hackernews-new-stories
List newest story IDs from Hacker News
This record as markdown: /tools/io-github-derekslinz-meta-data-mcp/hackernews-new-stories.md
What hackernews-new-stories does on Meta Data Mcp
AI agents invoke hackernews-new-stories to trigger actions in Meta Data Mcp. What it does depends on the arguments the agent supplies, and its effects often reach beyond the immediate call: builds kicked off, notifications sent, workflows started.
Why hackernews-new-stories is rated High
hackernews-new-stories triggers real processes with real consequences. An agent gone sideways doesn't fire it once. It starts dozens of builds, sends mass notifications, or burns through compute before anyone looks up.
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The rule that runs hackernews-new-stories safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Meta Data Mcp, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For hackernews-new-stories, this is the rule to start with:
hackernews-new-stories stays usable, but rate-capped: a runaway agent can't fire it dozens of times a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Meta Data Mcp, apply this rule, and every hackernews-new-stories call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about hackernews-new-stories
List newest story IDs from Hacker News. It is categorised as a Execute tool in the Meta Data Mcp MCP Server, which means it can trigger actions or run processes. Use rate limits and argument validation.
Register the Meta Data MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for hackernews-new-stories: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Meta Data Mcp. Nothing to install.
hackernews-new-stories is a Execute tool with high risk. Execute tools should be rate-limited and have argument validation enabled.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the hackernews-new-stories rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for hackernews-new-stories. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
hackernews-new-stories is provided by the Meta Data MCP server (pypi:meta-data-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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