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Hn Pulse MCP Server

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Hn Pulse MCP is answering right now. Last checked 6 min ago. It exposes 2 tools.

Queries live HackerNews discussions, front-page velocity, and developer sentiment on any framework

Uptime history 7 days of history
7 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
2
Tools
read from the server
211 ms
Response time
average over 24h
open, no key
Access
streamable-http

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Hn Pulse MCP every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 6 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add hn-pulse-mcp --transport http https://hn-pulse-72343955726.us-central1.run.app/mcp/hn-pulse
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://hn-pulse-72343955726.us-central1.run.app/mcp/hn-pulse
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.hn-pulse-mcp]
url = "https://hn-pulse-72343955726.us-central1.run.app/mcp/hn-pulse"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hn-pulse-mcp": {
      "url": "https://hn-pulse-72343955726.us-central1.run.app/mcp/hn-pulse"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "hn-pulse-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://hn-pulse-72343955726.us-central1.run.app/mcp/hn-pulse"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 2

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

agent
get_agent_wallet_status
Inspect an agent's account ledger: remaining free trial calls (out of 5), prepaid USD balance, cumulative spend, total API calls, and total LLM tokens saved. WHEN TO USE: Call before a batch of paid tool executions or after completing a Stripe or USDC top-up to confirm your balance. WHEN NOT TO USE: Do not use to process web content, execute marketplace tools, or submit payments; use the other tools on this server for execution. PARAMETER INTERACTIONS: Omit agent_id to inspect the default trial account derived from your client IP, or pass your explicit agent_id or agd_pass_ session key to check a specific funded wallet. Free and read-only: never charges a fee or consumes a free trial call. Example: get_agent_wallet_status(agent_id='example')
hackernews
get_hackernews_tech_pulse
Queries live HackerNews discussions, front-page velocity, and developer sentiment on any framework, startup, or AI model. WHEN TO USE: Call `get_hackernews_tech_pulse` when your task requires deterministic `hn-pulse` analysis for `query`; use `get_agent_wallet_status` to check your remaining free trial quota or prepaid balance. WHEN NOT TO USE: Do not use for unrelated domains or binary media. PARAMETER INTERACTIONS: Pass the target `query` as a non-empty string; omit `agent_id` and `tx_hash` during your 5 free trial calls, or supply `agent_id` (`agd_pass_...`) / `tx_hash` for paid execution. Read-only and idempotent; results are cached for 1 hour (<5ms cache hit). $0.01 per call. Pricing: the first 5 calls per agent_id are free and failed calls are never charged. After 5 calls, the tool returns a payment-required quote (not a fatal error) with a $2 Stripe top-up link and Base/Solana USDC addresses; complete payment, then retry with your agd_pass_ key in agent_id or pass tx_hash. Example: get_hackernews_tech_pulse(query='example')

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://hn-pulse-72343955726.us-central1.run.app/mcp/hn-pulse streamable-http answering 194 ms 6 min ago

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Hn Pulse MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Hn Pulse MCP do?
It exposes 2 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: get_agent_wallet_status, get_hackernews_tech_pulse. 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 Pulse MCP 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 211 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect Hn Pulse MCP?
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 Hn Pulse MCP need an API key?
No. Hn Pulse MCP completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 2 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is Hn Pulse MCP?
It answers our handshake in 211 ms on average, which is faster than 76% 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.