Hacker News MCP

Name: Hacker News MCP
Author: erithwik

erithwik

Lets agents search Hacker News and fetch top stories and related information.

Setup

Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.

claude mcp add hacker-news -- uvx mcp-hn

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.hacker-news]
command = "uvx"
args = ["mcp-hn"]

# codex mcp add hacker-news -- uvx mcp-hn

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hacker-news": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-hn"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "hacker-news": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-hn"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.gemini/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hacker-news": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-hn"
      ]
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hacker-news": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-hn"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.trae/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hacker-news": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-hn"
      ]
    }
  }
}