# salwks/mcp-techTrend [Health: Active]

**Category:** Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics  
**Repository:** https://github.com/salwks/mcp-techTrend  
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**Directory Page:** https://allmcps.com/mcp/salwks-mcp-techtrend

## Description
Multi-source academic + code + medical-regulatory trend monitoring (arXiv, PubMed, GitHub, Hugging Face, openFDA 510(k)/Recalls). Newspaper-style briefings, per-domain tuning, sandbox-safe Python launcher.

## Tools
Capabilities this server exposes over MCP:

- **arxiv_recent** — Recent papers in one category, by submission date
- **arxiv_search** — Keyword / field-syntax search (`ti:`, `au:`, `abs:`, `cat:`)
- **pubmed_search** — PubMed search (MeSH terms, field tags) — abstracts via efetch
- **paperswithcode_trending** — HF Daily Papers, sorted by community upvotes
- **github_trending** — Browse github.com/trending (HTML scrape)
- **github_search** — GitHub Search API; `days` filters by `created:
- **huggingface_trending** — HF Hub models / datasets / spaces
- **fda_510k_recent** — Recent FDA 510(k) clearances
- **fda_recalls_recent** — Recent FDA medical-device recalls (class filter)
- **trends_digest** — Multi-source bullet-list digest, given a topic
- **trends_briefing** — Multi-source newspaper briefing; topic optional
- **trends_get_config** — Show current settings (token values never returned)
- **trends_set_enabled_sources** — Toggle which sources are active
- **trends_set_arxiv_categories** — Set arXiv categories + per-category weights
- **trends_set_pubmed_query** — Set the default PubMed query
- **trends_set_token** — Set / clear a rate-limit booster token

## Claude Desktop Quick Installation
Heuristic fallback — verify the package name and runner against the repository README before running it. Uses `uvx` (confidence: low):

```json
"mcpServers": {
  "mcp-techtrend": {
    "command": "uvx",
    "args": ["salwks-mcp-techtrend"]
  }
}
```

## Documentation

## What salwks/mcp-techTrend MCP server does

The salwks/mcp-techTrend MCP server collects information from academic, software, model, and medical-device sources and makes the results available as MCP tools. Supported sources include arXiv, PubMed, GitHub, Hugging Face, HF Daily Papers, FDA 510(k) clearances, and FDA medical-device recalls.

Source-specific tools cover recent arXiv papers, field-aware arXiv searches, PubMed searches with abstracts, GitHub trending pages and repository searches, Hugging Face models, datasets and spaces, HF Daily Papers, recent 510(k) clearances, and recalls with class filtering. The two aggregation tools combine enabled sources into either a bullet-list digest or a newspaper-style briefing. The briefing can accept an optional topic and is intended for requests such as a weekly news report.

## How it works

The server reads its settings from the `run.py` launcher and registers tools according to the enabled-source configuration. Disabling a source removes that source's individual tools from the MCP tool list, while the digest and briefing tools remain available and skip disabled sources.

ArXiv categories can be assigned weights. Results use a per-category round-robin approach so high-volume categories do not completely dominate smaller categories. Search tools support recent-day filtering where applicable. Repeated and concurrent requests use a TTL cache and request coalescing to reduce duplicate upstream calls.

The salwks/mcp-techTrend MCP server performs read operations against the listed services. It does not require tokens for normal anonymous access, but optional GitHub, Hugging Face, NCBI, and openFDA tokens can increase rate limits. Token values are not returned by the configuration tool.

## Setup and configuration

Installation is a local Python setup: clone the repository, create a virtual environment, and install `requirements.txt`. Claude Desktop is configured to run the virtual environment's Python executable with `run.py` as its argument. The launcher should be used instead of starting `trends_mcp.py` directly because it prepares the configured settings before handing off to the server.

Configuration can be edited interactively with `python configure.py`. The interface can select active sources, assign arXiv categories and weights, set the default PubMed query, manage optional tokens, display the current configuration, and restart stale MCP processes. `--show` displays settings and `--restart` terminates stale MCP processes. Settings can also be edited directly in the `run.py` settings block or changed through the `trends_set_*` MCP tools.

Changes take effect when the server is spawned again. After editing settings or using a configuration tool, restart Claude Desktop or restart the relevant MCP process.

## Tools and capabilities

- Search arXiv by category, submission date, keywords, or field syntax such as `ti:`, `au:`, `abs:`, and `cat:`.
- Search PubMed using MeSH terms and field tags, with abstracts retrieved through `efetch`.
- Browse GitHub trending HTML and search repositories through the GitHub Search API.
- Inspect HF Daily Papers, Hugging Face models, datasets, and spaces.
- Retrieve recent FDA 510(k) clearances and medical-device recalls.
- Produce topic-based multi-source digests and newspaper-style briefings.
- Inspect or change enabled sources, arXiv category weights, the default PubMed query, and optional provider tokens.

## Limitations and notes

The server depends on the availability and rate limits of the upstream public services. GitHub trending is obtained by scraping the trending page, while GitHub search uses the Search API. HF Daily Papers replaces the sunset Papers with Code API in the source list.

Optional credentials are rate-limit boosters rather than prerequisites. GitHub tokens should use no repository scope because the server only reads data. The configuration interface labels are in Korean, although its commands and presets are in English. The server is documented for Claude Desktop; compatibility with other MCP clients is not established by the supplied material.

_Full upstream README: https://allmcps.com/mcp/salwks-mcp-techtrend/readme_