get_user_following

Fetch users followed by a specific member to discover community influencers, find related experts, and map social connections on the USCardForum platform.

Instructions

Fetch the list of users that a user follows.

Args:
    username: The user's handle
    page: Page number for pagination (optional)

Returns a FollowList object with:
- users: List of FollowUser objects
- total_count: Total users being followed

Use to:
- Discover influential users in the community
- Find related experts
- Map social connections

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`username`	Yes	The user's handle
`page`	No	Page number for pagination

Implementation Reference

src/uscardforum/server_tools/users.py:193-220 (handler)

MCP tool handler for 'get_user_following'. Decorated with @mcp.tool(), defines input schema using Pydantic Annotated and Field, returns FollowList from client.

@mcp.tool()
def get_user_following(
    username: Annotated[
        str,
        Field(description="The user's handle"),
    ],
    page: Annotated[
        int | None,
        Field(default=None, description="Page number for pagination"),
    ] = None,
) -> FollowList:
    """
    Fetch the list of users that a user follows.

    Args:
        username: The user's handle
        page: Page number for pagination (optional)

    Returns a FollowList object with:
    - users: List of FollowUser objects
    - total_count: Total users being followed

    Use to:
    - Discover influential users in the community
    - Find related experts
    - Map social connections
    """
    return get_client().get_user_following(username, page=page)

src/uscardforum/models/users.py:110-117 (schema)

Pydantic BaseModel defining the output schema FollowList, used by the tool.

class FollowList(BaseModel):
    """List of followed/following users."""

    users: list[FollowUser] = Field(default_factory=list, description="User list")
    total_count: int = Field(0, description="Total users")

    class Config:
        extra = "ignore"

src/uscardforum/server_tools/__init__.py:37-47 (registration)

Re-export of get_user_following from users.py module into server_tools namespace.

from .users import (
    get_user_summary,
    get_user_topics,
    get_user_replies,
    get_user_actions,
    get_user_badges,
    get_user_following,
    get_user_followers,
    get_user_reactions,
    list_users_with_badge,
)

src/uscardforum/server.py:32-72 (registration)

Import of get_user_following into main server module.

    get_user_following,
    get_user_reactions,
    get_user_replies,
    get_user_summary,
    get_user_topics,
    list_users_with_badge,
    login,
    research_topic,
    resource_categories,
    resource_hot_topics,
    resource_new_topics,
    search_forum,
    subscribe_topic,
)

__all__ = [
    "MCP_HOST",
    "MCP_PORT",
    "MCP_TRANSPORT",
    "NITAN_TOKEN",
    "SERVER_INSTRUCTIONS",
    "get_client",
    "main",
    "mcp",
    "analyze_user",
    "bookmark_post",
    "compare_cards",
    "find_data_points",
    "get_all_topic_posts",
    "get_categories",
    "get_current_session",
    "get_hot_topics",
    "get_new_topics",
    "get_notifications",
    "get_top_topics",
    "get_topic_info",
    "get_topic_posts",
    "get_user_actions",
    "get_user_badges",
    "get_user_followers",
    "get_user_following",

src/uscardforum/client.py:408-422 (helper)

Client method delegating to UsersAPI.get_user_following.

def get_user_following(
    self,
    username: str,
    page: int | None = None,
) -> FollowList:
    """Fetch users that a user follows.

    Args:
        username: User handle
        page: Optional page number

    Returns:
        List of followed users
    """
    return self._users.get_user_following(username, page=page)

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