Hacker News item API

One story or comment by id, with its score and comment count.

Ask your agent

“Call hackernews/item with id 1 and summarize what comes back.”

Works in any MCP client connected to https://data.openkrill.app/mcp. Install in one line.

Path: hackernews/item
MCP tool: call_endpoint
Credits: 1
Cache: 10 min

Parameters

idinteger, required	Hacker News item id

Response

data.resources[] uses the same keys as every other platform: author, engagement, metadata, with Hacker News-only fields under extras. A failed upstream call is never billed.

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Same item call on other platforms

Dev.to

MCP tool call

{
  "name": "call_endpoint",
  "arguments": {
    "path": "hackernews/item",
    "params": {
      "id": 1
    }
  }
}

curl

curl "https://data.openkrill.app/v1/hackernews/item?id=1" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "platform": "hackernews",
  "endpoint": "hackernews/item",
  "data": {
    "resources": [
      { "id": …, "title": …, "text": …, "url": …,
        "author": {…}, "engagement": {…},
        "metadata": {…}, "extras": {…} }
    ]
  },
  "credits_used": 1,
  "cached": false
}