Hot Topics

Name: Hot Topics
Author: LLM Mart

No install snippet on purpose. A working MCP config is a command, its arguments and an environment block — the last two are where API keys live, so this catalogue never stores them and cannot publish them. Follow the link above for the authors' own instructions.

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`)

{
  "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

{"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:

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