Hacker News · Capability

Hacker News API — Live

Hacker News API — Live. 2 operations. Lead operation: Get max item ID. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Hacker News business surface.

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What You Can Do

GET

Getmaxitem — Get max item ID

/v1/maxitem-json

GET

Getupdates — Get changed items and profiles

/v1/updates-json

MCP Tools

get-max-item-id

Get max item ID

read-only idempotent

get-changed-items-and-profiles

Get changed items and profiles

read-only idempotent

Capability Spec

naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: Hacker News API — Live
  description: 'Hacker News API — Live. 2 operations. Lead operation: Get max item ID. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering
    one Hacker News business surface.'
  tags:
  - Hacker News
  - Live
  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-live
    baseUri: https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0
    description: Hacker News API — Live business capability. Self-contained, no shared references.
    resources:
    - name: maxitem.json
      path: /maxitem.json
      operations:
      - name: getmaxitem
        method: GET
        description: Get max item ID
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
    - name: updates.json
      path: /updates.json
      operations:
      - name: getupdates
        method: GET
        description: Get changed items and profiles
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
  exposes:
  - type: rest
    namespace: hacker-news-live-rest
    port: 8080
    description: REST adapter for Hacker News API — Live. One Spectral-compliant resource per consumed operation, prefixed
      with /v1.
    resources:
    - path: /v1/maxitem-json
      name: maxitem-json
      description: REST surface for maxitem.json.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: getmaxitem
        description: Get max item ID
        call: hacker-news-live.getmaxitem
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/updates-json
      name: updates-json
      description: REST surface for updates.json.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: getupdates
        description: Get changed items and profiles
        call: hacker-news-live.getupdates
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
  - type: mcp
    namespace: hacker-news-live-mcp
    port: 9090
    transport: http
    description: MCP adapter for Hacker News API — Live. One tool per consumed operation, routed inline through this capability's
      consumes block.
    tools:
    - name: get-max-item-id
      description: Get max item ID
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: hacker-news-live.getmaxitem
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: get-changed-items-and-profiles
      description: Get changed items and profiles
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: hacker-news-live.getupdates
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.