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The news-ycombinator-mcp MCP server was last committed 28d ago and has 1 contributor. Issue health: 50% of issues resolved. AgentRank freshness score reflects real-time maintenance activity.

news-ycombinator-mcp MCP Server

Name: tomwojcik/news-ycombinator-mcp
Rating: 3.2 (1 reviews)
Author: tomwojcik

tomwojcik/news-ycombinator-mcp

Score: 55.7 Rank #9018 MCP Server

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hn-mcp is an MCP server that gives AI agents full access to Hacker News — complete comment trees, search, and user profiles — with depth control so they can explore progressively instead of fetching everything at once.

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Overview

tomwojcik/news-ycombinator-mcp is a Python MCP server licensed under MIT. hn-mcp is an MCP server that gives AI agents full access to Hacker News — complete comment trees, search, and user profiles — with depth control so they can explore progressively instead of fetching everything at once.

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Ecosystem

Python MIT

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Stars 15% 5

5 stars → early stage

Freshness 25% 28d ago

Last commit 28d ago → recently updated

Issue Health 25% 50%

No issues filed → no history to score

Contributors 10% 1

1 contributor → solo project

Dependents 25% 0

No dependents → no downstream usage

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PyPI Downloads N/A

Forks 1

Description Detailed

License MIT

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Details

Stars: 5
Forks: 1
Open Issues: 0
Closed Issues: 0
Contributors: 1
Dependents: —
Language: Python
License: MIT
Last Commit: 28d ago

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