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Tech stories and discussions from the lobste.rs community link aggregator

4 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

get_hottest

Get the hottest (front page) stories on Lobsters.

No parameters required.

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get_newest

Get the newest stories on Lobsters.

No parameters required.

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get_story required: short_id

Get a single Lobsters story and its comments by short ID.

Parameters
Name Type Description
short_id req string The short alphanumeric story ID from the Lobsters URL (e.g. "abcdef")
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get_tag required: tag

Get stories for a specific Lobsters tag (e.g. "rust", "programming", "security").

Parameters
Name Type Description
tag req string Tag name (e.g. "rust", "programming", "security")
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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/lobsters/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/lobsters/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_hottest","arguments":{}}}'