Hacker News
Retrieves live Hacker News data including stories, comments, and user profiles through the official Firebase API. Lets AI tools access and analyze current HN content with filtering options.
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What it does
- Fetch top, new, Ask HN, and Show HN stories
- Retrieve comment threads and discussions
- Get user profiles and posting history
- Browse job postings
- Filter content by type and recency
- Access formatted responses with discussion links
Best for
AI tools analyzing tech trends and discussionsAutomated content research and summarizationBuilding HN-based applications or bots
No API key neededLive data from official HN APIOne-command setup with npx
Tools (4)
get_stories
Get stories from Hacker News. The options are `top`, `new`, `ask_hn`, `show_hn` for types of stories. This doesn't include the comments. Use `get_story_info` to get the comments.
get_user_info
Get user info from Hacker News, including the stories they've submitted
search_stories
Search stories from Hacker News. It is generally recommended to use simpler queries to get a broader set of results (less than 5 words). Very targetted queries may not return any results.
get_story_info
Get detailed story info from Hacker News, including the comments
