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Hacker News MCP Server

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Search Hacker News via Algolia: stories, comments, and item details. MCP server for AI agents.

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MCP tools

Tool	What it does
`search_stories`	Search Hacker News stories by keyword. Returns title, URL, points, comments, author.
`get_story`	Get a Hacker News item (story) with details and top comments by its numeric ID.
`search_comments`	Search Hacker News comments by keyword. Returns comment text, author, story link.

Connect from your AI agent

Streamable HTTP endpoint:

https://quodlibetical-buffalo--hacker-news-mcp.apify.actor/mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / any MCP client:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hacker-news-mcp": {
      "type": "streamable-http",
      "url": "https://quodlibetical-buffalo--hacker-news-mcp.apify.actor/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

Standby endpoints require an Apify API token — pass any Apify token (apify_api_...) as a Bearer header or as a token query parameter.

Input (batch run)

Field	Type	Default	Description
`query`	string	`artificial intelligence`	Search query for Hacker News stories.
`limit`	integer	`10`	Maximum number of results.
`mode`	string	`batch`	Legacy switch. Normal runs always execute batch mode.

Run it on Apify with default input {} to get a demo record in the dataset.

Pricing (pay-per-event)

search-result — Search Result: $7e-05 per event

Pay only for events. Prices are set ~30% below the market benchmark for this category.

Run it as an Actor

Start a run with empty input {} — the Actor executes its batch mode, pushes one demo record to the dataset and exits successfully.

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