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Trends Hub
Pulls trending lists and news feeds from Chinese and English sites, plus your own RSS feeds
By Baran (individual) TypeScript Local · stdio Web searchMedia
55 popularity score ★ 274 ↓ 741/wk
Connect your client
Local (npm)
Add in one click
Opens the app, which asks before it adds the server.
Or add it by command or config
Claude CodeTerminal
claude mcp add trends-hub -- npx -y mcp-trends-hubClaude Desktopclaude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"trends-hub": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-trends-hub"
]
}
}
}Cursor~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"trends-hub": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-trends-hub"
]
}
}
}VS Code.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"trends-hub": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-trends-hub"
]
}
}
}Codex~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.trends-hub]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-trends-hub"]Gemini CLITerminal
gemini mcp add --scope user trends-hub npx -- -y mcp-trends-hubSettings 2
TRENDS_HUB_CUSTOM_RSS_URL |
Optional: Comma-separated RSS feed addresses; each becomes a tool named after its host name. |
|---|---|
TRENDS_HUB_HIDDEN_FIELDS |
Optional: Comma-separated fields to drop from results, as field (all tools) or tool:field (one tool), e.g. cover. |
What it does
Trends Hub (npm package mcp-trends-hub) is a local stdio server that gathers what is currently popular on a set of public sites and hands it to an assistant as plain text. Most of its sources are Chinese platforms: hot-search and ranking lists from Weibo, Zhihu, Douyin, Toutiao, Bilibili, Douban, WeRead, 36Kr, Juejin, SSPAI, SMZDM, The Paper, NetEase and Tencent News. A few are English-language news feeds: BBC, The New York Times, The Verge and 9to5Mac. Each source is its own read-only tool, 21 in version 1.7.0; some take an option, such as the Bilibili tool's ranking section.
You can add your own feeds with TRENDS_HUB_CUSTOM_RSS_URL, a comma-separated list of RSS addresses. Each feed becomes an extra tool named after its host name (news.yahoo.com becomes news_yahoo_com, with a number added when two feeds share a host). The code fetches every custom feed once when the server starts and uses the feed's own title as the tool description (src/tools/__custom-rss.ts). TRENDS_HUB_HIDDEN_FIELDS removes chosen fields from the results, for every tool or for one tool, which helps keep replies short.
Results come back as one text block per item, with each field wrapped in a tag such as <title> or <link>. Empty fields are dropped (src/utils/tools.ts). No account or key is needed for any source.
What it needs
| Runtime | Node.js 22+ |
|---|
Node.js 22 or newer, so that npx can fetch and run the mcp-trends-hub package. Outbound internet access to the sites it reads. No accounts, API keys or paid plans. Any MCP client that can start a stdio command.
Limits
Read-only: it fetches lists and feeds and cannot post, vote or search inside a site. Most sources are Chinese; only four English news feeds are built in. Built-in tools take no page or count setting. A tool that fails to load is dropped from the tool list without a message (tools load via Promise.allSettled, src/utils/tools.ts), so a custom RSS address that is unreachable or not RSS 2.0 at start-up gives no tool and no error. Stdio only; no hosted endpoint or HTTP mode. Several tools read sites' web interfaces with a browser user agent rather than an official API (e.g. Bilibili), so a site change can break a tool until the package is updated.
Who it suits
It suits someone who wants an assistant to summarise what is trending on Chinese social media and news sites, or to follow a few RSS feeds, with nothing to sign up for and nothing written anywhere. It is less useful for English-only news monitoring, since only four English feeds are built in. It cannot search for a topic across the web, so a web search server is a better fit for that. Because tools scrape public pages, it suits casual or research use more than anything that depends on a source staying up.
Tools 21
get_36kr_trending- 36Kr hot list of startup, business and tech stories
get_9to5mac_news- Latest Apple news from 9to5Mac (English)
get_bbc_news- BBC news headlines across world, UK, business, tech and other sections
get_bilibili_rank- Bilibili video ranking, for the whole site or one section
get_douban_rank- Douban's current popular books, films, TV and shows, with ratings
get_douyin_trending- Douyin hot-search topics
get_gcores_new- New video game articles from Gcores
get_ifanr_news- ifanr tech and gadget news flashes
get_infoq_news- InfoQ software engineering and architecture news
get_juejin_article_rank- Juejin ranking of developer articles
get_netease_news_trending- NetEase News hot list
get_nytimes_news- New York Times news, in English or Chinese
get_smzdm_rank- SMZDM popular deals, product picks and reviews
get_sspai_rank- SSPAI hot list of apps, gadgets and productivity articles
get_tencent_news_trending- Tencent News hot list
get_thepaper_trending- The Paper hot news list
get_theverge_news- Latest tech news from The Verge (English)
get_toutiao_trending- Toutiao hot list across news topics
get_weibo_trending- Weibo hot-search list
get_weread_rank- WeRead book ranking
get_zhihu_trending- Zhihu hot list of questions and discussions