hot-topics-mcp

Trending topics for AI agents — Weibo / Baidu / Zhihu (China) + Google Trends (US), plus HackerNews & StackExchange community intel. 2 tools. Zero dependencies, pure Python stdlib.

Hosted (no install): https://hot.mcp.goaimoat.com/mcp
Registry name: com.goaimoat/hot-topics
Free: 10 calls per day per IP. Then $0.03/call.

Built for content-creation and marketing agents that need to know what people are actually talking about right now before they write. Battle-tested in production driving a daily automated content pipeline.

Tools

Tool	What it gives the agent
`get_trending`	Live hot topics from 4 sources, scored against content tracks (`亲子教育`, `AI工具`, `EN_kids`, `EN_ai`, `all`, `raw`), with a built-in sensitive-topic blacklist (death/disaster/crime/politics) so agents never draft around toxic trends
`get_reddit_intel`	High-engagement community threads (HackerNews + StackExchange: Parenting/Workplace/Expatriates) for GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) research — the pain points real users are asking about this week

Why this exists

Trending data is scattered across platforms that expose no API, and each source covers a different audience. An agent that reads only one is working from a partial picture.
This server collects them into one structured response, so the agent sees the whole picture in a single call.
Multi-source with graceful degradation: any one source failing does not break the pipeline. A source that cannot be read is reported as unavailable rather than filled in with guesses.

Quick start

Requires Python 3.8+. No pip install needed.

Claude Desktop / WorkBuddy (`mcp.json`)

config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hot-topics": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/server.py"]
    }
  }
}

Then ask your agent: "What are today's trending topics in the AI工具 track?" or "Get reddit intel for the kids track and draft a post."

Example tool calls

config.json

{"name": "get_trending", "arguments": {"track": "AI工具"}}
{"name": "get_trending", "arguments": {"track": "EN_ai", "sources": ["google_trends"]}}
{"name": "get_reddit_intel", "arguments": {"track": "poa"}}

Hosted API (no install, works behind any firewall)

Don't want to run it yourself, or your network can't reach these sources? A hosted version runs 24/7 on our Singapore server — one HTTP GET, JSON back:

Code

GET http://43.160.199.215/hotapi/v1/hot?track=EN_ai&key=YOUR_KEY
GET http://43.160.199.215/hotapi/v1/reddit?track=poa&key=YOUR_KEY
GET http://43.160.199.215/hotapi/v1/health

30-day access key: $9 → https://niebingyu.gumroad.com/l/hot-topics-api

Notes

10-minute in-memory cache per source; polite to upstreams.
All sources are public endpoints used for research; respect each platform's terms.
Protocol: MCP over stdio, JSON-RPC 2.0, protocol version 2024-11-05.

License

MIT