hn Tech Signal MCP Server: Install & Setup

Install hn Tech Signal in Claude Code

Claude Code

claude mcp add hn-tech-signal -- uvx hn-tech-signal-mcp

mcp.json (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hn-tech-signal": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "hn-tech-signal-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

MCP server for tech & AI signal intelligence: HackerNews, arXiv, Lobste.rs and GitHub

Yes, most likely. Open source and no paid account or API key is mentioned in the listing. Check the provider for current pricing.

Local. Runs on your machine (stdio). You install it with npx, uvx, Docker or from source.

Run: claude mcp add hn-tech-signal -- uvx hn-tech-signal-mcp

imogenlabs/keen

Atlassian Cloud for AI apps: Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Service Management, Admin and more.

CloudCorpRecords/greenlight

Pre-flight checks for open-source contributions: is this GitHub issue actually landable?

SatPaingOo/kiriya

Developer tools for files, git, ports, processes and more, the same on Windows, Linux and macOS

RudrenduPaul/GraphKeeper

Mines git history for file co-change patterns into a queryable knowledge graph via MCP.

agentidx/lastseen-mcp

Check whether an npm package, GitHub Action, MCP server or Docker image is dead or abandoned.

fatihbaltaci/GoDrop

Self-hosted file host: upload a file, get a public URL an agent can paste into a pull request.