`get_hottest`

Pack: lobsters · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/lobsters/mcp

Get trending stories from Lobsters. Returns title, URL, score, comment count, and tags for each story.

Example call

Arguments

{}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/lobsters/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_hottest","arguments":{}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('get_hottest', {});

Response shape

Always returns: count, stories

Field	Type	Description
`count`	number	Number of stories returned
`stories`	array	List of trending stories

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "count": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of stories returned"
    },
    "stories": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "List of trending stories",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "short_id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Unique short ID for the story"
          },
          "url": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Story URL"
          },
          "comments_url": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "URL to view comments on Lobsters"
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Story title"
          },
          "score": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Total score (upvotes - downvotes)"
          },
          "upvotes": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Number of upvotes"
          },
          "downvotes": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Number of downvotes"
          },
          "comment_count": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Number of comments"
          },
          "created_at": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "ISO timestamp of story creation"
          },
          "submitter": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Username of story submitter"
          },
          "tags": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "Tags associated with the story",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "description": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Plain text description or null"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "short_id",
          "url",
          "comments_url",
          "title",
          "score",
          "upvotes",
          "downvotes",
          "comment_count",
          "created_at",
          "submitter",
          "tags",
          "description"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "count",
    "stories"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lobsters": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/lobsters/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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