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Hacker News discussions often contain insights that rival or exceed the value of the original submissions. The comment threads host deep technical discussions, expert analysis, and diverse perspectives from the technology community. Accessing and navigating these threads through the MCP server allows you to extract valuable information programmatically.
To access a specific comment, you'll need its unique identifier. Each comment on Hacker News has a numeric ID that you can reference directly. Simply request the comment by its ID through your AI assistant, and the server will return structured data including the comment text, author, timestamp, score, and relationships to parent comments or child replies.
For example, you might ask: "Get comment 12345678" or "Show me the details of comment ID 12345678." The server retrieves the comment data directly from Hacker News and presents it in an easily readable format.
Comments on Hacker News form hierarchical trees, with replies nested under parent comments. When you retrieve a comment, the server provides information about its position in the conversation structure, including references to its parent comment and any child replies.
To navigate a full discussion thread, start by requesting a story's details, which includes references to its top-level comments. From there, you can traverse deeper into specific conversation branches by requesting individual comments and their children. This approach lets you follow discussion threads that interest you without loading unnecessary data.
When researching a specific topic or following a particular debate within a comment section, you can request comments sequentially to understand the flow of conversation. Ask your AI assistant to retrieve parent or child comments to move up or down the discussion tree.
For instance: "Show me the parent comment of this discussion" or "What are the replies to this comment?" The server handles the relationships between comments, making it straightforward to reconstruct conversation context.
When working with comment threads, start with the story itself to understand the overall discussion scope. Check the number of comments before diving in—popular stories may have hundreds of nested comments. Focus on highly-scored comments first to identify the most valued contributions, then explore branches that relate to your specific interests.
Remember that comment data includes timestamps, allowing you to track how discussions evolve over time and identify when particular perspectives emerged in the conversation.
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