package and access

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Community listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by cyanheads

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What you can do with it

Fetch stories from Hacker News feeds like top, new, or jobs
Retrieve full comment threads with depth and pagination controls
Look up user profiles including karma and submission history
Search stories, comments, polls, and jobs by keyword or filters

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.6.0

mcp-registry: io.github.cyanheads/hn-mcp-server@0.6.0 Source repository

Maintenance checked: Oct 31, 2026, 10:27 PM UTC

Packages and installation

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@cyanheads/hn-mcp-server 0.6.0

npmnpx

@cyanheads/hn-mcp-server package definition

{
  "version": "0.6.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "@cyanheads/hn-mcp-server",
  "runtimeHint": "npx",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "HN_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "10",
      "description": "Max concurrent HTTP requests for batch item fetches (integer, 1–50)."
    },
    {
      "name": "MCP_LOG_LEVEL",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "info",
      "description": "Sets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warning')."
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hn-mcp-server-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/hn-mcp-server@0.6.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HN_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT": "<YOUR_HN_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT>",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hn-mcp-server-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/hn-mcp-server@0.6.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HN_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT": "<YOUR_HN_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT>",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "hn-mcp-server-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/hn-mcp-server@0.6.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HN_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT": "<YOUR_HN_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT>",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hn-mcp-server-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/hn-mcp-server@0.6.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HN_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT": "<YOUR_HN_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT>",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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