Social Pulse MCP MCP server

Social Pulse is a real-time social sensing API and MCP server that provides AI agents with live data on trending topics, mention velocity, sentiment, and emerging terms from Reddit and Hacker News. It offers tools for tracking surging topics, analyzing mention trends, retrieving recent posts, and identifying new terms, utilizing keyless x402 payments for autonomous agent interactions.

Endpoint and access

No sign-in: your client connects and lists tools immediately, with no account or key.

No sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-10-05Operated by Dropwatch HQ

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://social.dropwatchhq.com/mcp

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Track trending topics on Reddit or Hacker News by momentum
Analyze mention velocity and sentiment for specific terms or brands
Retrieve recent posts and discussion themes for a given query
Identify newly emerging terms from a rolling novelty ledger

Tools advertised by the last live check:

trending_topics
mention_pulse
whats_being_said
emerging_terms

Connect from your client

Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers a Streamable HTTP server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

claude mcp add --transport http social-pulse-mcp https://social.dropwatchhq.com/mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).

Codex configuration

codex mcp add social-pulse-mcp --url https://social.dropwatchhq.com/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable social-pulse-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "social-pulse-mcp": {
      "url": "https://social.dropwatchhq.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure). The type must be streamableHttp for a remote HTTP server.

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "social-pulse-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://social.dropwatchhq.com/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start social-pulse-mcp and inspect its tools.

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "social-pulse-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://social.dropwatchhq.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.

Gemini CLI configuration

gemini mcp add --transport http social-pulse-mcp https://social.dropwatchhq.com/mcp

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.

Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "social-pulse-mcp": {
      "url": "https://social.dropwatchhq.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.

Windsurf configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "social-pulse-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://social.dropwatchhq.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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