Trending Now MCP

The Trending Now MCP server provides real-time data on rapidly rising topics across platforms like Hacker News, GitHub, Product Hunt, and social media. It allows AI agents to fetch current trends for specific niches or general topics, enabling users to stay updated on what is currently popular or gaining traction in various communities without manual searching.

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No sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-10-18Operated by OpenKrill

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://trending.openkrill.app/mcp

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Identify rising topics in a specific niche
Monitor real-time trends on Hacker News and GitHub
Discover popular content on Product Hunt
Track social media buzz for specific keywords

Tools advertised by the last live check:

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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 trending-now-mcp https://trending.openkrill.app/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 trending-now-mcp --url https://trending.openkrill.app/mcp

Cursor

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

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "trending-now-mcp": {
      "url": "https://trending.openkrill.app/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": {
    "trending-now-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://trending.openkrill.app/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "trending-now-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://trending.openkrill.app/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 trending-now-mcp https://trending.openkrill.app/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": {
    "trending-now-mcp": {
      "url": "https://trending.openkrill.app/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": {
    "trending-now-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://trending.openkrill.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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