hn-companion-mcp
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The Hacker News Companion MCP is a Model Context Protocol for summarizing discussions from Hacker News, utilizing Claude for high-quality summaries. It processes URLs or post IDs, evaluates the comment structure, and formats the data for optimal use by Claude.
Overview
This project is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) designed to summarize Hacker News discussions using Claude. It fetches and processes discussions, handling the hierarchical comment structure and metadata to provide high-quality summaries.
Features
- Processes Hacker News URLs or post IDs
- Analyzes comment structures and engagement
- Scores comments based on community interactions
- Formats data for optimal summarization by Claude
Installation
Installing via Smithery
- Automatically install via Smithery:
npx -y @smithery/cli install @georgeck/hn-companion-mcp --client claude
Manual Installation
- Clone the repository:
git clone <repository-url> && cd hn-companion-mcp - Install dependencies:
npm install
Usage
CLI
- Run command with post ID or URL
API Server
- Start server and make POST requests to
/api/summarize
Integration with Claude
- Prepares data for Claude to summarize Hacker News discussions.