Hacker News Trending

Overview

Hacker News Trending is a Model Context Protocol server that brings Hacker News data directly into your MCP-compatible AI assistant. It surfaces trending stories from the HN front page, enables full-text search across the Algolia index, and tracks Show HN launches. Any MCP client can call these tools during conversations and agent runs, letting your AI assistant fetch and analyze current tech news in real time.

This is a remote-hosted server with no installation required — just point your MCP client to https://hn-trending-mcp.atlasword.workers.dev/mcp and connect. It requires no authentication. The latest release is v0.1.1, and the source code lives at guptaprakhariitr/hn-trending-mcp on GitHub.

Hacker News Trending sits in the AI & Agents category on mcp.site and integrates with all MCP clients including Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, and others. If you maintain this server, claim your listing to verify ownership, earn the Verified badge, and keep information up to date.

Installation

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
Name: Hacker News Trending
URL:  https://hn-trending-mcp.atlasword.workers.dev/mcp