Hacker News

Connect AI agents to Hacker News for news aggregation and content analysis

Prerequisites Before you begin, create an account and get your API Key.

Getting started

Connect to Hacker News to fetch stories, user profiles, and analyze technology news through AI agents.

API

1. Install the SDKs (optional)

   pip

   pip install klavis
   

2. Create a Strata MCP Server with Hacker News

   Python

   from klavis import Klavis
   from klavis.types import McpServerName
   
   klavis_client = Klavis(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")
   
   # Create a Strata MCP server with Hacker News
   response = klavis_client.mcp_server.create_strata_server(
       servers=[McpServerName.HACKER_NEWS],
       user_id="user123"
   )
   

   API Reference

   Full Strata API endpoints

   🎉 Your Hacker News MCP Server is ready! You can now use your MCP server URL with any MCP-compatible client.

Available Tools

Tools Information

Tool Name	Description
hackerNews_item	Fetches a single Hacker News item by its unique ID
hackerNews_user	Retrieves a Hacker News user’s profile by their username
hackerNews_topstories	Fetches a list of the current top stories
hackerNews_beststories	Fetches a list of the all-time best stories
hackerNews_newstories	Fetches a list of the most recent stories
hackerNews_showstories	Fetches a list of the latest “Show HN” stories
hackerNews_askstories	Fetches a list of the latest “Ask HN” stories
hackerNews_jobstories	Fetches a list of the latest job postings
hackerNews_updates	Fetches recent updates, including new items and changed profiles

For more details about tool input schema, use the get_tools API.

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