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claude mcp add datafaucet-sandbox https://datafaucet.dev/api/sandboxNew here? Start with these zero-config tools:
| Name | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| username | yes | Hacker News username (case-sensitive) |
{id, karma, about, created, submitted: [itemIds]}curl -X POST https://datafaucet.dev/api/sandbox \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_hn_user","arguments":{"username":"pg"}}}'import requests
response = requests.post(
"https://datafaucet.dev/api/sandbox",
json={
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "get_hn_user",
"arguments": {
"username": "pg"
}
}
}
)
print(response.json())const response = await fetch("https://datafaucet.dev/api/sandbox", {
method: "POST",
headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({
jsonrpc: "2.0",
id: 1,
method: "tools/call",
params: {
name: "get_hn_user",
arguments: {
"username": "pg"
},
},
}),
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data.result.content[0].text);claude mcp add datafaucet-sandbox https://datafaucet.dev/api/sandbox
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