# HN Hiring Trends (pypi · hn-hiring-trends-mcp)

Skill demand trends, salaries and job search from Hacker News Who is hiring threads. No API keys.

- Trust score: 86/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +2
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-04

## Components

- pypi · `hn-hiring-trends-mcp`: 86/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/alialtunar-hn-hiring-trends-mcp/hn-hiring-trends-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/alialtunar-hn-hiring-trends-mcp/hn-hiring-trends-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `pypi`
- Package: `hn-hiring-trends-mcp`
- Version: `0.1.0`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-04.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 100/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - Runs hatchling.build at install time, a recognised build step with no custom scripting around it.
  - 1 of 31 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 45/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 33 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 85/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 519 tokens (~103/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 100/100
  - No destabilizing schema changes in the last 30 days.
- **Tool Coverage**: 90/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 65% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 6 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### How do I install the HN Hiring Trends MCP server?

HN Hiring Trends runs locally as a PyPI package, launched with uvx hn-hiring-trends-mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add alialtunar-hn-hiring-trends-mcp -- uvx hn-hiring-trends-mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alialtunar-hn-hiring-trends-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "hn-hiring-trends-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "alialtunar-hn-hiring-trends-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "hn-hiring-trends-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add alialtunar-hn-hiring-trends-mcp -- uvx hn-hiring-trends-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "alialtunar-hn-hiring-trends-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "uvx",
        "hn-hiring-trends-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add alialtunar-hn-hiring-trends-mcp --command uvx --arg hn-hiring-trends-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  alialtunar-hn-hiring-trends-mcp:
    command: "uvx"
    args: ["hn-hiring-trends-mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "alialtunar-hn-hiring-trends-mcp": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "uvx",
      "Arguments": [
        "hn-hiring-trends-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add alialtunar-hn-hiring-trends-mcp -t stdio -c uvx -a hn-hiring-trends-mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alialtunar-hn-hiring-trends-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "hn-hiring-trends-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-10-31 (score 86, +1)

- [security] Stability: 0.97 → pass

### 2026-10-30 (score 85, +15)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-10-29 (score 70, −14)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified

### 2026-10-28 (score 84, +15)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-10-27 (score 69, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 83 to 87. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 25 days of observed history at the previous scan, 26 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-25 (score 68, −14)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified

### 2026-10-24 (score 82, +15)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-10-23 (score 67, −14)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified

## MCP tools (5)

### `hiring_threads` (~58 tokens)

List the monthly 'Who is hiring?' threads available, with comment counts and links.

Input parameters:

- `months` (integer): How many monthly threads to read, newest first.
- `response_format` (string): 'markdown' (default) or 'json'.

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

### `hiring_snapshot` (~81 tokens)

One month at a glance: number of job posts, remote/hybrid/onsite and visa shares, the most
requested skills, and salary ranges where posts state them.

Input parameters:

- `month` (string): 'YYYY-MM' or 'latest'.
- `response_format` (string): 'markdown' (default) or 'json'.
- `top` (integer)

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

### `skill_demand` (~101 tokens)

Month-by-month share of job posts that mention each skill, with the change from the
oldest to the newest month read.

Input parameters:

- `months` (integer): How many monthly threads to read, newest first.
- `response_format` (string): 'markdown' (default) or 'json'.
- `skills` (array, required): Skills or phrases, e.g. ['Rust', 'Go', 'LLM']. Any word works; known skills use tuned matching.

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

### `rising_skills` (~70 tokens)

Which skills gained or lost demand: compares the share of posts mentioning ~70 known skills in
the recent half of the period with the earlier half.

Input parameters:

- `months` (integer)
- `response_format` (string): 'markdown' (default) or 'json'.
- `top` (integer)

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

### `search_jobs` (~117 tokens)

Find job posts that mention all the given terms, optionally remote-only or visa-sponsoring.
Returns company, the post's header line, salary if stated, and a link.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer)
- `months` (integer): Search the newest N monthly threads.
- `remote_only` (boolean)
- `response_format` (string): 'markdown' (default) or 'json'.
- `terms` (array, required): All must appear, e.g. ['Rust', 'embedded'].
- `visa_only` (boolean)

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Install scripts, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/alialtunar-hn-hiring-trends-mcp/hn-hiring-trends-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-04: 86
- 2026-11-03: 86
- 2026-11-02: 86
- 2026-11-01: 86
- 2026-10-31: 86
- 2026-10-30: 85
- 2026-10-29: 70
- 2026-10-28: 84
- 2026-10-27: 69
- 2026-10-26: 68
- 2026-10-25: 68
- 2026-10-24: 82
- 2026-10-23: 67
- 2026-10-22: 81
- 2026-10-21: 66
- 2026-10-20: 65
- 2026-10-19: 65
- 2026-10-18: 64
- 2026-10-17: 64
- 2026-10-16: 64
- 2026-10-15: 63
- 2026-10-14: 63
- 2026-10-13: 72
- 2026-10-12: 72
- 2026-10-04: 57
- 2026-10-03: 72
- 2026-10-02: 72
- 2026-10-01: 57

## Common questions

### What is the HN Hiring Trends MCP server?

HN Hiring Trends is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.alialtunar/hn-hiring-trends-mcp. Skill demand trends, salaries and job search from Hacker News Who is hiring threads. No API keys. This page covers its PyPI package (hn-hiring-trends-mcp).

### Is the HN Hiring Trends MCP server safe to use?

HN Hiring Trends scores 86 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 4 November 2026. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the HN Hiring Trends MCP server expose?

HN Hiring Trends exposes 5 tools: hiring_threads, hiring_snapshot, skill_demand, rising_skills, search_jobs. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 427 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the HN Hiring Trends MCP server still maintained?

HN Hiring Trends is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 4 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the HN Hiring Trends MCP server under?

HN Hiring Trends declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- PyPI project: https://pypi.org/project/hn-hiring-trends-mcp/
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/pypi/package/hn-hiring-trends-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/alialtunar/hn-hiring-trends-mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/alialtunar-hn-hiring-trends-mcp/hn-hiring-trends-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/alialtunar-hn-hiring-trends-mcp/hn-hiring-trends-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/alialtunar-hn-hiring-trends-mcp/hn-hiring-trends-mcp