# Trendzeist – Google Trends for content ideation (pypi · trendzeist-mcp)

Free Google Trends MCP: ranked breakout/rising/evergreen topics for content ideas. No API key.

- Trust score: 88/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +31
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-28

## Components

- pypi · `trendzeist-mcp`: 88/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/phalkmin-trendzeist-mcp/trendzeist-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/phalkmin-trendzeist-mcp/trendzeist-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `pypi`
- Package: `trendzeist-mcp`
- Version: `0.2.1`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-09-28.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 100/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - Runs hatchling.build at install time, a recognised build step with no custom scripting around it.
  - 2 of 40 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 97/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to phalkmin/trendzeist-mcp).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 11 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 81/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 826 tokens (~91/item across 9 items; 9 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 63/100
  - Stability observed for 19 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 71/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 0% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 9 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 10 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### How do I install the Trendzeist – Google Trends for content ideation MCP server?

Trendzeist – Google Trends for content ideation runs locally as a PyPI package, launched with uvx trendzeist-mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add phalkmin-trendzeist-mcp -- uvx trendzeist-mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "phalkmin-trendzeist-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "trendzeist-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "phalkmin-trendzeist-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "trendzeist-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add phalkmin-trendzeist-mcp -- uvx trendzeist-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "phalkmin-trendzeist-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "uvx",
        "trendzeist-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add phalkmin-trendzeist-mcp --command uvx --arg trendzeist-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  phalkmin-trendzeist-mcp:
    command: "uvx"
    args: ["trendzeist-mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "phalkmin-trendzeist-mcp": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "uvx",
      "Arguments": [
        "trendzeist-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add phalkmin-trendzeist-mcp -t stdio -c uvx -a trendzeist-mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "phalkmin-trendzeist-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "trendzeist-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-09-28 (score 88, +10)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-09-27 (score 78, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 57 to 60. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 17 days of observed history at the previous scan, 18 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-25 (score 77, +18)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-09-24 (score 59, −14)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified

### 2026-09-22 (score 73, +16)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-09-21 (score 57, −15)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified

### 2026-09-20 (score 72, +16)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-09-18 (score 56, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 27 to 30. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 8 days of observed history at the previous scan, 9 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (9)

### `interest_over_time` (~114 tokens)

Search-interest time series (0-100) for 1-5 keywords, with per-keyword
summary (mean, latest, peak, direction: rising/stable/falling). Long series
are downsampled to ~60 points. gprop: '' (web), 'news', 'youtube', 'images', 'froogle'.

Input parameters:

- `category` (integer)
- `geo` (string)
- `gprop` (string)
- `keywords` (array, required)
- `timeframe` (string)

### `compare_keywords` (~74 tokens)

Compare 2-5 keywords head-to-head: relative share, leader and trend
direction for each. Use to pick the strongest angle among alternatives.

Input parameters:

- `category` (integer)
- `geo` (string)
- `gprop` (string)
- `keywords` (array, required)
- `timeframe` (string)

### `related_queries` (~85 tokens)

Top and rising search queries related to a keyword. 'rising' includes %
growth and is_breakout (>5000%); best single source of fresh blog angles.

Input parameters:

- `category` (integer)
- `geo` (string)
- `gprop` (string)
- `keyword` (string, required)
- `limit` (integer)
- `timeframe` (string)

### `related_topics` (~79 tokens)

Top and rising Knowledge-Graph topics related to a keyword. Google often
returns nothing here; if available=false fall back to related_queries.

Input parameters:

- `category` (integer)
- `geo` (string)
- `gprop` (string)
- `keyword` (string, required)
- `limit` (integer)
- `timeframe` (string)

### `interest_by_region` (~90 tokens)

Where a keyword is searched most. resolution: COUNTRY (worldwide), REGION
(states/provinces within geo), CITY, DMA (US metro areas).

Input parameters:

- `category` (integer)
- `geo` (string)
- `gprop` (string)
- `keywords` (array, required)
- `limit` (integer)
- `resolution` (string)
- `timeframe` (string)

### `suggest_keywords` (~43 tokens)

Google's entity suggestions for a keyword (title, type, mid). Use to
disambiguate ambiguous terms or find the canonical topic id.

Input parameters:

- `keyword` (string, required)

### `trending_now` (~56 tokens)

Real-time trending searches (last ~24h) for a country or US state, with
approximate traffic and linked news headlines. Good for newsjacking.

Input parameters:

- `geo` (string)
- `max_articles` (integer)

### `list_categories` (~58 tokens)

Browse/search Google Trends category ids (e.g. 'coffee' -> Food & Drink >
Coffee & Tea). Pass the id as `category` to other tools to narrow results.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer)
- `search` (string)

### `discover_topics` (~113 tokens)

One-shot topic discovery for blog ideation. For 1-5 seed keywords, pulls
trend direction plus rising/top related queries, de-duplicates and ranks
candidates as breakout > rising > evergreen. Partial failures are reported
per seed in `errors` instead of failing the call.

Input parameters:

- `category` (integer)
- `geo` (string)
- `gprop` (string)
- `max_per_seed` (integer)
- `seed_keywords` (array, required)
- `timeframe` (string)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Install scripts, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/phalkmin-trendzeist-mcp/trendzeist-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-28: 88
- 2026-09-27: 78
- 2026-09-26: 77
- 2026-09-25: 77
- 2026-09-24: 59
- 2026-09-23: 73
- 2026-09-22: 73
- 2026-09-21: 57
- 2026-09-20: 72
- 2026-09-19: 56
- 2026-09-18: 56
- 2026-09-17: 55
- 2026-09-16: 52
- 2026-09-15: 52
- 2026-09-14: 52
- 2026-09-13: 52
- 2026-09-12: 52
- 2026-09-11: 52
- 2026-09-10: 52
- 2026-09-09: 67

## Common questions

### What is the Trendzeist – Google Trends for content ideation MCP server?

Trendzeist – Google Trends for content ideation is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.phalkmin/trendzeist-mcp. Free Google Trends MCP: ranked breakout/rising/evergreen topics for content ideas. No API key. This page covers its PyPI package (trendzeist-mcp).

### Is the Trendzeist – Google Trends for content ideation MCP server safe to use?

Trendzeist – Google Trends for content ideation scores 88 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 28 September 2026. Its build provenance is signed and verified. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Trendzeist – Google Trends for content ideation MCP server expose?

Trendzeist – Google Trends for content ideation exposes 9 tools: interest_over_time, compare_keywords, related_queries, related_topics, interest_by_region, and 4 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 712 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Trendzeist – Google Trends for content ideation MCP server still maintained?

Trendzeist – Google Trends for content ideation is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 28 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the Trendzeist – Google Trends for content ideation MCP server under?

Trendzeist – Google Trends for content ideation declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- PyPI project: https://pypi.org/project/trendzeist-mcp/
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/pypi/package/trendzeist-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/phalkmin/trendzeist-mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/phalkmin-trendzeist-mcp/trendzeist-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/phalkmin-trendzeist-mcp/trendzeist-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/phalkmin-trendzeist-mcp/trendzeist-mcp