Who is hackernews for?

hackernews is a B2B product built for developers building AI assistants and agent workflows.

What platforms does hackernews run on?

hackernews runs on the web and API.

Is hackernews still maintained?

Unverified. hackernews has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.

What are alternatives to hackernews?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include hackernews-mcp-cli, hackertarget, and mcp-news.

Who makes hackernews?

hackernews is developed by Pipeworx.

Does hackernews have an API or integrations?

Yes — hackernews exposes an MCP server.

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hackernews

Name: hackernews
Author: Pipeworx

pipeworx.ioInfrastructure

Hacker News MCP Server exposes five tools for searching Hacker News, retrieving top and categorized stories, fetching individual items, and reading discussion comments. It provides a JSON-RPC endpoint for developers connecting AI assistants and agent workflows to Hacker News data.

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Overview

7 features

In the API design, testing & docs space, hackernews takes a focused approach. It focuses on accessing and querying Hacker News stories, items, rankings, and discussions programmatically through MCP. hackernews is a B2B product aimed at developers building AI assistants and agent workflows. It ships for the web and API.

Behind hackernews is Pipeworx. Among its 7 catalogued features are full-text search, top stories, and story type filters. It exposes integrations via an MCP server.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Full-text search
Top stories
Story type filters
Item lookup
Comment retrieval
JSON-RPC endpoint
MCP tools

Built with & integrations

Hosting

Cloudflare

Connectors

MCP

Runs on

BrowserAPI-onlyCloud-managed

Detected from

Cloudflare: cf-ray header

Trust & compliance

Verified signals

HTTPS

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed22 Aug · 01:01 UTC
hackernews verified against its public source
Source: PulseGate · Open

Frequently asked questions about hackernews

What is hackernews?: Hackernews focuses on accessing and querying Hacker News stories, items, rankings, and discussions programmatically through MCP. It is catalogued under API design, testing & docs on PulseGate.
Who is hackernews for?: hackernews is a B2B product built for developers building AI assistants and agent workflows.
What platforms does hackernews run on?: hackernews runs on the web and API.
Is hackernews still maintained?: Unverified. hackernews has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
What are alternatives to hackernews?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include hackernews-mcp-cli, hackertarget, and mcp-news.hackernews-mcp-cli hackertarget mcp-news
Who makes hackernews?: hackernews is developed by Pipeworx.
Does hackernews have an API or integrations?: Yes — hackernews exposes an MCP server.

At a glance

Platforms: Web
Languages: English
First seen: 22 Aug 2026
Built for: developers building AI assistants and agent workflows
Model: B2B
Solves: Accessing and querying Hacker News stories, items, rankings, and discussions programmatically through MCP.

Developer

Pipeworx

Index record

Identity confidence: Medium · 72.8
Indexed: 22 Aug 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
First seen: Aug 2026
Last seen: 22 Aug 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: hackernews-pipeworx-io
Lifecycle state recorded: 22 Aug 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 22 Aug 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Name from: Derived from the project's own page and URL.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model, checked against the page's own declaration.
Last updated: 22 Aug 2026
Canonical URL: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/hackernews/mcp

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