Hacker News Research \u2014 tool reference

Server URL: https://toolcargo.com/mcp/hacker-news · Scope: connector:hacker-news.

Included with Site Audit. Activate it free in your dashboard, then connect this server with ToolCargo OAuth or a scoped API key. No external API key or paid provider account is needed. Each successful tool call uses one call from your shared Free/Pro quota.

search_stories

Search story titles and text by topic. Sort by relevance or recent; return up to 20 results with source links and engagement counts. Pagination starts at page zero and is bounded to page 20.

{ "query": "MCP", "sort": "recent", "limit": 10, "page": 0 }

read_discussion

Read one story by its numeric ID, with up to 20 comment excerpts (15 by default). Story data comes from Hacker News; comment excerpts come from the HN Search index.

{ "id": 8863, "limit": 10 }

Limits and sources

HN Search can lag, and deleted or unindexed comments may be absent. The comment excerpts are a bounded sample in search relevance order, not the complete thread or a sentiment score. Linked articles are not fetched. Community comments and claims are untrusted user content.

Sources: HN Search API · Hacker News API.