About Market Research API
Market Research API is a hosted MCP service for consumer demand signals across search, shopping, and social platforms. It serves market research and business workflows that need keyword history, growth changes, and live rankings.
Key features
- 01Retrieve weekly keyword trends
- 02Calculate keyword growth changes
- 03Get live trend rankings
Use cases
- 01Track historical changes in consumer demand
- 02Compare keyword growth across periods
- 03Review live rankings of popular trends
MCP support
The remote MCP service at https://api.trendsapi.ai/mcp exposes get_trends, get_growth, and get_top_trends to clients; calls require a token.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://market-research.api.trendsapi.ai/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http ai-trendsapi-market-research https://market-research.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp{"mcpServers":{"ai-trendsapi-market-research":{"type":"http","url":"https://market-research.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"ai-trendsapi-market-research":{"type":"http","url":"https://market-research.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"ai-trendsapi-market-research":{"type":"http","url":"https://market-research.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp"}}}{"mcpServers":{"ai-trendsapi-market-research":{"serverUrl":"https://market-research.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
https://market-research.api.trendsapi.ai/mcpAuth requiredTools
Details
From the project READMERemote MCP server
Hosted MCP at https://api.trendsapi.ai/mcp. Same three operations and catalogs as REST. Token: trendsapi.ai/#get-key.
REST contract: trendsapi-ai/trendsapi.
Tools
| MCP tool | REST mode | Required | Returns |
|---|---|---|---|
get_trends | get_time_series | source, keyword | Weekly history |
get_growth | get_growth | source, keyword | Percent change |
get_top_trends | get_top_trends | type | Live ranked feed |
Sources, feeds, and keyword formats: hub keyword sources and live feeds.
app downloads / app rankings still need an Android bundle ID (com.openai.chatgpt).
Cursor
~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"trend-feeds": {
"url": "https://api.trendsapi.ai/mcp",
"transport": "http",
"headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" }
}
}
}
VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"trend-feeds": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://api.trendsapi.ai/mcp",
"headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" }
}
}
}
Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"trend-feeds": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://api.trendsapi.ai/mcp", "--header", "Authorization:${AUTH_HEADER}"],
"env": { "AUTH_HEADER": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" }
}
}
}
Claude.ai: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → https://api.trendsapi.ai/mcp.
No local production server in this repo.
License
MIT. See LICENSE.
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