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HN front-page, Algolia full-text search, and Show HN launch tracker.
HN front-page, Algolia full-text search, and Show HN launch tracker.
Remote endpoints: streamable-http: https://hn-trending-mcp.atlasword.workers.dev/mcp
This is a Hacker News MCP server with proper authentication via Bearer tokens and reasonable permission scope for its purpose (network access to HN/Algolia APIs). The code shows good security practices including proper credential handling, input validation, and GDPR compliance features. However, there are moderate-severity issues around error handling in webhook signature verification and some minor code quality concerns that prevent a higher score. Supply chain analysis found 4 known vulnerabilities in dependencies (2 critical, 2 high severity).
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Available as Local & Remote
This plugin can run on your machine or connect to a hosted endpoint. during install.
From the project's GitHub README.
HN front page, full-text Algolia search, Show HN launch tracker, item & user lookup
Hosted MCP server over Hacker News. Pull current front-page / best / new / Ask HN / Show HN / job stories, run full-text Algolia search across stories and comments with point/age filters, track recent Show HN launches, and fetch individual items or user profiles. For tech-trend, indie-launch, and Show-HN-watcher LLMs.
This server speaks the Model Context Protocol. Any MCP-aware client — Cursor, Claude Desktop, Windsurf, Continue.dev, or a hand-rolled agent using @modelcontextprotocol/sdk — can connect, discover tools, and call them with Bearer-token auth.
If you are an AI agent indexing this repository:
https://hn-trending-mcp.atlasword.workers.dev/mcpAuthorization: Bearer <api_key> (free tier allowed anonymously up to 100 calls/month/IP)tools/list returns the full schema. tools/call invokes a tool.GET https://hn-trending-mcp.atlasword.workers.dev/health → {ok: true, ts: <unix>}https://mcp-hub.atlasword.workers.dev/status.json (portfolio rollup)Sample tools/list request:
curl -sS -X POST https://hn-trending-mcp.atlasword.workers.dev/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer mck_YOUR_API_KEY" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Sample tools/call:
curl -sS -X POST https://hn-trending-mcp.atlasword.workers.dev/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer mck_YOUR_API_KEY" \
-d '{
"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call",
"params": { "name": "<tool>", "arguments": { } }
}'
| Tool | Arguments | Description |
|---|---|---|
hn_top | kind?, limit? | HN front-page stories — kind=top |
hn_search | query, tags?, min_points?, days_ago? | Full-text search across stories + comments via Algolia. |
hn_show_recent | min_points?, days? | Recent Show HN launches with at least N points in the last K days. |
hn_item | id | Fetch a single HN item by id (story or comment). |
hn_user | username | HN user profile: karma, account age, recent submissions. |
Tools marked Team+ require a Team or Pro subscription. Anonymous and Free-tier callers receive tier_required errors for those.
The fastest path — point any MCP-aware client at the hosted endpoint via mcp-remote:
npx -y mcp-remote https://hn-trending-mcp.atlasword.workers.dev/mcp \
--header "Authorization: Bearer mck_YOUR_API_KEY"
Get a key at https://hn-trending-mcp.atlasword.workers.dev/upgrade?tier=solo (see Getting an API key).
Add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"hn-trending-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y", "mcp-remote",
"https://hn-trending-mcp.atlasword.workers.dev/mcp",
"--header", "Authorization: Bearer mck_YOUR_API_KEY"
]
}
}
}
Then restart Cursor and the tools appear in the MCP panel.
Add this to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):
{
"mcpServers": {
"hn-trending-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y", "mcp-remote",
"https://hn-trending-mcp.atlasword.workers.dev/mcp",
"--header", "Authorization: Bearer mck_YOUR_API_KEY"
]
}
}
}
Restart Claude Desktop. Tools appear under the slash-command MCP menu.
https://hn-trending-mcp.atlasword.workers.dev/upgrade?tier=solo (or tier=team / tier=pro).subscription.active) to the Worker. The Worker mints mck_<32 random base64url> and stores it in KV.https://hn-trending-mcp.atlasword.workers.dev/welcome?key=<api_key> — copy the key now (it is only displayed once at this URL).https://hn-trending-mcp.atlasword.workers.dev/account (Bearer-auth).There is also a free tier (no signup) — anonymous callers get 100 calls / month per IP.
| Route | Description |
|---|---|
POST /mcp | MCP JSON-RPC 2.0 tool surface (the main API). Bearer auth required for paid tiers. |
GET /health | Liveness probe — {ok: true, ts}. Used by mcp-hub cron. |
GET / | HTML landing page (OG + favicon + JSON-LD). |
| `GET /upgrade?tier=solo | team |
GET /welcome?key=... | Post-checkout landing showing the freshly-minted API key. |
GET /account | Bearer-auth. Returns {apiKey, tier, owner, status, portal_url}. |
POST /account/rotate | Bearer-auth. Mints a fresh key + retires the old one. |
GET /account/export | Bearer-auth. GDPR data export — JSON of account, usage counters, Dodo details. |
GET /account/team | Bearer-auth (Team+). List team-member sub-keys. |
POST /account/team/invite | Bearer-auth (Team+). Issue a new team-member sub-key. |
POST /account/team/revoke | Bearer-auth (Team+). Revoke a team-member sub-key. |
GET /team/accept?key=... | Team-member onboarding landing for the sub-key URL. |
POST /webhooks/dodo | Standard-Webhooks signed. Dodo subscription + payment lifecycle. |
GET /favicon.ico | Inline SVG. |
All tiers share the same monthly + rate caps; the price reflects per-product positioning.
| Tier | Monthly calls | Rate limit | Team seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | 100 / month | 10 / minute | 0 |
| Solo | 2,000 / month | 60 / minute | 0 |
| Team | 10,000 / month | 200 / minute | 5 |
| Pro | 50,000 / month | 600 / minute | 25 |
| Plan | Price | Monthly calls | Team seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 100 | 0 |
| Solo | $9/mo | 2,000 | 0 |
| Team | $29/mo | 10,000 | 5 |
| Pro | $79/mo | 50,000 | 25 |
Billed via Dodo Payments (merchant-of-record — VAT/GST handled by Dodo). Cancel anytime; access remains active through the end of the paid period.
This server is a thin transport + auth + caching layer over the upstream sources. Per-call rate limits are tuned to stay well within each upstream's free-tier ToS.
GET https://hn-trending-mcp.atlasword.workers.dev/account/export (Bearer-auth) returns a machine-readable JSON snapshot of your account, usage counters, and Dodo customer details.prakshatechnologies@gmail.com from the address on file.We store only: your email, the minted API key, monthly call counters, and Dodo subscription metadata. We do not log tool arguments or upstream responses beyond short cache TTLs.
<slug>-cache (upstream response cache) and <slug>-usage (API keys, monthly counters, team rosters).wrangler deploy-able. See src/ in this repo.MIT — see LICENSE.
Prakhar Gupta
prakshatechnologies@gmail.comA thin launcher is published as @insnapsprakhar/hn-trending-mcp on npm. No manual URL to copy/paste:
npx -y @insnapsprakhar/hn-trending-mcp
Or wire it into your MCP client:
{
"mcpServers": {
"hn-trending": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@insnapsprakhar/hn-trending-mcp"]
}
}
}
The npm package is just a launcher — it shells out to mcp-remote and points it at the hosted endpoint (https://hn-trending-mcp.atlasword.workers.dev/mcp).
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