erithwik/mcp-hn

Web Utilities

An MCP server to search Hacker News, get top stories, and more.

Direct install

Run the underlying MCP server directly — without Agent-CoreX routing.

npx -y mcp-hn

Agent-CoreX intelligently routes which tools from erithwik/mcp-hn your AI agent actually needs per request — reducing token usage and cost.

agent-corex.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-hn": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-hn"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Connect in 2 minutes. Only pay for the tools your agent actually uses.

Web content fetching and conversion for efficient LLM usage; converts HTML to markdown

Web search using Brave Search API

Browser automation and web scraping with headless Chrome

Recommended: intelligent tool routing, lower costs

uvx agent-corex mcp add mcp-hn

Agent-CoreX selects only the tools your agent needs, cutting token usage by up to 60%.

Use erithwik/mcp-hn directly without routing

npx -y mcp-hn