News Sentiment Trends MCP vs YouTube Trends API

In-depth architectural comparison of the News Sentiment Trends MCP and YouTube Trends API MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

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Choose News Sentiment Trends MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

Explore News Sentiment Trends MCP Details

Choose YouTube Trends API when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

Explore YouTube Trends API Details

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	N News Sentiment Trends MCP Developer Tools	YouTube Trends API Developer Tools
Summary	News sentiment scores over time, with growth for any topic. Free key at trendsmcp.ai	YouTube search volume and trending videos over time. Free key at trendsapi.ai
Category & Scope	Developer Tools	Developer Tools
Quality signal

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "news-sentiment-trends-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "news-sentiment-trends-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-trends-api": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://api.trendsapi.ai/mcp",
        "--header",
        "Authorization:${AUTH_HEADER}"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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