Can Claude Code use Hacker News?
Updated October 27, 2026 · from live checks of 50,140 MCP servers · Methodology
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Remote Hacker News servers
| Server | Publisher | Status | Sign-in | Tools | Trust |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hn MCP Server Yours? Claim it | Community | Live | No auth | 4 | B |
| ReplyNodes Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live | API key | 73 | B |
| Hackernews Yours? Claim it | Community | Live | No auth | — | B |
| AgentDiet HackerNews & Developer Ecosystem Real-Time Sentiment Pulse Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live | No auth | 2 | B |
| AgentDiet Zero-Bloat A2A Live Web Search & Tech News Grounding Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live | No auth | 2 | B |
| Trending Now Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live | No auth | 5 | B |
| Rumoro Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live | No auth | 57 | B |
| Hacker News Front Page (Live Tech Stories) — buy per-query in-session (hnfrontpa Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live | No auth | 16 | B |
| Social Pulse Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live | No auth | 4 | B |
| ParseStream Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live · sign-in | OAuth sign-in | — | B |
| Hn Developer Sentiment MCP Yours? Claim it | Community | Live · sign-in | API key | — | B |
| Company and Lead Research Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live · sign-in | OAuth sign-in | — | C |
Local Hacker News servers
| Server | Publisher | Status | Sign-in | Tools | Trust |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hn Tech Signal MCP Yours? Claim it | Community | Local install | No auth | — | C |
| Comment Scraper Yours? Claim it | Community | Local install | No auth | — | C |
| HN Who is hiring Yours? Claim it | Community | Local install | No auth | — | C |
| HN Hiring Trends Yours? Claim it | Community | Local install | No auth | — | C |
| Readhn Yours? Claim it | Community | Local install | No auth | — | C |
| Hacker News MCP Yours? Claim it | Community | Local install | No auth | — | D |
| Hn Reddit MCP Yours? Claim it | Community | Local install | No auth | — | D |
| News MCP Server Yours? Claim it | Community | Local install | API key | — | D |
How to add Hacker News to Claude Code
- Remote server: run
claude mcp add --transport http <name> <url>. - Local server: run
claude mcp add <name> -- <command>with the install command from the server page. - Run
/mcpinside Claude Code to sign in.
Example for Hn MCP Server (from the table above):
claude mcp add --transport http hacker-news https://hn.caseyjhand.com/mcpMenus change, so check Anthropic's Claude Code MCP docs. Every server page has a copy-paste config for Claude Code.
Is it safe to connect Hacker News to Claude Code?
Check the publisher and trust grade first. Hacker News doesn't run an official MCP server we can verify, so every server here comes from a third party and can see whatever your account can.
Can ChatGPT or Claude connect to Hacker News?
See https://canmyaiuse.pages.dev/can/chatgpt/hacker-news/ and https://canmyaiuse.pages.dev/can/claude/hacker-news/
Does Hacker News have an official MCP server?
Not that we can verify: it isn't in the official MCP Registry as of 2026-10-27, and we haven't found a server hosted by Hacker News itself. Full list: https://canmyaiuse.pages.dev/apps/hacker-news/
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