MCP server list / hn-mcp-server
MCP server for Hacker News — feeds, threads, users, and search via Firebase and Algolia APIs
Answered:
4 of 4 checks
- Status
- responds
- Typical response time
- 308.5 ms
- Last checked
- Latest check:
- This server answered at its latest check.Last checked · MCP initialize · 8s limit · HTTP 200 · answered in 322 ms.
- Address
- https://hn.caseyjhand.com/
mcp - Listed in:
- official MCP registry
mcp_registry - Registry name
- io.github.cyanheads/
hn-mcp-server - Transport
- streamable HTTP
streamable-http - Host
hn.caseyjhand.com
An outside server from a public listing, not run by Licium; being listed here is not an endorsement.
What the server says about itself
We have not checked it.- Server name:
- hn-mcp-server
- Version:
- 0.5.13
- MCP features it lists:
- logging, resources, tools, prompts
- Tool names:
hn_get_storieshn_get_threadhn_get_userhn_search_content- Instructions excerpt:
- Use the hn_* tools to access Hacker News via the Firebase API and Algolia search: ranked feeds, full-text search with type/author/date/score filters, user profiles, and items with their comment trees. Items are addressed by integer ID, reused across tools and item types (story, comment, job, poll, pollopt); passing a comment id to hn_get_thread drills into…
Reported Aug 17, 2026, 05:02 AM UTC.
Check history
oldest to newest; each row is one recorded check| Checked | Status | Took | Check |
|---|---|---|---|
| responds | 131 ms | MCP initialize · 8s limit · HTTP 200 | |
| responds | 360 ms | MCP initialize · 8s limit · HTTP 200 | |
| responds | 295 ms | MCP initialize · 8s limit · HTTP 200 | |
| responds | 322 ms | MCP initialize · 8s limit · HTTP 200 |
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