# news.hn-user

Hacker News user profile by username. Returns id, account creation time (unix + ISO), karma, the about/bio text, number of items submitted, and the canonical news.ycombinator.com profile URL. Unknown user returns an empty result.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `news.hn-user`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/news.hn-user

## Facts

- Tool: `news.hn-user`
- Server: Mcp (`@2sio/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp.md
- Install: `npx -y @2sio/mcp`
- Homepage: https://github.com/2s-io/sdk
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "news.hn-user",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why news.hn-user is rated Low

This tool queries and retrieves publicly available information from Hacker News user profiles. It performs a read-only operation with no capability to modify, delete, or execute actions. The data returned (user metadata, karma, bio) is informational only. Low severity due to minimal sensitivity of public profile data and no destructive or operational capabilities.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool description states it 'Returns id, account creation time (unix + ISO), karma, the about/bio text, number of items submitted, and the canonical news.ycombinator.com profile URL' — purely retrieves public user profile data with no modification, deletion,…"

## Use case

AI agents call news.hn-user to retrieve information from Mcp without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Mcp:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "news.hn-user": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Mcp (571)

- `queue.ack` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/queue.ack.md
- `store.blob-delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/store.blob-delete.md
- `store.doc-delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/store.doc-delete.md
- `store.kv-delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/store.kv-delete.md
- `store.vector-delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/store.vector-delete.md
- `watchers.cancel` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/watchers.cancel.md
- `ai.council` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/ai.council.md
- `ai.screenshot` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/ai.screenshot.md
- `batch.run` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/batch.run.md
- `dev.preflight` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/dev.preflight.md
- `dev.regex-test` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/dev.regex-test.md
- `hash.compute` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/hash.compute.md
- `pubsub.subscribe` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/pubsub.subscribe.md
- `queue.lease` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/queue.lease.md
- `search.crawl` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/search.crawl.md
- `url.render` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/url.render.md
- `watchers.crypto-address-activity` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/watchers.crypto-address-activity.md
- `watchers.earthquake` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/watchers.earthquake.md
- `predict.crypto-updown` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/predict.crypto-updown.md
- `predict.wallet` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/predict.wallet.md
- `watchers.fear-greed` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/watchers.fear-greed.md
- `watchers.fx-rate` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/watchers.fx-rate.md
- `agent.knowledge-delta` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/agent.knowledge-delta.md
- `agriculture.drought` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/agriculture.drought.md
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- `ai.classify` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/ai.classify.md
- `ai.describe-image` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/ai.describe-image.md
- `ai.entities` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/ai.entities.md
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- …and 541 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=io-github-2s-io-mcp · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/io-github-2s-io-mcp