Hn Mcp — independently scanned and version-tracked by SaferSkills.
SaferSkills independently audited Hn Mcp (Agent Skill) and scored it 100/100 (green). The audit ran 55 deterministic rules across Security, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Transparency, and Community; it found 0 high-severity and 0 lower-severity findings. The full rule-by-rule trace and per-finding evidence are below. Free, methodology-open.
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Every scanned point with the score it earned and what moved between them.
First recorded scan — no prior version to compare against.
The primary manifest — the file an agent reads to learn what this artifact does.
The only MCP server that can write to Hacker News. All 7+ existing HN MCP servers are read-only. This one submits stories, posts comments, and checks your submissions.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
hn_login | Login to HN (persists cookies across restarts) |
hn_submit | Submit a story (link post or Ask HN) |
hn_comment | Post a comment or reply |
hn_my_submissions | Check your recent posts with scores |
hn_search | Search HN via Algolia |
cd hn-mcp
uv syncAdd to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"hackernews": {
"command": "uv",
"args": ["run", "--directory", "/Users/YOU/path/to/hn-mcp", "python3", "server.py"],
"env": {
"HN_USERNAME": "your_hn_username",
"HN_PASSWORD": "your_hn_password"
}
}
}
}Add to your MCP config:
{
"hackernews": {
"command": "uv",
"args": ["run", "--directory", "/Users/YOU/path/to/hn-mcp", "python3", "server.py"],
"env": {
"HN_USERNAME": "your_hn_username",
"HN_PASSWORD": "your_hn_password"
}
}
}Just talk naturally:
HN has no write API. This server:
~/.hn-mcp-cookies.pkl for reuse~/.hn-mcp-cookies.pklnews.ycombinator.com and hn.algolia.comMIT — booklib-ai
~30 seconds. Free. No account. Every finding cites a rule and a line of evidence.