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Hn MCP Server

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Hn MCP Server runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 35 installs a week from npm.

Model Context Protocol server for HackerNews API access.

Installs per day peak 25 · avg 6 · -42% w/w
a month agotoday
35
Installs / week
npm · hn-mcp-server
Stars
on GitHub
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
License
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Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Hn MCP Server 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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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add hn-mcp-server -- npx -y hn-mcp-server
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hn-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "hn-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.hn-mcp-server]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "hn-mcp-server"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hn-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "hn-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hn-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "hn-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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Hn MCP Server — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Hn MCP Server?
Hn MCP Server runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package hn-mcp-server was installed 35 times last week.
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 runs locally, so the command pulls hn-mcp-server straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Hn MCP Server?
The npm package hn-mcp-server was installed 35 times in the last week. Week over week that is -42%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.