Google News & Trends MCP — Claude Code MCP server: install
Search Google News and inspect search-interest patterns with Google Trends. Useful for checking current coverage and comparing keyword momentum.
claude mcp add mcp-trendpulse -- uvx mcp-trendpulseWhat Google News & Trends MCP does
The server lets an agent find news by keyword, location, topic, or publisher domain, retrieve leading stories, and extract article text. Its Trends tools can track one or more terms over time, surface related queries and topics, and compare search properties such as YouTube, News, Images, and Google Shopping where the underlying provider supports them.
News tools can use Playwright when ordinary retrieval fails to extract an article. That route needs the Python playwright package and a separate Chromium install; installing the package alone does not add the browser. Trend-only work does not need Chromium. In Claude Code, start the server with uvx mcp-trendpulse; Python 3.11 or newer is recommended for the latest image-decoder security fixes.
What it helps with
- find current coverage for a topic or publisher
- extract article text from a Google News link
- compare search-interest movement for several keywords
- surface related queries and topics for a term
- check trending searches in a geographic market
Example prompts for the agent
- Find recent Google News coverage of local language models and extract the leading article text.
- Compare Google Trends interest for
Claude CodeandGemini CLIover the past year. - Show related queries and topics for searches about image search.
How to install Google News & Trends MCP
Platform CLI
claude mcp add mcp-trendpulse -- uvx mcp-trendpulseuvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from mcp-trendpulse <command>
Platform CLI
codex mcp add google-news-trends-mcp -- uvx mcp-trendpulseuvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from mcp-trendpulse <command>
Config file
{
"mcpServers": {
"google-news-trends-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-trendpulse"
]
}
}
}uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from mcp-trendpulse <command>
Config file
{
"servers": {
"google-news-trends-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-trendpulse"
]
}
}
}uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from mcp-trendpulse <command>
Platform CLI
gemini mcp add google-news-trends-mcp uvx mcp-trendpulseuvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from mcp-trendpulse <command>
Step by step, with commands for each platform: How to add an MCP server to Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI and more
Questions about Google News & Trends MCP
How do I install Google News & Trends MCP in Claude Code?
Run claude mcp add mcp-trendpulse -- uvx mcp-trendpulse. The server will be registered as mcp-trendpulse.
What does Google News & Trends MCP do?
It searches Google News, extracts article content, and exposes Google Trends data for examining interest over time and related queries.
Does Google News & Trends MCP require Chromium?
Chromium is needed for the Playwright fallback used to retrieve some articles. Trend-only operations do not require it.
