Hacker News jobs API

Who is hiring posts on Hacker News, with the posting company in the title.

Ask your agent

“Call hackernews/jobs with no arguments and summarize what comes back.”

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

Path: hackernews/jobs
MCP tool: call_endpoint
Credits: 1
Cache: 2 min

Parameters

limitinteger, optional	1-100, default 20

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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MCP tool call

{
  "name": "call_endpoint",
  "arguments": {
    "path": "hackernews/jobs",
    "params": {}
  }
}

curl

curl "https://data.openkrill.app/v1/hackernews/jobs" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Response

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