# PeepTrend: YouTube Gaming Trend Finder

Surfaces Steam games on the rise and YouTube topics that are still open, so you can enter a niche before it gets crowded.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI
- Author: PeepTrend
- License: MIT · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/PeepTrend/PeepTrend.MCP
- Updated: 2026-06-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/peeptrend-youtube-gaming-trend-finder

## What it does

This server hands the agent a set of research tools for a gaming creator. You can test a channel name and handle for clashes, run a video title against recent uploads and demand, and see how packed a YouTube shelf is for a given topic. Other tools look at a niche as a whole, at whether one game fits a channel, and at Steam updates that still leave room.

Thirteen tools ship in the package, from `check_youtube_channel_name` to `send_opportunity_feedback`. Most of the useful output depends on a key: sign up at PeepTrend, open your profile, create one under AI integrations, then expose it to the client as `PEEPTREND_API_KEY`. Public checks run without it but stay inside public limits, so feeds, full reports, saved plans and alerts sit behind the key. Revoke it from the profile if it leaks, and keep it out of version control.

\`npx -y peeptrend-mcp --doctor` reports whether the connection is healthy. Reach for `--stdio` only when a client asks for the bare server process.

## Requirements
- Needs: Node.js (commands run via npx)
- Environment variables: `PEEPTREND_API_KEY` — keys and tokens: ask the human for the values, never commit them or put them in shared files.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI**
```bash
claude mcp add youtube-gaming-trend-finder -e PEEPTREND_API_KEY=<PEEPTREND_API_KEY> -- npx -y peeptrend-mcp
```
Replace <…> with your own values

### Codex

**Platform CLI**
```bash
codex mcp add peeptrend-youtube-gaming-trend-finder --env PEEPTREND_API_KEY=<PEEPTREND_API_KEY> -- npx -y peeptrend-mcp
```
Replace <…> with your own values

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "peeptrend-youtube-gaming-trend-finder": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "peeptrend-mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "PEEPTREND_API_KEY": "<PEEPTREND_API_KEY>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
Replace <…> with your own values

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "peeptrend-youtube-gaming-trend-finder": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "peeptrend-mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "PEEPTREND_API_KEY": "<PEEPTREND_API_KEY>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
Replace <…> with your own values

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini mcp add -e PEEPTREND_API_KEY=<PEEPTREND_API_KEY> peeptrend-youtube-gaming-trend-finder npx -y peeptrend-mcp
```
Replace <…> with your own values

## When to use it
- test a channel name for conflicts before launch
- score a video title against demand and rivals
- see how saturated a gaming topic already is
- match a Steam title to a specific channel
- catch a Steam update window before others do

## Example prompts
- Check whether my channel handle is already taken
- Find Steam games with an open shelf for my channel
- Does this game suit a small gaming channel?

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