# `co.civai.nova/mcp-hacker_news` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/co.civai.nova/mcp-hacker_news
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/co.civai.nova/mcp-hacker_news
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: co.civai.nova (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-11-02T09:17:38.872Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Hacker News MCP by Nova (CIVAI)
Browse Hacker News from chat: top stories, search, read comment threads, and post or upvote when yo…
```

Scanned 2026-11-02T09:19:18.900Z over streamable-http.

**12 tools: 4 change things and 8 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 4 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 8 | allow |

## Exfil surface

2 private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound paths in this server alone. Denying 1 outbound tool breaks every one: `mcp__hacker_news__post_comment`.

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | `mcp__hacker_news__get_item` |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | `mcp__hacker_news__browse_feed` `mcp__hacker_news__get_item` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | `mcp__hacker_news__post_comment` |

| Private data | Untrusted input | Outbound |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `mcp__hacker_news__get_item` | `mcp__hacker_news__browse_feed` | `mcp__hacker_news__post_comment` |
| `mcp__hacker_news__get_item` | `mcp__hacker_news__get_item` | `mcp__hacker_news__post_comment` |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Changes things (4)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `login`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Sign in to Hacker News with username and password. Stores session cookie in hn_session_cookie for upvote, comment, and submit.
```

### `post_comment`

- The name "post_comment" says "post": a word for a change.
- Tag outbound: The name "post_comment" says "post": it sends or publishes something to other people.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Post a comment on a story or reply thread. parent_id is the story or comment id. Requires login session.
```

### `submit_story`

- The name "submit_story" says "submit": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Submit a new story link or Ask HN text post. Requires login. Provide story_url for link posts or story_text for text posts.
```

### `upvote`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Upvote a story or comment by item id. Requires a valid hn_session_cookie from login.
```

## Only reads (8)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `best_stories`

- The description's first verb is "fetch": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch best-ranked Hacker News stories. Use when the user asks for best posts or all-time greats on the best feed.
```

### `browse_feed`

- The name "browse_feed" says "browse": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The name "browse_feed" says "browse": it reads web pages, which anyone can write. The description's first sentence says "browse": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Browse an HTML feed on news.ycombinator.com: news, newest, ask, show, jobs, newcomments, front, or best.
```

### `get_item`

- The name "get_item" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "get" and "thread": it reads messages.
- Tag untrusted-input: The description's first sentence says "get" and "comment": it reads comments, which other people can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get one Hacker News item (story or comment thread) by numeric id, including top-level comments when available.
```

### `get_user`

- The name "get_user" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Look up a Hacker News user profile (karma, about, created date) by username.
```

### `new_stories`

- The description's first verb is "fetch": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch newest Hacker News story submissions. Use when the user asks for new or latest posts.
```

### `search_stories`

- The name "search_stories" says "search": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search Hacker News stories via the public Algolia API (same backend as hn.algolia.com).
```

### `session_status`

- The name "session_status" says "status": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Check whether hn_session_cookie is present and still logged in on Hacker News.
```

### `top_stories`

- The description's first verb is "fetch": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch the current Hacker News front page (top stories) via the official Firebase API. Use when the user asks for top, front, or trending stories.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `hacker_news`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__hacker_news__top_stories",
      "mcp__hacker_news__new_stories",
      "mcp__hacker_news__best_stories",
      "mcp__hacker_news__get_item",
      "mcp__hacker_news__get_user",
      "mcp__hacker_news__browse_feed",
      "mcp__hacker_news__search_stories",
      "mcp__hacker_news__session_status"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__hacker_news__login",
      "mcp__hacker_news__upvote",
      "mcp__hacker_news__post_comment",
      "mcp__hacker_news__submit_story"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

Capability tags behind the rules (a read tagged outbound is asked about):

- `mcp__hacker_news__get_item`: private-data, untrusted-input
- `mcp__hacker_news__browse_feed`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__hacker_news__post_comment`: outbound