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.

People who need web scraping tools inside Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Python.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-08-23 · ★ 5 · #68 OF 78 MAINTAINED WEB SCRAPING · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

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01 · 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.

repo age created 2026-07-07 - young repo, little track record yet

license MIT - declared in the repository

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

02 · Who maintains Google News & Trends MCP

Google News & Trends MCP is maintained by akzar1el. We track 3 MCP servers from akzar1el - 3 actively maintained, 16 combined GitHub stars, oldest repo from Jun 2026. Full record: all servers from akzar1el.

  1. Web Validator by DigestSEO Validate HTML/CSS, audit SEO and JSON-LD, check links, and capture responsive screenshots. ★ 6

03 · Facts

repository
github.com/akzar1el/mcp-trendpulse
website
https://github.com/AKzar1el/mcp-trendpulse#readme
category
web scraping - ranked #68 of 78 actively-maintained web scraping servers as of 2026-08-25.
registry
io.github.AKzar1el/mcp-trendpulse (active, first published 2026-07-12)

04 · Google News & Trends MCP FAQ

What is 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.

Is Google News & Trends MCP still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-08-23. We re-verify nightly.

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