cyanheads/hn-mcp-server

Item: cyanheads/hn-mcp-server
Rating: 45
Author: M8ven

MCP server for Hacker News providing tools to fetch stories, threads, users, and search content via Firebase and Algolia APIs.

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// key findings

✅

No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation

Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.

✅

Open source with a license and README

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// required environment variables

This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.

configFORCE_COLOR

configGIT_PARAMS

configHN_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT— Max concurrent HTTP requests for batch item fetches (1–50). 10

configHUSKY

configNO_COLOR

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commit: 764178aac2ae91a56132e30a040244c74ea0abf7

code hash: 172db0be37a9bcc2c72eee61ae5541116478d631ff826d17c6aaecaaf0a8e9a8

verified: 6/11/2026, 11:57:21 AM

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