Hacker News

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
UI
Open Source

Install the SDKs (optional)

pip install klavis

npm install klavis

Create a Strata MCP Server with Hacker News

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"
)

import { KlavisClient, Klavis } from 'klavis';

const klavis = new KlavisClient({ apiKey: process.env.KLAVIS_API_KEY! });

// Create a Strata MCP server with Hacker News
const response = await klavis.mcpServer.createStrataServer({
    servers: [Klavis.McpServerName.HackerNews],
    userId: "user123"
});

curl -X POST "https://api.klavis.ai/mcp-server/strata/create" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "servers": ["Hacker News"],
    "userId": "user123"
  }'

userId specifies whose connected accounts and data you are accessing in Klavis. It should be a unique id for yourself, your team, or your organization.

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.

Clone repository (for developers to build from source)

git clone https://github.com/klavis-ai/klavis
cd klavis/mcp_servers/hacker_news

Run with Docker

# Pull the Docker image
docker pull ghcr.io/klavis-ai/hacker-news-mcp-server:latest

# Run the server (no API key required for Hacker News)
docker run -p 5000:5000 \
  ghcr.io/klavis-ai/hacker-news-mcp-server:latest

Configure MCP client

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hacker_news": {
      "url": "http://localhost:5000/mcp/"
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

With our progressive discovery approach, Klavis System is capable of enabling all tools for Hacker News. Please use the get_tools API for more details. If you find any tool that is missing, please reach out to contact@klavis.ai.

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​Available Tools

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AI Platform Integrations

Integrations

API Reference

White-label Authentication

Getting started

Available Tools

Next Steps