Use Hacker News from Claude or Cursor: get top stories, search posts, and pull comment threads.

What it can do

• get_top_stories: Gets the current top Hacker News stories with title, link, author, score, and comment count.
• search_stories: Searches Hacker News stories by keyword and returns matching posts.
• get_item_thread: Fetches one story and its comment thread, with depth and child limits you control.

Setup

No env vars required. This server uses public Hacker News data, so you can run it right away.

Claude Desktop config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hackernews": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@universal-mcp-toolkit/server-hackernews@latest"],
      "env": {}
    }
  }
}

Cursor config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hackernews": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@universal-mcp-toolkit/server-hackernews@latest"],
      "env": {}
    }
  }
}

Quick example

"Search Hacker News for stories about SQLite, pick the best match for local-first apps, fetch its thread two levels deep, and give me a short summary of the main takes and disagreements."