hn_get_thread
ActiveTool of @cyanheads/hn-mcp-server
declared in 0.5.11
Get an item and its comment tree as a threaded discussion, with child comments resolved recursively. Use depth 0 for an item-only lookup.
Parameters schema
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"required": [
"itemId"
],
"properties": {
"depth": {
"type": "number",
"default": 3,
"maximum": 10,
"minimum": 0,
"description": "How many levels of replies to resolve. 0 = just the item, no comments. 1 = direct replies only. Popular stories often have more top-level comments than maxComments — to see nesting, raise maxComments together with depth, or call again with a specific comment's itemId to drill into a subtree."
},
"itemId": {
"type": "number",
"description": "ID of the story, comment, or poll to fetch the thread for."
},
"maxComments": {
"type": "number",
"default": 50,
"maximum": 200,
"minimum": 1,
"description": "Maximum total comments to include across all depth levels. Highest-ranked top-level comments resolve first; replies fill in only after the level above is exhausted."
}
}
}No endpoints wrapped at confidence ≥ 0.70.
Parent server
@cyanheads/hn-mcp-server
https://github.com/cyanheads/hn-mcp-server
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