News Volume Trends MCP

What News Volume Trends MCP MCP server does

News Volume Trends MCP MCP server gives AI agents access to trend measurements from Google, TikTok, YouTube, Amazon, Reddit, and more than 30 other sources. The service is designed for questions about how much attention a topic receives, how that attention changes over time, and what is currently ranking on a platform.

Its three MCP tools cover distinct tasks:

• get_time_series returns weekly history by default, or daily history where supported, for one keyword on one source.
• get_growth calculates point-to-point percentage change for one keyword and source. Multiple comparison windows can be requested together.
• get_top_trends returns a live ranked feed and does not take a keyword.

The data uses a normalized 0–100 index where the source pipeline supports it. A returned series may also include absolute volume when the source provides that measure.

How it works

The hosted MCP endpoint is https://api.trendsmcp.ai/mcp. Requests use one TrendsMCP Bearer API key, and the same account can also access the REST endpoint at https://api.trendsmcp.ai/api. The repository includes a local stdio adapter for hosts such as Glama, but hosted HTTP is the documented default.

Keyword tools require both keyword and source. Each time-series request handles one source and one keyword. Growth requests can use one source or a comma-separated source list, with presets ranging from 7 days to 5 years, plus month-to-date, quarter-to-date, and year-to-date options. get_top_trends instead requires a feed type on MCP; the value must match the feed name exactly, including capitalization.

Setup and configuration

Create an account and obtain an API key before making paid data requests. Remote clients connect to the hosted URL with an Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY header. Claude.ai uses its custom connector OAuth flow instead, so a Bearer key should not be placed in that connector configuration.

For local stdio use, install the repository package and run python -m trends_mcp_server. Set TRENDSMCP_API_KEY in the process environment for calls that consume the account quota. The adapter can list tools without a key, but authenticated calls use the same quota as hosted access.

The README documents configuration examples for Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Cline, and Claude Desktop. Claude Desktop requires the mcp-remote package because it does not provide native HTTP support. Cursor, VS Code, and Windsurf use client-specific remote-server configuration formats.

Tools and capabilities

News Volume Trends MCP MCP server supports historical analysis and current-feed lookup rather than arbitrary web scraping. get_time_series accepts data_mode on REST, with weekly as the default and daily as the alternative. REST also recognizes get_trends as an alias for the time-series mode, while the MCP tool remains named get_time_series.

get_growth defaults to a 12-month comparison when no window is supplied. Supported presets include 7D, 30D, 6M, 12M, 1Y, 2Y, 3Y, 5Y, MTD, QTD, and YTD, among others. Several windows in one call count as one request for the selected source and keyword.

get_top_trends supports pagination through limit and offset, with a default limit of 25 and a maximum of 200. Results can be ordered by rank or rank change. Some feed types also accept a category, and rank-change queries support 1-, 3-, 7-, 14-, or 30-day windows. On REST, leaving out type requests every feed and is billed per feed.