Hn MCP Server

Browse Hacker News feeds, threads, and user profiles with full-text search via MCP. STDIO or Streamable HTTP. Its 4 documented tools cluster into stories, thread, user, content.

People who work with hacker news, hackernews and cyanheads and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in TypeScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-24 · ★ 4 · #136 OF 998 MAINTAINED OTHER · VERIFIED 2026-09-30

Apache-2.0 · TypeScript servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Hn MCP Server

before you install - you'll need

Set MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE, MCP_LOG_LEVEL before connecting.

Claude Code

claude mcp add cyanheads-hn-mcp-server --transport http https://hn.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cyanheads-hn-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://hn.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

https://hn.caseyjhand.com/mcp

transport: streamable-http

endpoint alive - responded to MCP initialize · probed 2026-09-30

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions · remote - your agent's requests go to hn.caseyjhand.com

endpoint auth accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize - no credentials needed to connect

license Apache-2.0 - declared in the repository

npm package @cyanheads/hn-mcp-server - published under the repo owner's npm scope (@cyanheads)

registry namespace io.github.cyanheads is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Hn MCP Server can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

Capability map

Tools grouped from the project's README - what Hn MCP Server lets an agent do.

Stories

1 tool - e.g. Fetch stories from an HN feed (top, new, best, ask, show, jobs), with title, URL, score, author, and comment count

hn_get_stories

Thread

1 tool - e.g. Get an item and its comment tree as a threaded discussion, with depth and comment-count controls and a cursor to page through long threads

hn_get_thread

User

1 tool - e.g. Fetch a user profile with karma, about, and optionally a page of resolved submissions

hn_get_user

Content

1 tool - e.g. Search stories, comments, polls, and jobs via Algolia by keyword, by filters alone, or both - type, author, parent story, date range, and minimum points

hn_search_content

Latest releases

v0.5.20 · 2026-09-24

Fenced upstream text, single-render links, safe strip masks · Upstream bodies in content[] (item and comment text, about, hit text, highlight body) are fenced as > quotes, with the leading [ of a…

v0.5.19 · 2026-09-24

Resumable threads, root relationships, failed-fetch reporting · hn_get_thread gains a resumable cursor/nextCursor past maxComments, a new 64,000-byte response budget, a 1,000-item per-call ceiling, or a rate limit…

v0.5.18 · 2026-09-24

Filter-only search, ISO date ranges, terminal-page pagination · hn_search_content gains filter-only and story-scoped search - optional query, new storyId, and poll/job tags (#22) · hn_search_content.dateRange validates…

04 · Who maintains Hn MCP Server

hn-mcp-server is maintained by cyanheads. We track 137 MCP servers from cyanheads - 131 actively maintained, 1,856 combined GitHub stars, oldest repo from Dec 2024. Full record: all servers from cyanheads.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/cyanheads/hn-mcp-server
category: other - ranked #136 of 998 actively-maintained other servers as of 2026-09-30.
release cadence: 9 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-24)
registry: io.github.cyanheads/hn-mcp-server (active, first published 2026-03-22 · 35 versions)
packages: npm:@cyanheads/hn-mcp-server · npm:@cyanheads/hn-mcp-server

06 · Hn MCP Server FAQ

Is Hn MCP Server still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-30, its last commit was 2026-09-24 and it shipped 9 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

What can Hn MCP Server do?

Its README documents 4 tools, including hn_get_stories, hn_get_thread, hn_get_user.

How do I install Hn MCP Server?

Run `npx -y @cyanheads/hn-mcp-server`. The README documents 2 environment variables (MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE, MCP_LOG_LEVEL) to set first. Set MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE, MCP_LOG_LEVEL before connecting. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Hn MCP Server require authentication?

No - the endpoint accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize when probed on 2026-09-30; you can connect without credentials.

07 · Alternatives to Hn MCP Server

Alternatives to Hn MCP Server

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