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Hacker News MCP. Audit Tech Trends and Community Debates

Hacker News MCP lets you pull Y Combinator's tech discussions directly into your agent. Fetch the top stories, track new project launches, and read full comment threads—all without leaving your chat interface. It’s how you audit industry trends in real time.

Hacker News MCP is compatible with Claude Claude
Hacker News MCP is compatible with ChatGPT ChatGPT
Hacker News MCP is compatible with Cursor Cursor
Hacker News MCP is compatible with Gemini Gemini
Hacker News MCP is compatible with Windsurf Windsurf
Hacker News MCP is compatible with VS Code VS Code
Hacker News MCP is compatible with JetBrains JetBrains
Hacker News MCP is compatible with Vercel Vercel
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Give Claude and any AI agent real-world access

Identify trending tech topics

Fetch the current list of top stories on the front page for an immediate overview of popular discussions.

Monitor new project launches

Check for and retrieve details about the most recently submitted stories, useful for spotting cutting-edge updates.

Deep dive into specific content

Read the full text of any story, comment, or poll by its unique ID, converting messy HTML comments cleanly into structured Markdown format.

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What AI agents can do with Hacker News: 3 Tools for Data Aggregation

Use these three tools to fetch the best articles, track submissions, or deep-dive into specific conversations from Hacker News.

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Top Stories

Grabs the current list of top stories from the Hacker News front page.

New Stories

Fetches a chronological feed of the most recently submitted stories on Hacker News.

Get Item

Retrieves all content, including comments, for any specific story or comment using...

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Hacker News MCP is compatible with Claude

Claude AI

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Open Claude Settings

Go to claude.ai, click your profile icon, then navigate to Customize → Connectors.

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Add Custom Connector

Click the "+" button and select Add custom connector. Paste your Vinkius endpoint URL:

https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp

Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com. For OAuth-protected servers, expand Advanced settings to add credentials.

3

Start a conversation

Open a new chat. The Hacker News integration is available immediately — no restart needed.

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Keeping up with tech trends feels like detective work.

Right now, tracking what's happening in the open-source and AI space means juggling browser tabs. You check Hacker News for top stories, then switch to a separate feed to see new launches. If you want to deep dive into one specific thread, you have to copy the item ID somewhere else just to paste it back in later.

With this MCP connection, those manual steps vanish. Your agent handles all the data retrieval. You simply ask, 'What are the top stories and what's new?' and get a clean, synthesized answer immediately.

Hacker News MCP gives you immediate access to discussion context.

The biggest manual drain is getting true discussion context. If you only grab the headline, you lose all the surrounding debate. You have to go through multiple links and copy hundreds of comments just to understand the full scope of a debate.

Now, simply ask your agent to use `get_item`. It pulls the entire conversation into one clean format, letting you analyze the discussion flow without ever leaving your chat window.

What Hacker News MCP does for your AI

This MCP connects your AI client to Hacker News (Y Combinator), giving you a complete view of current tech discussions. You don't have to manually visit the site, scroll through pages, or copy-paste snippets anymore. Instead, you talk to your agent and it handles the heavy lifting. Need to know what the industry is talking about right now? Use this MCP to pull the most popular stories immediately.

Want to track a brand new open-source project launch as soon as it hits the site? Your agent can check for those submissions on your behalf. It's perfect for anyone who needs to audit community sentiment or quickly summarize complex, technical debates. Connecting this resource through Vinkius means you get instant access to Hacker News alongside thousands of other data sources, keeping all your research centralized and actionable.

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Frequently asked questions about Hacker News MCP

How do I find the most popular stories using Hacker News MCP? +

You use the top_stories tool. This instantly fetches the current list of top-voted articles on the front page, giving you a quick pulse check on tech trends.

Can I track new submissions with Hacker News MCP? +

Yes, use new_stories. This tool provides a chronological feed of recently submitted items, which is perfect for monitoring brand-new project launches or beta releases.

How does the Hacker News MCP handle comments? +

The get_item tool retrieves all content, including full comment threads. Crucially, it converts messy HTML into clean Markdown so your agent can read and reason with structured text.

Do I need to worry about authentication for Hacker News MCP? +

No. The connection uses a public API, so you don't have to provide any private keys or credentials when setting up the MCP.