Google News & Trends MCP

TrendPulse is a Python Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for researching current news and search-interest trends. It combines Google News discovery and article extraction with Google Trends analysis so MCP clients can inspect what is trending, compare keyword momentum, explore related demand, and add current-news context to research workflows. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.

People who work with data scraping, google news and nlp and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Python.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-25 · ★ 5 · #17 OF 97 MAINTAINED WEB SCRAPING · VERIFIED 2026-09-30

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01 · Install Google News & Trends MCP

before you install - you'll need

Set HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY, GOOGLE_NEWS_LANGUAGE, GOOGLE_TRENDS_DELAY before connecting. GOOGLE_NEWS_COUNTRY is optional or environment-specific per the README.

Claude Code

claude mcp add akzar1el-mcp-trendpulse -- uvx mcp-trendpulse

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "akzar1el-mcp-trendpulse": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-trendpulse"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions

license MIT - declared in the repository

pypi package mcp-trendpulse - check the name against the project README before installing (PyPI has no namespace ownership)

registry namespace io.github.AKzar1el is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Google News & Trends MCP can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

Latest releases

v0.2.37 · 2026-09-24

Patch release with two interoperability fixes: bounded, searchable Google Trends category discovery and working CITY interest-by-region results when the provider supplies coordinates without geoCode.

v0.2.36 · 2026-09-24

What changed · Fixed redirected Windows CLI output so legitimate non-Latin Google Trends text is emitted safely instead of crashing under non-UTF-8 locales. · Removed the known There are no new alerts at this time…

v0.2.35 · 2026-09-24

Google Trends display-text correctness patch release. · Decode HTML entities in Google Trends RSS keywords so values like mcdonald's are returned as normal user-facing text. · Decode nested full-data display text…

04 · Who maintains Google News & Trends MCP

Google News & Trends MCP is maintained by akzar1el. We track 5 MCP servers from akzar1el - 5 actively maintained, 18 combined GitHub stars, oldest repo from Mar 2026. Full record: all servers from akzar1el.

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05 · Facts

repository: github.com/akzar1el/mcp-trendpulse
website: https://github.com/AKzar1el/mcp-trendpulse#readme
category: web scraping - ranked #17 of 97 actively-maintained web scraping servers as of 2026-09-30.
release cadence: 10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-24)
registry: io.github.AKzar1el/mcp-trendpulse (active, first published 2026-07-12 · 29 versions)
packages: pypi:mcp-trendpulse

06 · Google News & Trends MCP FAQ

What is Google News & Trends MCP?

Is Google News & Trends MCP still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-30, its last commit was 2026-09-25 and it shipped 10+ releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Google News & Trends MCP?

Run `uvx mcp-trendpulse`. The README documents 5 environment variables (HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY, GOOGLE_NEWS_LANGUAGE…) to set first. Set HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY, GOOGLE_NEWS_LANGUAGE, GOOGLE_TRENDS_DELAY before connecting. GOOGLE_NEWS_COUNTRY is optional or environment-specific per the README. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Google News & Trends MCP run locally?

Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via uvx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.

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