# hacker-news-mcp-py

> MCP server for searching Hacker News stories via Algolia

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/hacker-news-mcp-py/claim

## Declared
- publisher: hacker-news-mcp contributors
- homepage: https://github.com/m-higuchi/hacker-news-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/m-higuchi/hacker-news-mcp
- version: 0.2.0
- license: MIT License
        
        Copyright (c) 2026 hacker-news-mcp…
- protocols: mcp
- tags: algolia, hacker-news, mcp, model-context-protocol
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:hacker-news-mcp-py

### Description (declared)

# Hacker News MCP

MCP server for searching Hacker News stories through the Algolia Hacker News Search API.

The server is read-only and is designed to run through `uvx`.

The PyPI distribution name is `mcp-hacker-news` (the name `hacker-news-mcp` is rejected as too similar to existing projects).

## Install and Run

Install from PyPI with pip:

```bash
pip install mcp-hacker-news
hacker-news-mcp
```

(`mcp-hacker-news` is also installed as a command.)

Or run with uv:

```bash
uvx mcp-hacker-news
```

During local development:

```bash
uv run hacker-news-mcp
```

## MCP Configuration

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hacker-news": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-hacker-news"]
    }
  }
}
```

## Running from a Local Source Copy

If you want to run a local copy of this repository instead of resolving the package
through `uvx`, clone the source code and install dependencies:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/m-higuchi/hacker-news-mcp
cd hacker-news-mcp
uv sync
```

Then use the following MCP configuration:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hacker-news": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/path/to/hacker-news-mcp",
        "run",
        "hacker-news-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Replace `/path/to/hacker-news-mcp` with the **absolute path** to the directory where you cloned this repository (the folder that contains `pyproject.toml`).

## Backend API

This server uses Algolia's Hacker News Search API as the primary backend:

```text
https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1
```

Story searches always include `tags=story`. Date range searches call `/search_by_date` and convert ISO dates into Algolia `created_at_i` numeric filters.

## Tools

### `search_stories_by_date`

Search stories within a date range.

Input:

```json
{
  "query": "AI",
  "start_date": "2026-04-01",
  "end_date": "2026-04-27",
  "limit": 20,
  "page": 0
}
```

Behavior:

- `start_date` and `end_date` accept `YYYY-MM-DD` or ISO datetime strings.
- Date-on…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- data.news (1, derived)
- dev.version-control (1, derived)
- dev.package-management (1, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/hacker-news-mcp-py/ (first seen 2026-09-09T17:20:29.709Z)

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