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Querying Specific Items by ID
Overview
When working with the Hacker News MCP Server, you'll often need to retrieve specific items directly using their unique identifiers. Every story, comment, and poll on Hacker News has a unique numeric ID that you can use to fetch detailed information about that particular item. This direct access method is essential when you want to examine a specific discussion, analyze a particular story, or follow up on content you've discovered elsewhere.
Understanding Hacker News IDs
Each item on Hacker News—whether it's a story, comment, job posting, or poll—receives a unique numerical identifier when it's created. You'll typically encounter these IDs in URLs (for example, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12345678) or when browsing story feeds where each item includes its ID in the returned data.
These IDs are permanent and sequential, meaning older items have lower numbers while newer submissions receive higher numbers. Once assigned, an ID always refers to the same item, making it a reliable way to reference specific content.
Querying Items by ID
To retrieve a specific item using its ID, you can make natural language requests to your AI assistant that reference the identifier. For example, you might ask to "get details about Hacker News item 12345678" or "show me the story with ID 12345678."
The server will fetch the complete data for that item, including:
- Title and URL (for stories)
- Author information (username of the submitter)
- Timestamp (when the item was posted)
- Score (current points from community voting)
- Comment count (number of discussions)
- Text content (for text posts or comments)
Working with Comments
When you query a story by its ID, you'll receive information about the story itself, including a list of top-level comment IDs. To dive deeper into the discussion, you can then query individual comment IDs to retrieve their full text, author, timestamp, and any child comments.
This hierarchical approach allows you to navigate comment threads systematically, exploring conversations at whatever depth you need. You might start with a story ID, retrieve its comment IDs, then query specific comments that seem most relevant to your research.
Practical Applications
Direct ID queries are particularly useful when you're following up on references, building monitoring tools, or conducting detailed analysis. If someone mentions a specific Hacker News discussion, you can immediately pull up the full context using its ID. Similarly, if you're tracking how a story evolves over time, you can repeatedly query the same ID to see updated scores and new comments.
This targeted approach is more efficient than browsing through story feeds when you know exactly which item you need, making it an essential technique for power users of the Hacker News MCP Server.
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