social-content-mcp-server

Name: social-content-mcp-server
Author: TheNextGenNexus

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github.com/TheNextGenNexusSocial Media0Updated 36w ago

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About social-content-mcp-server

social-content-mcp-server provides access to content and search tools for Hacker News, Dev.to, IMDB, podcasts, and Eventbrite. It is for users who need to retrieve or search data from these services through MCP.

Key features

01Retrieve Hacker News stories
02Search and retrieve Dev.to articles
03Search IMDB movies and TV shows
04Search podcast episodes
05Search Eventbrite events

Use cases

01Fetch top, new, or best Hacker News stories
02Find articles on Dev.to
03Search for movies or TV shows
04Discover podcast episodes or events

MCP support

Exposes five content and search tools to MCP clients. A local stdio bridge forwards tool requests to the nexgendata Apify MCP endpoint and returns results.

Configuration

Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.

mcp.json · Universal config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "thenextgennexus-social-content": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@thenextgennexus/social-content-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APIFY_TOKEN": "<APIFY_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run commandnpx -y @thenextgennexus/social-content-mcp-server

Environment variables to set

APIFY_TOKENSecretYour Apify API token for accessing web scraping actors

Local servers need a runtime on your machine (e.g. Node.js 18+). Config file locations differ by client; see your client’s docs.

Packages

npm@thenextgennexus/social-content-mcp-server1.0.1stdio

Tools

Saved tool list · updated 2w ago

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
category	string	No	Story category: top, new, best, ask, show
maxItems	number	No	Maximum stories to return

Details

From the project README

Social & Content MCP Server

Access Hacker News, Dev.to, IMDB, podcasts, and Eventbrite data through the Model Context Protocol — powered by nexgendata on Apify.

Quick Start

Using npx (recommended)

npx @nexgendata/social-content-mcp-server

Install globally

npm install -g @nexgendata/social-content-mcp-server

Configure with Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop config (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS):

{
      "mcpServers": {
            "social-content-mcp-server": {
                  "command": "npx",
                  "args": [
                        "-y",
                        "@nexgendata/social-content-mcp-server"
                  ],
                  "env": {
                        "APIFY_TOKEN": "your-apify-token-optional"
                  }
            }
      }
}

Configure with Cline

Add the same configuration to your Cline MCP settings.

Available Tools

Tool	Description
`get_hackernews_stories`	Get top/new/best stories from Hacker News
`get_devto_articles`	Search and retrieve articles from Dev.to
`search_imdb`	Search for movies and TV shows on IMDB
`search_podcasts`	Search podcast episodes across platforms
`search_eventbrite`	Search for events on Eventbrite

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Description
`APIFY_TOKEN`	No	Your Apify API token for authenticated access. Without it, the server uses the public endpoint (rate-limited).

How It Works

This MCP server acts as a local stdio bridge to the nexgendata Apify MCP endpoint. When you call a tool, it forwards the request to Apify and returns the results.

License

MIT

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