io.github.wei/hn-mcp-server
hn-mcp-server
Is the io.github.wei/hn-mcp-server MCP server down? No. It answered initialize and tools/list in the probe of 2026-10-31.
Model Context Protocol server for HackerNews API access.
alive probed 2026-11-14 · unchanged since 2026-10-31
5tools
2.8ktokens in Claude Opus 5.5
1.4 %of Claude's 200k window
1.1×the median server
308 msto initialize
6 msto list tools
- Run it
- npx -y hn-mcp-server@1.1.0 (stdio, probed in a container with the network off)
- Host
- npmjs.com
- Reports itself as
- hn-mcp-server 1.1.0
- Capabilities
- tools
- Instructions
- none
- Of a 1M window
- 0.3 % of a 1M context window
- Count
- 2.8k tokens in Claude Opus 5.5, exact, measured 2026-10-17. With the Claude Code prefix mcp__…__ on each tool name: 2.8k. The o200k_base estimate is 1.6k. Counted again when the tool definitions change. Method.
- Registry
- active, updated 2025-10-13 · registry entry
Most expensive tools
The Claude column scales the o200k estimate of each tool by this server's ratio of exact to estimate, 1.68×.
| Tool | ≈ Claude tokens | o200k estimate | Share of this server |
|---|---|---|---|
| search-posts | 1 110 | 662 | 40 % |
| get-latest-posts | 471 | 281 | 17 % |
| get-item | 426 | 254 | 15 % |
| get-user | 396 | 236 | 14 % |
| get-front-page | 356 | 212 | 13 % |
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Badge for the README
The result of the latest probe, the tool count and the token cost. The feed has an entry for every probe that changed them.
A mail when this server changes
Stops answering, comes back, tool set or cost changes. One confirmation mail first, a stop link in every mail.
For the publisher
- The server answers initialize and tools/list. Nothing to fix.