Hn MCP Server
io.github.cyanheads/hn-mcp-server
answering
Hn MCP Server is answering right now. Last checked 11 min ago. 445 installs a week from npm. It exposes 4 tools. Last commit 28 Jul 2026.
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Installs per day
peak 273 · avg 31 · +209% w/w
a month agotoday
Uptime history
42 hours of history · worst hour 75%
42 hours agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
4
Tools
read from the server
376 ms
Response time
average over 24h
445
Installs / week
npm and PyPI
Connect this server
Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 11 min ago.
run in your terminal
claude mcp add hn-mcp-server --transport http https://hn.caseyjhand.com/mcp~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"hn-mcp-server": {
"url": "https://hn.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
}
}
}~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.hn-mcp-server]
url = "https://hn.caseyjhand.com/mcp".cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"hn-mcp-server": {
"url": "https://hn.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"hn-mcp-server": {
"url": "https://hn.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
}
}
}Available tools 4
Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on.
If a tool disappears, we record the date.
content
hn_search_content
Search Hacker News stories and comments via Algolia. Filterable by content type, author, date range, and minimum points.
stories
hn_get_stories
Fetch stories from an HN feed (top, new, best, ask, show, jobs), with title, URL, score, author, and comment count for each story.
thread
hn_get_thread
Get an item and its comment tree as a threaded discussion, with child comments resolved recursively. Use depth 0 for an item-only lookup.
user
hn_get_user
Get an HN user profile with karma, about, and optionally their most recent submissions resolved into full items.
Endpoints
| URL | Transport | State | Latency | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://hn.caseyjhand.com/mcp | streamable-http | answering | 364 ms | 11 min ago |
Hn MCP Server — questions
Answers built from our own checks of this server.
What can Hn MCP Server do?
It exposes 4 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: hn_get_stories, hn_get_thread, hn_get_user, hn_search_content. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README.
How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
Is Hn MCP Server working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 376 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect Hn MCP Server?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does Hn MCP Server need an API key?
No. Hn MCP Server completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 4 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is Hn MCP Server?
It answers our handshake in 376 ms on average, which is faster than 37% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
How many people use Hn MCP Server?
The npm package @cyanheads/hn-mcp-server was installed 445 times in the last week. Week over week that is +209%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Hn MCP Server open source?
Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in TypeScript and 4 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.