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Build with Hacker News

Social news website

Entertainment

  • API key

MCP

Give your agent Hacker News tools

Every Hacker News action is exposed as an MCP tool on Pipedream's remote server. Point a client at it with your end user's ID and Connect resolves that user's Hacker News account for each tool call — you store no tokens.

// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
  new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
  {
    requestInit: {
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
        "x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
        "x-pd-environment": "production",
        "x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
        "x-pd-app-slug": "hacker_news",
      },
    },
  },
)

const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)

const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()
// Every tool arrives with its own input schema — run one with mcp.callTool().

API PROXY

Call the Hacker News API directly

For an endpoint with no pre-built tool, the Connect proxy forwards your request to the Hacker News API with the connected user's credentials attached. You store no tokens and write no refresh logic.

const resp = await pd.proxy.get({
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  accountId: "apn_xxxxxxx",
  url: "https://api.example.com/v1/me",
})

// Any allowed Hacker News endpoint works here. Pipedream attaches the
// connected account's credentials to the outgoing request.

SDK

Run Hacker News actions from your backend

Connect a user's Hacker News account once, then discover and run its tools on their behalf from your own code — TypeScript, Python, or plain HTTP.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const tools = await pd.components.list({
  app: "hacker_news",
  componentType: "action",
})

TOOLS

Hacker News actions

On-demand operations your product or agent can configure and run on behalf of a connected user.

No Hacker News actions are available yet.

MULTI-APP

Use Hacker News with other popular apps

Most products don't stop at one integration. Pair Hacker News with the other apps your users rely on, and ship use cases that span both.

REFERENCE

App details

Reference metadata for the Hacker News connector in the Pipedream registry.

App slug
hacker_news
Authentication
API key
Categories
Entertainment
Actions
0
Triggers
2
API proxy
Available