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Retrieving User Profile Information and Activity

Overview

The Hacker News MCP Server allows you to retrieve detailed information about any Hacker News user, including their profile details, contribution history, and community engagement metrics. This functionality is essential for researching thought leaders, identifying subject matter experts, tracking contributor activity, or analyzing community participation patterns.

Accessing User Profiles

To retrieve user profile information, simply request data about a specific Hacker News username through your AI assistant. You can ask questions like "Show me the profile for user [username]" or "What's the karma score for [username]?" The server will fetch the complete profile data directly from Hacker News.

User profiles contain several key pieces of information:

  • Username: The unique identifier for the user
  • Karma: A numerical score representing the community's appreciation of the user's contributions through upvotes
  • Account Creation Date: When the user joined Hacker News
  • About Section: A biographical description written by the user (if provided)

Understanding User Activity

Beyond basic profile information, you can explore a user's complete contribution history. This includes:

Submissions

View all stories and links a user has submitted to Hacker News. This shows what topics and sources the user finds valuable enough to share with the community, providing insight into their interests and areas of expertise.

Comments

Access the user's comment history to understand their perspectives, technical knowledge, and engagement style. Comments often reveal deeper expertise than submissions alone, as users explain concepts, share experiences, and engage in technical discussions.

Engagement Patterns

By examining both submissions and comments, you can identify when users are most active, what topics they consistently engage with, and how the community responds to their contributions through voting patterns.

Practical Applications

User profile retrieval is valuable for several scenarios:

  • Expert Identification: Find users who consistently contribute valuable insights on specific technologies or topics
  • Research: Understand how influential community members think about particular issues
  • Due Diligence: Investigate the background and credibility of users making significant claims
  • Network Analysis: Map relationships between contributors and identify communities of practice within the broader Hacker News ecosystem

Tips for Effective Use

When researching users, consider examining both their recent activity and their historical contributions to get a complete picture. High karma scores generally indicate consistent, valuable contributions, but newer users may also provide excellent insights despite lower scores. Remember that all data is publicly available on Hacker News itself—this server simply makes it easier to access and analyze programmatically.

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