# HN Who is hiring (npm · hn-hiring-mcp)

Search, read and compare Hacker News "Who is hiring?" job posts as typed data. Read-only.

- Trust score: 68/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-18

## Components

- npm · `hn-hiring-mcp`: 68/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/crayz129-hn-hiring-mcp/hn-hiring-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/crayz129-hn-hiring-mcp/hn-hiring-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `hn-hiring-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 2026-10-18.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 98/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - 31 of 92 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 2 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 67/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 437 tokens (~109/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **Tool Coverage**: 90/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 64% 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 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 5 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

**Unverified: 1 category.** A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### How do I install the HN Who is hiring MCP server?

HN Who is hiring runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y hn-hiring-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 crayz129-hn-hiring-mcp -- npx -y hn-hiring-mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "crayz129-hn-hiring-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "hn-hiring-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "crayz129-hn-hiring-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "hn-hiring-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add crayz129-hn-hiring-mcp -- npx -y hn-hiring-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "crayz129-hn-hiring-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "hn-hiring-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add crayz129-hn-hiring-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg hn-hiring-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  crayz129-hn-hiring-mcp:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "hn-hiring-mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "crayz129-hn-hiring-mcp": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "hn-hiring-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add crayz129-hn-hiring-mcp -t stdio -c npx -a -y hn-hiring-mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "crayz129-hn-hiring-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "hn-hiring-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.

### 2026-10-15 (score 68)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `list_hiring_threads` (~36 tokens)

List hiring threads

Lists the most recent monthly "Ask HN: Who is hiring?" threads, newest first.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer)

Output parameters:

- `threads` (array)

### `search_jobs` (~204 tokens)

Search job posts

Searches one month of "Who is hiring?" posts. All filters are optional and combined with AND. Returns compact summaries; call get_job for the full text of a post.

Input parameters:

- `has_salary` (boolean): Only posts that state compensation
- `limit` (integer)
- `location` (string): Substring of the location, e.g. 'Europe', 'London', 'US'
- `month` (string): Thread month as YYYY-MM. Defaults to the latest thread.
- `offset` (integer)
- `query` (string): Free-text terms, all must appear, e.g. 'machine learning Berlin'
- `sort` (string): Default: relevance when query is set, otherwise newest
- `technologies` (array): All must be mentioned, e.g. ['Python', 'PostgreSQL']
- `visa_sponsorship` (boolean): true: offers sponsorship/relocation; false: explicitly does not
- `work_mode` (string)

Output parameters:

- `jobs` (array)
- `month` (string)
- `next_offset`
- `offset` (integer)
- `thread_id` (integer)
- `total_matches` (integer)

### `get_job` (~44 tokens)

Get job post

Returns the full text and parsed fields of one job post by its HN id (from search_jobs).

Input parameters:

- `id` (integer, required): HN comment id of the job post

Output parameters:

- `company` (string)
- `employment_types` (array)
- `excerpt` (string)
- `headline` (string)
- `hn_url` (string): Link to the original post; apply via the instructions there
- `id` (integer): HN comment id; pass to get_job for the full post
- `links` (array)
- `location` (string|null)
- `month` (string)
- `posted_at` (string)
- `roles` (array)
- `salary` (string|null): As written by the poster
- `technologies` (array)
- `text` (string): Full post text; e-mail addresses are replaced with [email on HN]
- `thread_id` (integer)
- `visa_sponsorship` (boolean|null): null when the post does not mention it
- `work_modes` (array)

### `hiring_trends` (~90 tokens)

Hiring trends

For each of the last N monthly threads, counts how many posts mention each technology and how many offer remote/hybrid/onsite. Good for questions like 'is demand for Rust growing?'. The first call for many months can take ~1 s per uncached month.

Input parameters:

- `months` (integer)
- `technologies` (array, required): e.g. ['Python', 'TypeScript', 'Rust']

Output parameters:

- `months` (array)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/crayz129-hn-hiring-mcp/hn-hiring-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-18: 68
- 2026-10-17: 68
- 2026-10-16: 68
- 2026-10-15: 68

## Common questions

### What is the HN Who is hiring MCP server?

HN Who is hiring is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.Crayz129/hn-hiring-mcp. Search, read and compare Hacker News "Who is hiring?" job posts as typed data. Read-only. This page covers its npm package (hn-hiring-mcp).

### Is the HN Who is hiring MCP server safe to use?

HN Who is hiring scores 68 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 18 October 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. 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 Who is hiring MCP server expose?

HN Who is hiring exposes 4 tools: list_hiring_threads, search_jobs, get_job, hiring_trends. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 374 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the HN Who is hiring MCP server still maintained?

HN Who is hiring is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 18 October 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 Who is hiring MCP server under?

HN Who is hiring 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

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/hn-hiring-mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/hn-hiring-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/Crayz129/hn-hiring-mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/crayz129-hn-hiring-mcp/hn-hiring-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/crayz129-hn-hiring-mcp/hn-hiring-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/crayz129-hn-hiring-mcp/hn-hiring-mcp