A side-by-side look at the TikTok Trends API and Twitter X Automation MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose TikTok Trends API for social media work as a local process; choose Twitter X Automation for social media as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
TRENDSAPI_KEY.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Social Media | Social Media |
| Quality signal | 39/100 · Fair | 51/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | TRENDSAPI_KEY | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 2 | 591 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | Not listed |
| Full listing | View TikTok Trends API | View Twitter X Automation |
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"tiktok-trends-api-2": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"trendsapi-tiktok"
],
"env": {
"TRENDSAPI_KEY": "YOUR_TRENDSAPI_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"twitter-x-automation": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"xactions"
]
}
}
}
