Mcp Hackernews

io.github.YinTokeyPublished by GitHub account YinTokeyv1.1.0Updated Oct 24, 2026

MCP server exposing a simple Hacker News search tool (top stories).

VerifiedSTDIODesktop onlyWeb Search & Scraping

Server details

Identifier: io.github.YinTokey/mcp_hackernews
Transport: STDIO
Runtime: Desktop only
Trust: Verified
Published: Sep 16, 2026

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Overview

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A minimal local MCP server that gives an assistant one tool to search top Hacker News stories.

What you can do: Search top Hacker News stories through a single search tool.
Return matching top stories from Hacker News for the assistant to summarize or discuss.
When to use it: Useful when you want an assistant to look up current top Hacker News stories during a conversation, for example to catch up on tech news or find discussion around a topic.
Requirements: Runs as a local process over stdio, installed from the PyPI package mcp-hackernews, so a Python environment is needed. No authentication, environment variables or headers are declared. Network access to Hacker News is implied by the search function.

Before you install

The server is minimal and read-only in scope, but it queries Hacker News over the network, so searches are visible to that service. No credentials are requested.

Installation

In SourceWeft

Open Mcp Hackernews in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Desktop only via STDIO. STDIO servers start a local process, so they need the SourceWeft desktop host.

Other MCP clients

Follow the launch instructions in the repository.

README

MCP Hacker News Server

A minimal MCP server that exposes a tool to search top Hacker News stories.

mcp-name: io.github.YinTokey/mcp_hackernews

Source: README.md at commit 710c049

Tools

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Version history

v1.1.0LatestSep 16, 2026

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