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The Data Collector MCP Server

io.github.MarcinDudekDev/the-data-collector
answering

The Data Collector is answering right now. Last checked 3 min ago. It exposes 5 tools.

Search Hacker News, Bluesky, and Substack from a single MCP interface

The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private.

Uptime history 41 hours of history · worst hour 0%
41 hours agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
5
Tools
read from the server
103 ms
Response time
average over 24h
open, no key
Access
streamable-http

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 3 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add the-data-collector --transport http https://frog03-20494.wykr.es/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "the-data-collector": {
      "url": "https://frog03-20494.wykr.es/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.the-data-collector]
url = "https://frog03-20494.wykr.es/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "the-data-collector": {
      "url": "https://frog03-20494.wykr.es/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "the-data-collector": {
      "url": "https://frog03-20494.wykr.es/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 5

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

bluesky
bluesky_search
Search public Bluesky posts by keyword. Free, no token required. Returns post text, author handle and engagement counts. For bulk profile/feed extraction use the Bluesky scraper on Apify.
hn
hn_search
Search Hacker News stories and comments by keyword. Free, no token required. Returns title, url, points, author, comment count. Provided by Web Data Labs (https://web-data-labs.com).
scraper
run_scraper
Run a Web Data Labs scraper on the Apify platform and return the dataset items. IMPORTANT: this runs on YOUR OWN Apify account using the apifyToken you pass -- the data and the billing are yours, and we never run it on our account. Get a free token at https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations. Use list_scrapers first to find the actor name and its input fields.
scrapers
list_scrapers
List the Web Data Labs scraper catalogue on the Apify Store -- 50+ maintained scrapers (LinkedIn jobs, Twitter/X, Amazon, Google Maps, Shopify, YouTube, Instagram, Reddit and more) with what each does, its per-result price and its Store URL. Free, no token required. Call this first to find the right actor, then run it with run_scraper.
substack
substack_search
Search Substack newsletter posts by keyword. Free, no token required. Returns title, subtitle, publication, url and reaction count.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://frog03-20494.wykr.es/mcp streamable-http answering 84 ms 3 min ago

The Data Collector — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can The Data Collector do?
It exposes 5 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: bluesky_search, hn_search, list_scrapers, run_scraper, substack_search. 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 The Data Collector 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 103 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
Is The Data Collector still maintained?
The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private. We show this because it changes what you can expect: an unmaintained server may keep answering for months and then stop without warning.
How do I connect The Data Collector?
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 The Data Collector need an API key?
No. The Data Collector completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 5 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is The Data Collector?
It answers our handshake in 103 ms on average, which is faster than 83% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.