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Monitoring Real-Time Updates and New Submissions
Understanding Real-Time Updates
The Hacker News MCP Server provides live access to the latest submissions and updates from the Hacker News platform. Unlike cached or archived data, real-time access ensures you're working with current information as discussions unfold and new stories are submitted. This capability is essential for staying ahead of breaking news in the technology sector and monitoring discussions as they develop.
Accessing New Submissions
To monitor new submissions as they arrive on Hacker News, you can request the "new" stories feed through your AI assistant. Simply ask for recent or new submissions, and the server will retrieve the latest posts in chronological order. This feed includes stories that haven't yet been voted to the front page, giving you early visibility into emerging topics and discussions before they gain widespread attention.
New submissions appear continuously throughout the day, making this feed ideal for tracking specific keywords, monitoring competitor announcements, or discovering fresh content in your areas of interest. Each submission includes complete metadata such as the author, submission time, URL, and initial engagement metrics.
Monitoring Active Discussions
Real-time monitoring extends beyond just stories to include comment activity. You can track comment threads on specific submissions to follow developing discussions. This is particularly valuable when monitoring how the community responds to important announcements, product launches, or controversial topics.
By periodically requesting updates on specific story IDs, you can observe how comment threads grow, which arguments gain traction through upvotes, and how community sentiment evolves over time. The server retrieves the current state of comment trees, including new replies and updated scores.
Setting Up Monitoring Workflows
To establish effective monitoring, identify the specific feeds or topics you want to track. For broad awareness, regularly query the "new" and "top" story feeds. For focused monitoring, identify relevant stories by keyword or topic, then track those specific item IDs for comment updates.
You can request updates at intervals that match your needs—every few minutes for time-sensitive monitoring, or hourly for general awareness. The server handles each request independently, always fetching the current state directly from Hacker News.
Practical Monitoring Strategies
For product mentions, periodically search new submissions for your product name and monitor any matching stories for community feedback. For trend analysis, track top stories throughout the day to identify which topics sustain interest versus those that quickly fade. For competitive intelligence, monitor submissions related to competitors and analyze the comment sentiment and technical concerns raised by users.
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