# Hacker News stories: an MCP database you can query from Claude Code or Cursor

> Source: https://stringers.io/en/tools/hacker-news.html (Stringers / 什么值得做, generated 2026-11-12)
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> Hacker News stories since 2024: points, comments, hours on the front page and best rank, with Show HN filterable. Connect it to your own agent over MCP and ask in plain language.

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# Hacker News stories: an MCP database you can query from Claude Code or Cursor

Updated daily, last 2026-11-12 · MCP `data` · lib `hackernews`

Hacker News stories since 2024: points, comments, hours on the front page and best rank, with Show HN filterable.

## What you can ask

- What were the highest-scoring Hacker News stories this week?

- How many times has this domain reached the front page?

- Which recent Show HN tools got the best reception?

These are example phrasings. Once connected, ask in plain language; the agent decides which table to query and how to filter.

## Example: a real query and what it returned today

Your agent calls the MCP `data` tool like this (you never write it yourself — you just ask):

```
data(lib="hackernews", args="top --days 7 --limit 8")
```

Highest-scoring stories of the last 7 days, first 8 rows:

| date | points | comments | front_h | title | domain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-05 | 2259 | 562 | 99 | sshole | sshhole.com |
| 2026-11-09 | 904 | 1024 | 38 | Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2 | anthropic.com |
| 2026-11-09 | 876 | 524 | 7 | Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2 | anthropic.com |
| 2026-11-09 | 825 | 134 | 51 | Fold Epic Paper Airplanes | foldableflight.com |
| 2026-11-06 | 810 | 1649 | 53 | Tesla to wind down Cybertruck production | nbcnews.com |
| 2026-11-07 | 782 | 222 | 54 | Need for Speed Underground 2 online in the browser | nfsu2.xyz |
| 2026-11-09 | 729 | 469 | 37 | Is Opus 5.5 nerfed? Thinking patterns changed on November 3 | twitter.com |
| 2026-11-08 | 689 | 424 | 39 | Goodbye Claude, hello Pi | caleb.software |

## How fresh the data is

This is today’s output of `coverage` (row counts and date ranges per table):

| what | n | from_ | to_ | days | show_hn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| story 只在首页快照里 | 208 | 2026-10-31 | 2026-11-11 | 11 | 8 |
| story | 235696 | 2024-01-01 | 2026-11-10 | 1045 | 89227 |
| front_snap(小时) | 263 | 2026-10-31 16:04:58+00 | 2026-11-11 15:17:01+00 | 12 | 1584 |
| story_obs | 263696 | 2026-10-31 16:04:55+00 | 2026-11-11 15:17:01+00 | 12 |  |

## Limits: what this data cannot tell you

The HN audience skews developer; popularity here does not mean mainstream users will pay.

**Connect these databases to your own agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex…)**

It is a remote MCP server: sign in with Google, paste one prompt and your agent configures itself, then ask in plain language inside your project. Free during beta: 200 queries a day, up to 50 rows each.

[Install the skill](https://stringers.io/en/start.md)[Or just ask on the web →](https://stringers.io/en/chat/?from=tools-hacker-news)

## FAQ

**How do I query it from Claude Code, Cursor or Codex?**
It is one library inside the Stringers remote MCP server. Sign in with Google at stringers.io/en/start.html to get a personal URL, paste the prompt to your agent and it configures itself; then just ask — the agent calls the data tool with lib "hackernews".

**Is it free?**
Free during beta: 200 queries per account per day, up to 50 rows per query.

## Workflows that use this database

- [You built it — how to get the first users](https://stringers.io/en/tools/get-first-users.md)

## Other databases

- [Verified indie product revenue](https://stringers.io/en/tools/indie-revenue.md)

- [Small online businesses for sale](https://stringers.io/en/tools/businesses-for-sale.md)

- [App Store charts in 115 regions](https://stringers.io/en/tools/app-store-charts.md)

- [Google Play installs and charts](https://stringers.io/en/tools/google-play-installs.md)

- [Mac App Store charts](https://stringers.io/en/tools/mac-app-store.md)

- [Chrome Web Store extensions](https://stringers.io/en/tools/chrome-extensions.md)

- [Shopify App Store](https://stringers.io/en/tools/shopify-apps.md)

- [GitHub daily star history](https://stringers.io/en/tools/github-stars.md)

- [Product Hunt launches](https://stringers.io/en/tools/product-hunt.md)

- [Meta Ad Library tracker](https://stringers.io/en/tools/meta-ad-library.md)

- [Google Ads Transparency tracker](https://stringers.io/en/tools/google-ads-transparency.md)

- [TikTok ad library tracker](https://stringers.io/en/tools/tiktok-ad-library.md)

- [Daily breakout list](https://stringers.io/en/tools/breakouts.md)

- [Posts from five X circles](https://stringers.io/en/tools/x-circles.md)