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transport:streamable-http runtime:npm tools:4

Target client

run in your project directory

claude mcp add --transport http hn-mcp-server https://hn.caseyjhand.com/mcp

setup guides: Claude Code Claude Desktop Cursor VS Code Zed Windsurf Cline Gemini CLI Grok ChatGPT Claude.ai LangChain

Adds it for this project only. Append --scope user to make it available everywhere. Claude Code docs

hn_get_stories

hn get stories

hn_get_thread

hn get thread

hn_get_user

hn get user

hn_search_content

hn search content

All 4 tools, one page each

1 resource you attach as context

Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. Check the server's own documentation before granting access.