MCP Server · v0.1.5 · Free · Open Source
Give Claude live access to GitHub, Hacker News, Google Scholar, and YC — with timestamps on every result. Takes 2 minutes.
Open your Claude Desktop config file
Open Finder, press ⌘ Shift G, and paste this path:
Open claude_desktop_config.json — create it if it doesn't exist yet.
Paste this into the file
If the file already has content, add the "freshcontext" block inside your existing "mcpServers".
Save and restart Claude Desktop
Quit Claude completely and reopen it. The freshcontext tools will appear in your next conversation.
7 Tools
extract_github
README, stars, forks, language, topics, and last commit from any GitHub repo.
extract_hackernews
Top stories or search results from HN — scores, comments, timestamps.
extract_scholar
Research papers from Google Scholar — titles, authors, years, snippets.
extract_yc
YC company listings by keyword. Find who's funded in your space.
search_repos
GitHub repo search ranked by stars with activity signals.
package_trends
npm and PyPI metadata — version history, release cadence, last updated.
extract_landscape ✦
One call. Full picture. Queries YC + GitHub + HN + npm/PyPI simultaneously and returns a unified, timestamped landscape report.