Hacker News data API

9 endpoints for Hacker News: search, item, post comments, trending, profile, ask, show, jobs, new. One API key, one JSON schema, as MCP tools or REST.

Endpoints

Call any of them over MCP with call_endpoint and its path, or over REST.

Endpoint	Returns	Credits	Cache
searchGET /v1/hackernews/search	Search Hacker News stories and comments, ranked by relevance.	1	2 min
itemGET /v1/hackernews/item	One story or comment by id, with its score and comment count.	1	10 min
post/commentsGET /v1/hackernews/post/comments	Comments on one Hacker News post, replies included.	1	5 min
trendingGET /v1/hackernews/trending	Stories on the Hacker News front page.	1	30 min
profileGET /v1/hackernews/profile	A Hacker News user by username: karma, about text, account creation date and how many items they submitted.	1	15 min
askGET /v1/hackernews/ask	Ask Hacker News discussion posts, newest ranking first.	1	2 min
showGET /v1/hackernews/show	Show Hacker News launch posts with their points and comment counts.	1	2 min
jobsGET /v1/hackernews/jobs	Who is hiring posts on Hacker News, with the posting company in the title.	1	2 min
newGET /v1/hackernews/new	Newest submissions on Hacker News, in submission order rather than by score.	1	2 min

Connect your agent over MCP

Remote MCP server: https://data.openkrill.app/mcp with your key in the x-api-key header.

Claude Code · Run in a terminal

claude mcp add --transport http krilldata \
  https://data.openkrill.app/mcp \
  --header "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Cursor · Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "krilldata": {
      "url": "https://data.openkrill.app/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop · Add to claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "krilldata": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://data.openkrill.app/mcp",
        "--header",
        "x-api-key:${API_KEY}"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}