About Sentiment Analyzer
Sentiment Analyzer is presented as an MCP server for analyzing Hacker News sentiment on technology topics. Its README, however, documents only greeting and echo tools, not sentiment analysis.
Key features
- 01Greeting messages
- 02Timestamped input echo
- 03TypeScript tool unit tests
Use cases
- 01Testing MCP connections and tool calls
- 02Checking tool echo behavior
MCP support
The server exposes tools over MCP. The README lists only hello and echo and does not describe Hacker News sentiment analysis.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
We haven’t collected a package or remote endpoint for this server. Follow the instructions in the project README.
Tools
Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.
Details
From the project READMEsentiment-analyzer
MCP server created with MCPize.
Quick Start
npm install
npm run dev # Start with hot reload
Server runs at http://localhost:8080/mcp
Development
npm run dev # Development mode with hot reload
npm run build # Compile TypeScript
npm test # Run tests
npm start # Run compiled server
Project Structure
├── src/
│ ├── index.ts # MCP server entry point
│ └── tools.ts # Pure tool functions (testable)
├── tests/
│ └── tools.test.ts # Tool unit tests
├── package.json # Dependencies and scripts
├── tsconfig.json # TypeScript configuration
├── mcpize.yaml # MCPize deployment manifest
├── Dockerfile # Container build
└── .env.example # Environment variables template
Tools
- hello — Returns a greeting message
- echo — Echoes back the input with a timestamp
Testing
npm test # Run unit tests
npx @anthropic-ai/mcp-inspector # Interactive MCP testing
Connect to http://localhost:8080/mcp to test tools interactively.
Deployment
mcpize deploy
License
MIT
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