tech-watch-mcp
Click on "Deploy Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type
@followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@tech-watch-mcpShow me the trending GitHub repos in Python"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
tech-watch-mcp
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that gives Claude real-time access to tech news, trending repositories, research papers, and developer community content.
Tools
Tool | Description |
| Top stories from Hacker News |
| Trending repositories on GitHub (filterable by language) |
| Recent papers from ArXiv by keyword |
| Top articles from dev.to by tag |
| Combined daily brief from all sources |
| Extract full text from any article URL |
| Compare how a topic is covered across all sources |
Related MCP server: Hacker News MCP Server
Example prompts in Claude
Donne-moi le brief tech du jour sur l'IAQuels sont les repos GitHub trending en Python cette semaine ?Fais un deep dive sur cet article : <url>Compare comment le sujet "rust" est couvert sur HN, GitHub et ArXivSetup
1. Clone & create virtual environment
git clone https://github.com/LePhyX/tech-watch-mcp
cd tech-watch-mcp
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate2. Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt3. Connect to Claude Code
claude mcp add tech-watch -- /path/to/tech-watch-mcp/.venv/bin/python /path/to/tech-watch-mcp/server.pySources
Hacker News API — public, no auth required
GitHub Trending — scraped via BeautifulSoup
ArXiv API — public, no auth required
dev.to API — public, no auth required
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