Does this replace the Hacker News API directly?

No, it replaces the need to build against the HN API yourself. SnitchFeed's pipeline monitors HN continuously and scores what it finds.

Can I combine Hacker News mentions with other platforms in one query?

Yes. Ask your assistant for HN and Reddit (or X, or LinkedIn) mentions together, since they're the same connector and the same data model.

Which AI assistants work with the Hacker News MCP tools?

Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT, Windsurf, OpenAI Codex, and Antigravity.

Is there a free tier for Hacker News monitoring?

HN monitoring is included on every SnitchFeed plan alongside Reddit, X, LinkedIn, and Bluesky, start with the free trial to try it.

How is this different from just asking Claude to browse Hacker News?

Browsing tools fetch what's on HN right now, once. SnitchFeed's HN MCP tools query mentions that are monitored and scored continuously, even when you're not in a chat.

Can my assistant search Hacker News on demand, not just saved mentions?

Yes. Ask it to search HN stories and comments directly, the same way it can search live on X or LinkedIn, in addition to querying anything already being monitored.

Hacker News MCP

Monitor Hacker News From Claude, Cursor & ChatGPT

SnitchFeed's Hacker News MCP tools let your AI assistant read AI-scored HN mentions in the same feed as Reddit, X, and LinkedIn, all through the same connector. No separate HN API wrapper to bolt on.

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Every other Hacker News MCP server fetches stories. None of them monitor.

Search for a Hacker News MCP server and you'll find a handful of open-source wrappers around the public HN API: get top stories, search stories, get a user's comment history. They're fine for asking what's on the HN front page right now, but they don't watch anything. Ask again tomorrow and you're back to square one.

SnitchFeed's Hacker News MCP tools sit on top of a monitoring pipeline that runs continuously and scores every mention for relevance, the same way it already does for Reddit, X, and LinkedIn. Your assistant isn't calling the HN API live and hoping something relevant is in the results, it's querying mentions that are already filtered, and it can put an HN mention next to a Reddit or X mention about the same thing in one answer.

One minute setup

If you can paste a link, you can set this up

Nothing to install, no code to write, no API keys to manage. Paste one link into your AI app, log in with your SnitchFeed account, and every tool below, including Hacker News, is available immediately.

Server URL

https://api.snitchfeed.com/mcp

Paste this into Claude under Settings → Connectors, into ChatGPT, Cursor, or any AI app that supports connectors.

Claude Code

claude mcp add SnitchFeed --transport http https://api.snitchfeed.com/mcp

Using Claude Code? One command connects it. Your browser opens a SnitchFeed login the first time, then it just works.

Works withClaudeClaude CodeCursorChatGPTWindsurfOpenAI CodexAntigravity

What you can ask

Ask for Hacker News signal the way you'd ask a teammate

Fill your pipeline

“Did anyone mention us in an HN comment this week?”
“Show me HN threads where someone's asking for a tool like ours”

Track competitors

“Summarize HN discussion about [competitor] this month, with links”
“Start monitoring [competitor] on Hacker News”

Correlate across platforms

“Show me HN and Reddit mentions of [competitor] side by side”
“Is this week's HN complaint about us also showing up on X?”

Available tools

What the Hacker News MCP tools actually do

search_hn_posts
Search live Hacker News stories and comments by keyword, outside your saved listeners.
test_hackernews_query
Preview what a boolean query would match before saving it as a listener.
create_listener_query / update_listener_query
Add, tune, or retire Hacker News keywords in plain English.
list_mentions
Pull scored HN mentions filtered by sentiment and date range, and cross-referenced with other platforms.
query_analytics
Trend HN mention volume and sentiment over time.
audit_query_noise
Flag noisy or wasteful Hacker News queries and suggest keeping, narrowing, slowing the scan, or retiring them.

All of these are part of the full MCP tool reference — this page just points them at Hacker News.

Comparison

SnitchFeed vs. other Hacker News MCP servers

	SnitchFeed	Open-source HN MCP servers
Setup	Paste one link, OAuth	NPM or Docker install, manual config
Monitoring	Persistent listeners, runs continuously	Stateless, fetches on request only
Filtering	AI relevance and sentiment scoring	None, raw stories and comments
Alerting	Slack, Discord, email, in addition to MCP	None, chat-only
Cross-platform	Reddit, X, LinkedIn, Bluesky, same connector	HN only

Who it is for

Built for the way you already work

Founders and sales

HN is where a large share of early B2B SaaS buyers hang out, ask for HN threads about your category before they reach any other channel.

Marketing

Pull discussion themes and objections straight from HN comment threads for content and positioning.

Product

“What's the HN sentiment on [feature] since we shipped it?” as a running check.

Common questions about Hacker News MCP

Still have questions? Reach out at hello@snitchfeed.com

Your next Hacker News lead is in a thread somewhere.

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