trends-agent-vscode-copilot

Live trend data inside VS Code with GitHub Copilot Agent Mode. Connect Trends MCP and Copilot can pull search, social, ecommerce, news, and developer trend data right next to your code.

Live trend data for AI agents. One connection. Every platform. Powered by trendsmcp.ai

Get your free API key

1. Go to trendsmcp.ai
2. Enter your email, key sent instantly
3. 100 free requests per month, no credit card

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Connect VS Code in 30 seconds

The cleanest path is per workspace via .vscode/mcp.json. You can also add it globally with the Command Palette.

Per workspace (recommended)

Create .vscode/mcp.json at the root of your project, then paste this inside servers:

{
  "servers": {
    "trends-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.trendsmcp.ai/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" }
    }
  }
}

Reload VS Code, then open Copilot Chat in Agent mode. The trends-mcp tools will appear in the tool picker.

Globally via Command Palette

Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P on Windows / Linux, Cmd+Shift+P on Mac) and run MCP: Add Server. Choose HTTP, paste https://api.trendsmcp.ai/mcp, and add the Authorization header.

The full setup walkthrough is at trendsmcp.ai/docs.

What you can ask Copilot

Once connected, switch Copilot Chat to Agent mode and talk in plain English. Include the phrase "using TrendsMCP" or "via TrendsMCP" so Copilot routes to the MCP instead of doing a web search.

• "Using TrendsMCP, fetch npm weekly downloads for langchain, llamaindex, and haystack, then plot them in a notebook."
• "Via TrendsMCP, get GitHub Trending Repos for today and add the top 10 to a trending.md doc."
• "Using TrendsMCP, compare Steam concurrent players for Elden Ring and Baldur's Gate 3, then write SQL to track this weekly."
• "Via TrendsMCP, fetch news sentiment for OpenAI over 90 days and dump the JSON into tests/fixtures/."
• "Using TrendsMCP, pull the Google Search trend for our brand over 1 year and refresh the dashboard JSON."

Three tools your AI gets

• get_trends, historical time series for any keyword on any source (5 years weekly, 30 days daily where supported).
• get_growth, percentage change over any period (7D, 1M, 3M, 6M, 1Y, YTD, custom dates).
• get_top_trends, what is trending right now across live platform feeds.

All data sources in one connection

One API key gives Copilot every keyword source and every live feed below.

Keyword sources (Get Trends and Get Growth)

source	What it measures	Keyword format
google search	Google search volume	Any keyword or phrase
google images	Google image search volume	Any keyword or phrase
google news	Google News search volume	Any keyword or phrase
google shopping	Google Shopping search volume	Any keyword or phrase
youtube	YouTube search volume	Any keyword or phrase
tiktok	TikTok hashtag volume	Hashtag or topic
reddit	Subreddit subscribers	Subreddit name only, no r/ prefix
amazon	Amazon product search volume	Product name or category
wikipedia	Wikipedia page views	Article title or topic
news volume	News article mention volume	Any keyword or phrase
news sentiment	News sentiment score (positive / negative)	Any keyword or phrase
app downloads	Mobile app download estimates (Android)	Package id or app identifier
npm	npm package weekly downloads	Exact package name e.g. react
steam	Steam concurrent players (monthly)	Game display name e.g. Elden Ring

All values are normalized to a 0 to 100 scale where the pipeline supports it, so you can compare different sources directly.

Live leaderboards (Get Top Trends)

Google Trends, Google News Top News, TikTok Trending Hashtags, YouTube Trending, X (Twitter) Trending, Reddit Hot Posts, Reddit World News, Wikipedia Trending, Amazon Best Sellers Top Rated, Amazon Best Sellers by Category, App Store Top Free, App Store Top Paid, Google Play, Top Websites, Spotify Top Podcasts, Steam Most Played, GitHub Trending Repos, IMDb MOVIEmeter, Trending Books.

The source list evolves over time. Authoritative reference at trendsmcp.ai/docs.

Use cases inside VS Code

• Data plus code in one flow. Pull a real time series and have Copilot scaffold the loader, schema, and tests in the same chat.
• Test fixtures from real data. Snapshot a real series for reproducible test cases.
• Trend dashboards. Fetch the data, generate the chart component, and wire it into your app.
• Release notes and changelogs. Pull GitHub Trending or npm growth and have Copilot draft the writeup.
• AI coding agents. Use live trend signals as context when generating product code, marketing copy, or analytics SQL.

Pricing

Free forever for 100 requests per month. Paid plans available. See trendsmcp.ai/pricing.

Resources

• Get a free API key
• Documentation and full reference
• Pricing
• All TrendsMCP repositories

Security

Never commit your API key to a public repository. Use environment variables or your OS secret store. Keys can be rotated at any time from your TrendsMCP dashboard. The YOUR_API_KEY placeholder above is a literal string to replace with your own key after you copy the snippet locally.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.