get_user_followers

Retrieve followers for a specific user on USCardForum to identify influential community members and analyze user connections.

Instructions

Fetch the list of users following a specific user.

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 followers

A high follower count often indicates an influential
or helpful community member.

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:223-248 (handler)

MCP tool handler decorated with @mcp.tool(). Defines input schema using Annotated and Field for username and optional page. Docstring describes functionality and returns FollowList. Delegates to client.get_user_followers.

@mcp.tool()
def get_user_followers(
    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 following a specific user.

    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 followers

    A high follower count often indicates an influential
    or helpful community member.
    """
    return get_client().get_user_followers(username, page=page)

src/uscardforum/server.py:15-45 (registration)

Imports all MCP tools including get_user_followers from server_tools into the main server module, enabling automatic registration in the FastMCP server.

from uscardforum.server_tools import (
    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,
    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,
)

src/uscardforum/api/users.py:248-283 (helper)

Core client API method that performs HTTP GET request to Discourse endpoint /u/{username}/follow/followers.json, parses JSON payload into list of FollowUser objects wrapped in FollowList.

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

    Args:
        username: User handle
        page: Optional page number

    Returns:
        List of follower users
    """
    params_list: list[tuple[str, Any]] = []
    if page is not None:
        params_list.append(("page", int(page)))

    payload = self._get(
        f"/u/{username}/follow/followers.json",
        params=params_list,
    )

    users = []
    for u in payload.get("users", []):
        users.append(FollowUser(
            id=u.get("id", 0),
            username=u.get("username", ""),
            name=u.get("name"),
            avatar_template=u.get("avatar_template"),
        ))

    return FollowList(
        users=users,
        total_count=payload.get("total_count", len(users)),
    )

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

Re-exports get_user_followers from users.py module into server_tools package __init__, making it available for import in server.py.

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/client.py:424-438 (helper)

Client wrapper method that delegates get_user_followers call to the internal _users API submodule.

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

    Args:
        username: User handle
        page: Optional page number

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

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