{"id":"sumitsk-simform-hacker-mcp-server-poc","name":"hacker-mcp-server-POC","homepage":null,"repo_url":"https://github.com/sumitsk-simform/hacker-mcp-server-POC","category":"api-gateway","subcategories":[],"tags":["mcp","hacker-news","news","search","typescript","automation","sdk"],"what_it_does":"An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that exposes Hacker News data as callable tools. It provides tools to fetch news lists (top/new/best), fetch story details with comments, fetch user profiles/recent activity, and search Hacker News via the Algolia API; it includes input validation with zod and HTTP calls via axios.","use_cases":["Agentic retrieval of Hacker News stories, metadata, and comments","Summarization or analysis of recent HN discussions by an AI agent","Search-based browsing over HN content for themes/keywords","Building an MCP-connected workflow that needs lightweight HN data access"],"not_for":["Production-grade high-reliability integrations without additional hardening","Use cases requiring fine-grained permissions, user authentication, or audit logging","Workloads needing strict rate-limit control or pagination beyond the first 10 results"],"best_when":"You want a lightweight, local/STDIO-connected MCP tool surface for small-scale HN retrieval and experimentation.","avoid_when":"You need robust error semantics, strong auth, or clearly documented rate limiting/pagination for high-volume usage.","alternatives":["Direct calls to Hacker News Firebase API from your agent code","Use Algolia HN search directly (where applicable) instead of an MCP wrapper","Build a generic MCP HTTP tool that queries HN endpoints with your own validation/retry logic","Other community MCP servers for social/news data sources"],"af_score":52.8,"security_score":28.0,"reliability_score":20.0,"package_type":"mcp_server","discovery_source":["github"],"priority":"low","status":"evaluated","version_evaluated":null,"last_evaluated":"2026-04-04T21:23:38.042280+00:00","interface":{"has_rest_api":false,"has_graphql":false,"has_grpc":false,"has_mcp_server":true,"mcp_server_url":null,"has_sdk":false,"sdk_languages":["TypeScript"],"openapi_spec_url":null,"webhooks":false},"auth":{"methods":[],"oauth":false,"scopes":false,"notes":"No authentication is described for the MCP server interface; it appears to act as an unauthenticated wrapper over public HN/Firebase and Algolia endpoints."},"pricing":{"model":null,"free_tier_exists":false,"free_tier_limits":null,"paid_tiers":[],"requires_credit_card":false,"estimated_workload_costs":null,"notes":"No pricing information provided; appears to be a code repository for running locally."},"requirements":{"requires_signup":false,"requires_credit_card":false,"domain_verification":false,"data_residency":[],"compliance":[],"min_contract":null},"agent_readiness":{"af_score":52.8,"security_score":28.0,"reliability_score":20.0,"mcp_server_quality":70.0,"documentation_accuracy":55.0,"error_message_quality":0.0,"error_message_notes":null,"auth_complexity":95.0,"rate_limit_clarity":10.0,"tls_enforcement":20.0,"auth_strength":10.0,"scope_granularity":0.0,"dependency_hygiene":50.0,"secret_handling":70.0,"security_notes":"No server authentication or scope-based authorization is described. Communication transport is STDIO by default (not HTTP/TLS), so TLS enforcement is not clearly applicable. The README mentions no required environment variables/credentials; dotenv is supported but not required. The README explicitly notes that network calls should be made more resilient (retries/timeouts) and that helper functions may assume fields exist—this can affect robustness but is not a direct auth/security control.","uptime_documented":0.0,"version_stability":30.0,"breaking_changes_history":20.0,"error_recovery":30.0,"idempotency_support":"false","idempotency_notes":"Tools are read-only fetch/search operations; idempotency is likely effectively supported, but no explicit idempotency guarantees or contracts are documented.","pagination_style":"none","retry_guidance_documented":false,"known_agent_gotchas":["Lists and details are limited (e.g., “returns first 10”); there is no documented pagination strategy.","Helpers reportedly return null on failure and may not guard against missing fields (e.g., kids/comments or url), which can produce unexpected null/shape results for agents.","Default transport is StdioServerTransport; agents must launch/connect via STDIO as expected."]}}