HN Front Count
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Description
Count current Hacker News front-page stories. Titles discarded.
What our measurements say
HN Front Count is a remote MCP server published at agent-observatory-sensor.nolimit-observatory.workers.dev. It has been probed 6 times since 9/12/2026. It answered in 6 of them (100.0%), a near-uninterrupted record. Median response time is 38 ms, placing it among the faster endpoints. It exposes a broad tool surface of 30 tools. On the protocol side it still runs 2025-11-25 and has not moved to the newer spec.
Agent readability score
Can an LLM agent pick the right tool here — names, descriptions and parameter clarity are assessed.
Agent readability score
Agent readability score
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| Run | Era | Modern | ms | Legacy | ms | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-13 01:33:33 | Legacy | 404 | 34 | 200 | 31 | 2025-03-26 |
| 2026-09-12 23:31:36 | Legacy | 404 | 40 | 200 | 37 | 2025-03-26 |
| 2026-09-12 21:29:15 | Legacy | 404 | 42 | 200 | 37 | 2025-03-26 |
| 2026-09-12 19:27:29 | Legacy | 404 | 47 | 200 | 35 | 2025-03-26 |
| 2026-09-12 17:24:09 | Legacy | 404 | 40 | 200 | 40 | 2025-03-26 |
| 2026-09-12 15:21:42 | Legacy | 404 | 36 | 200 | 38 | 2025-03-26 |
Schema compliance
tools/list structure, inputSchema validity, and a functional smoke test — the components of the 0-100 score.
- tools/list schema valid
- inputSchema is valid JSON Schema
- Smoke test not run this round
- Cold-start: cold 36ms → warm 34ms (penalty 2ms)
Tools
Tools the server advertised in the latest measurement — measured, not catalog-claimed.
hn-front-countCount current Hacker News front-page stories. Titles discarded.
zonestringjsonstringurlstringhoststringcitystringquerystringpathstringrefstringfeedstring
utc-timeCurrent UTC timestamp.
zonestringjsonstringurlstringhoststringcitystringquerystringpathstringrefstringfeedstring
timezoneCurrent time in a named IANA timezone.
zonestringjsonstringurlstringhoststringcitystringquerystringpathstringrefstringfeedstring
validate-jsonCheck whether a body is valid JSON. The body is discarded.
zonestringjsonstringurlstringhoststringcitystringquerystringpathstringrefstringfeedstring
normalize-urlReturn origin, host, and path for a URL. Query and fragment are dropped.
zonestringjsonstringurlstringhoststringcitystringquerystringpathstringrefstringfeedstring
inspect-robotsFetch a public robots.txt and return group counts only.
zonestringjsonstringurlstringhoststringcitystringquerystringpathstringrefstringfeedstring
domain-shapeSplit a hostname into labels without WHOIS or ownership data.
zonestringjsonstringurlstringhoststringcitystringquerystringpathstringrefstringfeedstring
citationReturn host, scheme, and HTTP status for a URL. Page content is not stored.
zonestringjsonstringurlstringhoststringcitystringquerystringpathstringrefstringfeedstring
compatibilityShow how this request is classified. No identifiers are retained.
zonestringjsonstringurlstringhoststringcitystringquerystringpathstringrefstringfeedstring
status-catalogShort catalog of common HTTP status codes.
zonestringjsonstringurlstringhoststringcitystringquerystringpathstringrefstringfeedstring
iana-zonesCommon IANA timezone names for clock calls.
zonestringjsonstringurlstringhoststringcitystringquerystringpathstringrefstringfeedstring
web-fetchHTTP status and content type for a public URL. Body discarded.
zonestringjsonstringurlstringhoststringcitystringquerystringpathstringrefstringfeedstring
Availability history
Each block is one measurement round. Green: working response. Amber: responded but the server was returning errors (5xx). Red: no response at all.
Era history
Each cell is one probe run. Faded cells are incomplete probes — one leg did not answer, so the era is inconclusive.
Response time history
The two probe legs separately: modern server/discover and legacy initialize.
Event log
Derived by comparing consecutive probes — changes in era, protocol version, build and reachability.
- Added to watch — era: Legacy
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- Hacker News Front Page (Live Tech Stories) — buy per-query in-session (hnfrontpage)a2awire.com
Hacker News front page: top stories, points, links. Register in-session — free testnet funds.
- News Feed Countagent-observatory-sensor.nolimit-observatory.workers.dev
Count items in a public RSS or Atom feed. Titles discarded.
- Hacker News Trendinghn-trending-mcp.atlasword.workers.dev
HN front-page, Algolia full-text search, and Show HN launch tracker.
- JSONL object-line count, bodies discardedagent-observatory-sensor.nolimit-observatory.workers.dev
JSONL object-line count, bodies discarded
- If-Match etag list count, value discardedagent-observatory-sensor.nolimit-observatory.workers.dev
If-Match etag list count, value discarded
- Connection token count, value discardedagent-observatory-sensor.nolimit-observatory.workers.dev
Connection token count, value discarded
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