Hacker News search
Search Hacker News stories and comments (Algolia index). Needs query.
Inputs
- Query
- TextRequired · query
- Tags
- E.g. 'story', 'comment', 'front_page'Optional · tags
- Hits
- A numberOptional · hits
Pricing
- Price
- Free, no charge per call
- Billing
- No charge per call. A workspace is still needed so your agent can call it.
- License
- HN Search API (Algolia), free
- Attribution
- Search by Algolia, data from Hacker News
Call
Your agent reads the schema and the price with inspect_tool before it runs the tool.
- MCP call
- cURL command
- TypeScript
- Tool ID
Alternatives
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