HackerNews Mention Intelligence

Monitor brand, product and keyword mentions, discussions and momentum on Hacker News. Free snapshot; paid mention-intel via x402 USDC.

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Hosted MCP Server

npx add-mcp 'https://hn-intel.contentforge-press.workers.dev/mcp'

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📰 HackerNews Mention Intelligence

Monitor brand, product and keyword mentions on Hacker News — new threads, points and momentum.

Agents pay peer-to-peer in USDC on Base using the native x402 protocol — no platform account, no payment processor, 0% commission. You can also use a monthly key. One key works across the whole Change Intelligence family.

Hosted service: https://s-hn.pixharvest.com
MCP endpoint: https://s-hn.pixharvest.com/mcp
Official MCP Registry: io.github.contentforge-press/hn-intel
npm CLI: publishing shortly (use the JSON config below)

Try it now

Open a free, no-key snapshot: https://s-hn.pixharvest.com/v1/snapshot?target=openai

Target format: ?target=openai (a company, product or keyword)

Tools

Tool	Price	Returns
`mention_snapshot`	Free	Total mentions, 7/30-day counts and latest threads
`mention_changes`	$0.05	New discussions since last fetch; flags hot threads
`mention_intel_report`	$0.50	Buzz-intelligence report: momentum and top stories
`mention_batch_scan`	$0.03 / keyword	Scan up to 50 keywords
`mention_landscape`	$5	Rank up to 10 keywords on buzz and momentum

One-call install for MCP clients

Add the remote server manually to any MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, …):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hn-intel": {
      "url": "https://s-hn.pixharvest.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Anonymous initialize / tools/list are free; paid tool calls return an x402 challenge.

Pay-per-call (x402)

Call a paid route without payment and you receive 402 Payment Required with a machine-readable PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (x402 v2) plus a v1 JSON body. The agent signs a USDC authorization, retries with the payment header, and the request settles on Base.

Monthly plans

Same four tiers on every product — the same access key unlocks all five feeds:

Hobby	Pro	Business	Enterprise
$9/mo	$99/mo	$499/mo	$2000/mo

Get a key from the pricing page, then pass it as ?key=... on any call.

HTTP quick start

# free snapshot
curl "https://s-hn.pixharvest.com/v1/snapshot?target=REPLACE_TARGET"

# paid call — returns 402 with the x402 challenge
curl -i "https://s-hn.pixharvest.com/v1/changes?target=REPLACE_TARGET"

License

MIT — self-host, modify and run it yourself. The hosted service and its data are provided as-is.