# Hacker News MCP for AI Agents | FlyMy.AI

> Hacker News MCP for Claude, Codex and Cursor through FlyMy.AI. Hacker News is a tech-focused news aggregator by Y Combinator, featuring user-submitted...

Page: https://flymy.ai/mcp/hackernews/

MCP / Web research

# Hacker News MCP

Hacker News is a tech-focused news aggregator by Y Combinator, featuring user-submitted stories and discussions on startups, programming, and emerging trends. Connect it to Claude, Codex, Cursor or any MCP client through one FlyMy.AI MCP.

[Connect Hacker News](https://flymy.ai/mcp/hackernews/#connect) [What it can do](https://flymy.ai/mcp/hackernews/#actions)

Ready to use: no key, 6 actions, Web research, Top 20 on FlyMy.AI

Ask your agent

```
What is on the Hacker News front page right now? Group the stories by topic.
```

Paste it into an assistant connected to FlyMy.AI. The agent picks the actions.

## What Hacker News MCP can do

6 actions in the FlyMy.AI catalog, the most used first. Your agent finds them through search_tools and calls the one the task needs.

| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| `HACKERNEWS_SEARCH_POSTS` | Get relevant posts from hacker news based on a full-text query and optional filters. |
| `HACKERNEWS_GET_FRONTPAGE` | Get the frontpage posts of hacker news. |
| `HACKERNEWS_GET_ITEM_WITH_ID` | Get a specific item from hacker news using its id. |
| `HACKERNEWS_GET_LATEST_POSTS` | Get the latest posts from hacker news based on optional filters. |
| `HACKERNEWS_GET_TODAYS_POSTS` | Get today's posts from hacker news. |
| `HACKERNEWS_GET_USER` | Get a specific user from hacker news using their username. |

## Ask your agent

Requests to paste as they are. Each one runs on the actions named under it.

**“What is on the Hacker News front page right now? Group the stories by topic.”** uses `HACKERNEWS_GET_FRONTPAGE`

**“Find Hacker News posts about MCP servers and summarize what people say.”** uses `HACKERNEWS_SEARCH_POSTS`

**“Show today's Hacker News posts about AI agents.”** uses `HACKERNEWS_GET_TODAYS_POSTS`

## Connect Hacker News in a minute

One MCP for every integration. Add it once, then every MCP in the catalog is a request away.

1. 01 ### Add FlyMy.AI Add the FlyMy.AI MCP to your assistant with one of the commands below and sign in. No key to copy.
2. 02 ### Nothing to connect Hacker News runs on the FlyMy.AI platform key: no account and no key of yours. Calls are billed to your FlyMy.AI balance.
3. 03 ### Ask Paste a request from this page. Every run shows what it cost.

Claude Code

```
claude mcp add --transport http flymyai https://mcp-agents.flymy.ai/mcp
```

Then run /mcp in Claude Code and sign in.

Codex

```
codex mcp add flymy --url https://mcp-agents.flymy.ai/mcp
```

Then run codex mcp login flymy to sign in.

claude.ai and Claude Desktop

```
https://mcp-agents.flymy.ai/mcp
```

Settings, Connectors, Add custom connector: paste this URL.

## Pay per run

Calls run on FlyMy.AI's key and are billed per call to your FlyMy.AI balance at the published rate. No seats and no minimum.

[See usage pricing →](https://flymy.ai/pricing/)

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### Akta

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### Firecrawl

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### Agenty

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Link: https://docs.flymy.ai/mcp/apps/agenty

## Go to the source

[Hacker News connection settings →](https://app.flymy.ai/mcp-configs#hackernews), [Hacker News website →](https://news.ycombinator.com/), [Every MCP in the catalog →](https://flymy.ai/mcp/#catalog), [Usage pricing →](https://flymy.ai/pricing/)

From the FlyMy.AI platform catalog of 2026-10-28: name, description, actions and setup as the platform lists them. Examples are requests to paste, not recorded runs.

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