Hacker News MCP by Nova (CIVAI) is answering right now. Last checked 10 min ago. It exposes 12 tools.
Browse Hacker News from chat: top stories, search, read comment threads, and post or upvote when yo…
What changed 91
Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 3 November 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.
Hacker News MCP by Nova (CIVAI) does not always answer
Over the last week it answered 98.2% of our checks. We check every 15 minutes, so you hear about the next outage within the hour — not from your users.
Connect this server
Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 10 min ago.
claude mcp add mcp-hacker_news --transport http https://nova.civai.co/mcp/agents/mcp-hacker_newshttps://nova.civai.co/mcp/agents/mcp-hacker_news[mcp_servers.mcp-hacker_news]
url = "https://nova.civai.co/mcp/agents/mcp-hacker_news"{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-hacker_news": {
"url": "https://nova.civai.co/mcp/agents/mcp-hacker_news"
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"mcp-hacker_news": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://nova.civai.co/mcp/agents/mcp-hacker_news"
}
}
}Available tools 12
Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on.
If a tool disappears, we record the date.
best_stories
browse_feed
get_item
login
new_stories
post_comment
session_status
search_stories
submit_story
top_stories
upvote
get_user
Tools removed
Tools this server used to expose. Anything built against them stopped working on the day they went.
hacker_news
Endpoints
| URL | Transport | State | Latency | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://nova.civai.co/mcp/agents/mcp-hacker_news | streamable-http | answering | 559 ms | 10 min ago |
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