by wopal-cn
Hotnews (Chinese Social) aggregates real-time trending topics from major Chinese social platforms and news sites for up-
Aggregates real-time trending topics from 9 major Chinese social platforms and news sites including Weibo, Zhihu, Bilibili, and Douyin. Returns formatted hot topic lists with heat indices and clickable links.
Hotnews (Chinese Social) is a community-built MCP server published by wopal-cn that provides AI assistants with tools and capabilities via the Model Context Protocol. Hotnews (Chinese Social) aggregates real-time trending topics from major Chinese social platforms and news sites for up- It is categorized under search web, analytics data. This server exposes 1 tool that AI clients can invoke during conversations and coding sessions.
You can install Hotnews (Chinese Social) in your AI client of choice. Use the install panel on this page to get one-click setup for Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients. This server runs locally on your machine via the stdio transport. This server supports remote connections over HTTP, so no local installation is required.
MIT
Hotnews (Chinese Social) is released under the MIT license. This is a permissive open-source license, meaning you can freely use, modify, and distribute the software.
Fetch and extract information from websites automatically
Example
Research competitor pricing, scrape product reviews, monitor news mentions
Automate 5-10 hours/week of manual web research
Track website changes, new content, price updates
Example
Monitor competitor blog for new posts, track stock availability, watch for pricing changes
Stay informed without manual checking, never miss important updates
Extract structured data from multiple websites
Example
Compile product listings from 10 e-commerce sites, aggregate job postings, collect real estate data
Build datasets 100x faster than manual copying
Share your MCP server with the developer community
Hotnews (Chinese Social) reduced integration guesswork — categories and install configs on the listing matched the upstream repo.
We evaluated Hotnews (Chinese Social) against two servers with overlapping tools; this profile had the clearer scope statement.
I recommend Hotnews (Chinese Social) for teams standardizing on MCP; the explainx.ai page compares cleanly with sibling servers.
We wired Hotnews (Chinese Social) into a staging workspace; the listing’s GitHub and npm pointers saved time versus hunting across READMEs.
Strong directory entry: Hotnews (Chinese Social) surfaces stars and publisher context so we could sanity-check maintenance before adopting.
Hotnews (Chinese Social) has been reliable for tool-calling workflows; the MCP profile page is a good permalink for internal docs.
Hotnews (Chinese Social) reduced integration guesswork — categories and install configs on the listing matched the upstream repo.
We wired Hotnews (Chinese Social) into a staging workspace; the listing’s GitHub and npm pointers saved time versus hunting across READMEs.
Hotnews (Chinese Social) is among the better-indexed MCP projects we tried; the explainx.ai summary tracks the official description.
Hotnews (Chinese Social) reduced integration guesswork — categories and install configs on the listing matched the upstream repo.
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A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides real-time hot trending topics from major Chinese social platforms and news sites.
API Source, This project uses the
api.vvhan.comservice for fetching hot topics data.
get_hot_news
sources - Required arguments: Platform ID listget_hot_news([3]) : Get Baidu Hot Discussion onlyget_hot_news([1,3,7]) : Get hot lists from zhihuHot, Baidu, and huPuget_hot_news([1,2,3,4]) : Get hot lists from zhihuHot, 36Kr, Baidu, and Bilibili`{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server-hotnews": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@wopal/mcp-server-hotnews"
]
}
}
}
( Docker image not uploaded to Docker Hub, need to build it yourself. )
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server-hotnews": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"wopal/mcp-server-hotnews"
]
}
}
}
# Install dependencies
npm install
# Watch mode
npm run watch
# Build
npm run build
# Test URLs
npm run test:urls
Docker build:
docker build -t wopal/mcp-server-hotnews:latest -f Dockerfile .
This MCP server is licensed under the MIT License. This means you are free to use, modify, and distribute the software, subject to the terms and conditions of the MIT License. For more details, please see the LICENSE file in the project repository.
Interact with services that don't offer APIs
Example
Check form submissions, validate website functionality, test user flows
Automate interactions with any website, even without API
Prerequisites
Time Estimate
20-40 minutes including configuration and testing
Steps
Troubleshooting
✓ Do
✗ Don't
💡 Pro Tips
Architecture
MCP server handles HTTP requests, HTML parsing, JavaScript rendering (if headless browser), and returns structured data to Claude.
Protocols
Compatibility
✓ Use when
Use for research automation, content monitoring, data aggregation from multiple sources, and when official APIs don't exist. Best for read-only information gathering.
✗ Avoid when
Avoid for sites with APIs (use API instead), sites that explicitly forbid scraping, when data is copyrighted, or for login-required content without proper authorization.