Hacker News · Capability

Hacker News API — Items

Hacker News API — Items. 1 operations. Lead operation: Get item by ID. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Hacker News business surface.

Run with Naftiko Hacker NewsItems

What You Can Do

GET
Getitem — Get item by ID
/v1/item/id-json

MCP Tools

get-item-id

Get item by ID

read-only idempotent

Capability Spec

hacker-news-items.yaml Raw ↑
naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: Hacker News API — Items
  description: 'Hacker News API — Items. 1 operations. Lead operation: Get item by ID. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering
    one Hacker News business surface.'
  tags:
  - Hacker News
  - Items
  created: '2026-05-19'
  modified: '2026-05-19'
binds:
- namespace: env
  keys:
    HACKER_NEWS_API_KEY: HACKER_NEWS_API_KEY
capability:
  consumes:
  - type: http
    namespace: hacker-news-items
    baseUri: https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0
    description: Hacker News API — Items business capability. Self-contained, no shared references.
    resources:
    - name: item-id}.json
      path: /item/{id}.json
      operations:
      - name: getitem
        method: GET
        description: Get item by ID
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: id
          in: path
          type: integer
          description: Numeric item ID.
          required: true
  exposes:
  - type: rest
    namespace: hacker-news-items-rest
    port: 8080
    description: REST adapter for Hacker News API — Items. One Spectral-compliant resource per consumed operation, prefixed
      with /v1.
    resources:
    - path: /v1/item/id-json
      name: item-id-json
      description: REST surface for item-id}.json.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: getitem
        description: Get item by ID
        call: hacker-news-items.getitem
        with:
          id: rest.id
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
  - type: mcp
    namespace: hacker-news-items-mcp
    port: 9090
    transport: http
    description: MCP adapter for Hacker News API — Items. One tool per consumed operation, routed inline through this capability's
      consumes block.
    tools:
    - name: get-item-id
      description: Get item by ID
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: hacker-news-items.getitem
      with:
        id: tools.id
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.