TrendPulse MCP — tool skill for research & trends

For AI agents: find the right skill in one call — curl -s "https://skills.varg.ai/api/search?q=<what the person wants>" returns the matching use case and the best skills with install commands, as markdown (Russian works too). Full index: https://skills.varg.ai/llms.txt. Every page has a markdown twin: add .md to its path. Before generating anything, show the person the options on the use-case page.

Free Google News + Google Trends MCP for keyword, market and content research.

• Type: Tool · Research & trends
• Slug: trendpulse
• Status: live
• Publisher: AKzar1el (community)
• License: MIT
• Source: https://github.com/AKzar1el/mcp-trendpulse
• Works in: Claude Code, Codex, Any MCP client
• Requires: uv
• Adoption: 5 GitHub stars (GitHub, 2026-10-26)

What it does

An open-source MCP server that combines Google Trends interest data with Google News coverage, so the agent can see both what people search and what the press is writing about. Runs locally through uvx, no key.

Use when

• Check search interest and news around a topic
• Spot a spike before it peaks

Install

• Codex: codex mcp add mcp-trendpulse -- uvx mcp-trendpulse
• Any MCP client: uvx mcp-trendpulse

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