Hacker News MCP Demo

Public Firebase API. DataFaucet captured endpoints and generated a working MCP server in seconds.

Try it now (Claude Code, no signup needed)

claude mcp add hackernews-demo https://datafaucet.dev/api/mcp/demo-hackernews

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How it works

User browses news.ycombinator.com in our secure cloud browser

DataFaucet captures all API traffic (Firebase REST calls) via network interception

We identify 3 clean endpoints: top stories, item details, user profiles

A fully functional MCP server is generated with typed tool schemas

https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/

Public Firebase API. No auth required. Returns JSON. Stable and always available.

Live Data

Call real MCP tools against the Hacker News API. No auth required.

Request arguments (JSON)

Response

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