Hacker News signal extraction for technology trend monitoring
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🇨🇭 Part of the Swiss Public Data MCP Portfolio
MCP server for global tech & AI signal intelligence — aggregates HackerNews, arXiv, Lobste.rs and GitHub into a structured briefing. No API key required.
hn-tech-signal-mcp turns any AI assistant into a proactive tech intelligence analyst. The server aggregates four signal layers — research frontier, developer discourse, curated signal, and open-source practice — into a single, structured briefing.
No authentication required. All four data sources are public APIs. Optional: set GITHUB_TOKEN for higher GitHub rate limits (5,000 req/h vs. 60 req/h unauthenticated).
Anchor demo query: "Give me a tech signal digest on AI today — what is happening in research, developer discourse and open source?"
FRONTIER arXiv API → Latest AI/ML papers (cs.AI, cs.LG, cs.CL, cs.CV)
DISCOURSE HackerNews → Top/best stories + Algolia full-text search
Lobste.rs → Curated, lower-noise tech signal
PRACTICE GitHub Search → What engineers are actually building right now
Think of the four layers as a radar: arXiv shows what's coming over the horizon, HN and Lobste.rs show what practitioners are discussing, and GitHub shows what teams are actually shipping.
| # | Tool | Source | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hn_top_stories | HackerNews | Top/best/new stories, with optional AI filter |
| 2 | hn_search | HN Algolia | Full-text search across all HN history |
| 3 | arxiv_latest | arXiv | Latest papers by category (cs.AI etc.) |
| 4 | arxiv_search | arXiv | Search papers by keyword/title/author |
| 5 | lobsters_hot | Lobste.rs | Curated tech stories, filterable by tag |
| 6 | github_trending_ai | GitHub | Trending AI repos by topic and stars |
| 7 | tech_signal_digest | All sources | Aggregated Markdown briefing |
uv or pipGITHUB_TOKEN for higher GitHub rate limits# Recommended: uvx (no install step needed)
uvx hn-tech-signal-mcp
# Alternative: pip
pip install hn-tech-signal-mcp
# Start the server (stdio mode for Claude Desktop)
uvx hn-tech-signal-mcp
# With optional GitHub token for higher rate limits
GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_yourtoken uvx hn-tech-signal-mcp
Try immediately in Claude Desktop:
"Give me a tech signal digest on AI today" *"What are the latest cs.AI papers fro