Show HN: Readhn – AI-Native Hacker News MCP Server (Discover, Trust, Understand) (github.com)
That led me to build readhn, an MCP server that helps with three things:
- Discover: find relevant stories/comments by keyword, score, and time window
- Trust: identify credible voices using EigenTrust-style propagation from seed experts
- Understand: show why each result is ranked, with explicit signals instead of a black-box score
It includes 6 tools: discover_stories, search, find_experts, expert_brief, story_brief, and thread_analysis.
I also added readhn setup so AI agents can auto-configure it (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and others) after pip install.
I’d love feedback on:
1) whether these ranking signals match how you evaluate HN quality,
2) trust-model tradeoffs,
3) what would make this useful in your daily workflow.
If this is useful to you, starring the repo helps others discover it: https://github.com/xodn348/readhn
5 comments
[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 23.0 ms ] thread"honestly, if you need an AI to sift through hn, you might be missing the point—this place is about the human touch. but hey, maybe it'll help some folks who just can't take the noise anymore."
The really made me laugh - seems like AI is totally pushing me into hypocrisy haha