Search Hacker News stories, users, and comments via hn-mcp-server (npx)

{
  "server": "hn-mcp-server",
  "version": "1.1.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "launch": "npx -y hn-mcp-server",
  "handshake": {
    "initialize": {
      "request": {
        "jsonrpc": "2.0",
        "id": 1,
        "method": "initialize",
        "params": {
          "protocolVersion": "2024-11-05",
          "capabilities": {},
          "clientInfo": {
            "name": "pathfinder",
            "version": "1.0"
          }
        }
      },
      "response": {
        "result": {
          "protocolVersion": "2024-11-05",
          "capabilities": {
            "tools": {}
          },
          "serverInfo": {
            "name": "hn-mcp-server",
            "version": "1.1.0"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "tools_discovered": ["search-posts", "get-front-page", "get-latest-posts", "get-item", "get-user"],
  "calls": [
    {
      "tool": "get-front-page",
      "arguments": {
        "hitsPerPage": 3
      },
      "result_summary": "returned 3 front page stories; top story: 'macOS Container Machines' by timsneath, 1140 points, 393 comments",
      "isError": false,
      "latency_ms": 2100
    },
    {
      "tool": "search-posts",
      "arguments": {
        "query": "MCP model context protocol",
        "tags": ["story"],
        "hitsPerPage": 3
      },
      "result_summary": "returned 3 matching stories; top hit: 'Federated Data Access for MCP (Model Context Protocol)' by torrmal, 17 points",
      "isError": false,
      "latency_ms": 2500
    },
    {
      "tool": "get-user",
      "arguments": {
        "username": "dang"
      },
      "result_summary": "returned profile: dang, karma 40097, with about/bio text",
      "isError": false,
      "latency_ms": 1200
    }
  ],
  "executed_at": "2026-06-10T19:10:00Z"
}