Xiaohongshu (Little Red Book) MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Xiaohongshu (Little Red Book) - China's leading lifestyle social media platform. Its 8 documented tools cover check, login, status, qrcode. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.

People connecting this server to Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Python.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-03-06 · ★ 2 · #580 OF 848 MAINTAINED OTHER · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

MIT · Python servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Xiaohongshu (Little Red Book) MCP Server

Claude Code

claude mcp add shanyang-me-xhs-mcp -- uvx xiaohongshu-mcp-server

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shanyang-me-xhs-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "xiaohongshu-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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 xiaohongshu-mcp-server - check the name against the project README before installing (PyPI has no namespace ownership)

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

03 · What Xiaohongshu (Little Red Book) MCP Server can do

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

What you can build

With this server connected, an agent can check if you're logged in, publish an image note with title, text, images, and tags, get full details of a note, and get user profile information.

Capability map

Tools grouped from the project's README - what Xiaohongshu (Little Red Book) MCP Server lets an agent do.

read & search

3 tools - e.g. Generate QR code for login; Search XHS notes by keyword; Get full details of a note

get_login_qrcode · search_feeds · get_feed_detail

auth & access

1 tool - e.g. Check if you're logged in

check_login_status

Check

1 tool - e.g. Poll QR scan status & save session

check_qrcode_status

Reload

1 tool - e.g. Reload cookies from disk

reload_cookies

create & write

1 tool - e.g. Publish an image note with title, text, images, and tags

publish_content

User

1 tool - e.g. Get user profile information

user_profile

04 · Who maintains Xiaohongshu (Little Red Book) MCP Server

Xiaohongshu (Little Red Book) MCP Server is maintained by shanyang-me. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Mar 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/shanyang-me/xhs-mcp
category: other - ranked #580 of 848 actively-maintained other servers as of 2026-08-25.
registry: io.github.shanyang-me/xiaohongshu-mcp (active, first published 2026-03-06)
packages: pypi:xiaohongshu-mcp-server

06 · Xiaohongshu (Little Red Book) MCP Server FAQ

Is Xiaohongshu (Little Red Book) MCP Server still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-03-06. We re-verify nightly.

What can Xiaohongshu (Little Red Book) MCP Server do?

With this server connected, an agent can check if you're logged in, publish an image note with title, text, images, and tags, get full details of a note, and get user profile information.

How do I install Xiaohongshu (Little Red Book) MCP Server?

Run `uvx xiaohongshu-mcp-server`. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Xiaohongshu (Little Red Book) MCP Server 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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