HackList MCP Server

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HackList is answering right now. Last checked 1 min ago. 87 installs a week from npm. It exposes 8 tools. Last commit 23 Oct 2026.

Live AI & Web3 hackathons, grants and programs from HackList, ranked for what's worth entering.

Installs per day peak 31 · avg 1

a month agotoday

Uptime history 13 days of history · worst day 99%

13 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

92 of 92 checks

Tools

read from the server

203 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Installs / week

npm and PyPI

HackList missed one check this week

Everything else answered, so this is steady rather than shaky. We check every 15 minutes, which is how a one-off gets told apart from the start of a pattern, and how you hear about the next one within the hour instead of 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 1 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add hacklist-mcp --transport http https://hacklist-mcp.samuelsuccess234.workers.dev/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://hacklist-mcp.samuelsuccess234.workers.dev/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.hacklist-mcp]
url = "https://hacklist-mcp.samuelsuccess234.workers.dev/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hacklist-mcp": {
      "url": "https://hacklist-mcp.samuelsuccess234.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "hacklist-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://hacklist-mcp.samuelsuccess234.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 8

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

best

best_opportunities

Ranks open HackList opportunities for a specific builder and explains each pick. Favours specific briefs (a named API, dataset, metric or protocol) over generic 'build anything with AI' events, weighs prize size and whether it is real cash, deadline runway and accessibility, collapses duplicate listings, and drops events the builder can't enter (students only, region-locked, in-person, partners only). Returns why each one ranks and what to watch out for.

closing

closing_soon

Open listings whose deadline is within N days, soonest first, with the prize and whether it's worth a sprint.

fetch

fetch

Fetch the full HackList listing for an id returned by search. (Compatibility tool for ChatGPT connectors and deep research.)

hacklist

hacklist_overview

A snapshot of HackList right now: how many open listings by type and category, total listed prize money, the biggest prizes, duplicate listings found, and how fresh/complete this server's data is. Pass refresh=true to re-fetch.

opportunities

search_opportunities

Search and filter HackList's AI & Web3 hackathons, grants, bounties and programs. Filters by keyword, type, category, format, prize, how soon it closes and how recently it was posted or updated. Duplicate listings of the same event are collapsed by default. Use get_opportunity for the full brief and eligibility details of a result.

opportunity

get_opportunity

Full details for one HackList listing: brief, prize (with USD estimate and cash vs credits), deadline and days left, when it was posted/updated on HackList, apply link, eligibility traps (students only, region-locked, in-person, approval needed) and duplicate listings. Accepts a HackList URL, an id, or a title.

search

Search open HackList hackathons, grants and programs by keyword. Returns ids to pass to fetch. (Compatibility tool for ChatGPT connectors and deep research.)

whats

whats_new

Listings posted or updated on HackList in the last N days, newest first. Useful for 'what got added this week'. Uses HackList's own posted date when the site exposes it, otherwise its sitemap last-modified time.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://hacklist-mcp.samuelsuccess234.workers.dev/mcp	streamable-http	answering	162 ms	1 min ago

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HackList — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can HackList do?

It exposes 8 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: best_opportunities, closing_soon, fetch, get_opportunity, hacklist_overview, search and 2 more. 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 HackList working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 203 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect HackList?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does HackList need an API key?

No. HackList completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 8 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is HackList?

It answers our handshake in 203 ms on average, which is faster than 69% 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 HackList?

The npm package hacklist-mcp was installed 87 times in the last week. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is HackList open source?

The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at hacklist-mcp.samuelsuccess234.workers.dev, which runs on its operator's own terms.