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Connector by cyanheads · GitHub account verified by the MCP Registry

IndexedApache-2.0Local (stdio)Remote (HTTP)★ 5
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Works with Claude Code, VS Code, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Desktop. Read the repository before you give any tool access to your data.

npx agentmarket install connector/cyanheads-hn-mcp-server

Asks which of your tools to add it to (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, Claude Desktop) and shows the change first. See https://agentmart.dev/cli.

Remote endpoint

  • https://hn.caseyjhand.com/mcp Remote (HTTP)

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Permissions

What this server can do and what it asks for, from its tool list and install config. Checked Oct 25, 2026.

Tools
4 read · 0 write · 0 deleteRead-only
Secrets
None asked for
Install scripts
Not scanned yet
Runs as
Node.js package

Tools by what they do 4

From the running server's own tool list (tools/list) on Oct 25, 2026.

Read 4 · Look things up without changing anything.

  • hn_get_stories
  • hn_get_thread
  • hn_get_user
  • hn_search_content

Secrets and settings it asks for

Other settings (environment variables or headers).

  • HN_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT
  • MCP_LOG_LEVEL

Network hosts it talks to 1

  • hn.caseyjhand.com · found in remote endpoint, install command

Tools (4)

As the server listed them on Oct 25, 2026. Descriptions are the server’s own words; hidden characters are shown as [U+…].

  • hn_get_storiesHn Get Storiesread-only

    Fetch stories from an HN feed (top, new, best, ask, show, jobs), with title, URL, score, author, and comment count for each story.

  • hn_get_threadHn Get Threadread-only

    Get an item and its comment tree as a threaded discussion, with child comments resolved recursively. Use depth 0 for an item-only lookup. A long thread comes back in pages: pass the returned nextCursor as cursor to continue.

  • hn_get_userHn Get Userread-only

    Get an HN user profile with karma, about, and optionally their most recent submissions resolved into full items.

  • hn_search_contentHn Search Contentread-only

    Search Hacker News stories, comments, polls, and jobs via Algolia — by keyword, by filters alone, or both. Filterable by content type, author, parent story, date range, and minimum points.

Signals

Stars
5
Forks
1
Open issues
2
Weekly downloads
363
Last commit
Oct 18, 2026 (11 days ago)
Last release
Oct 18, 2026 (11 days ago)
Last package publish
Oct 18, 2026 (11 days ago)

From GitHub (fetched Oct 24, 2026) and the package registry.

Details

Registry name
io.github.cyanheads/hn-mcp-server
Version
0.5.22
Auth
Auth not stated
Packages
npm @cyanheads/hn-mcp-servernpm @cyanheads/hn-mcp-server
License
Apache-2.0
Repository
github.com/cyanheads/hn-mcp-server
First seen
Oct 24, 2026
Last checked
Oct 24, 2026
Source
Official MCP Registrygithub-graphql

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HN MCP Server. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/connectors/cyanheads-hn-mcp-server (last updated 2026-10-24)