trendmcp

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An MCP server that reads Hacker News, arXiv and GitHub Trending and hands the results to your AI assistant. No API keys required, and every tool returns token-efficient Markdown.

Tools

| Tool | Description | | --- | --- | | hackernews_stories | HN top / new / best / ask / show feeds | | hackernews_search | Search HN stories via Algolia (filter by age and minimum points) | | hackernews_thread | A story plus its top comment tree, for summarizing the discussion | | arxiv_search | Search arXiv by keywords and categories; latest papers when no query is given | | github_trending | GitHub Trending (by language, daily / weekly / monthly) | | tech_trends_digest | A one-shot digest of today's trends across all three sources |

Usage

Requires Node.js 20.18.1 or later. No install step needed — npx fetches it from npm.

Claude Code

claude mcp add trendmcp -- npx -y trendmcp

Claude Desktop / other MCP clients (claude_desktop_config.json, etc.)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "trendmcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "trendmcp"]
    }
  }
}

Development

npm install
npm run build
claude mcp add trendmcp -- node /absolute/path/to/trendmcp/dist/index.js

Notes

• Responses are cached in memory for 5 minutes.
• Per arXiv's API terms of use, arXiv requests are spaced 3 seconds apart and retried on HTTP 429.
• GitHub Trending has no official API, so the HTML page is parsed. It may need updating if GitHub changes the page layout.