get_user_following

Retrieve a user's following list to discover community influencers, find related experts, and map social connections within USCardForum's credit card discussion 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)

The MCP tool handler for 'get_user_following'. Decorated with @mcp.tool(), defines input parameters with descriptions and return type FollowList. Implements the tool logic by calling the DiscourseClient's get_user_following method.

@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/server_tools/__init__.py:37-45 (registration)

Registration/exposure of the get_user_following tool from server_tools.users module, making it importable by the main 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,

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

Imports all MCP tools including get_user_following (line 32) from server_tools, which triggers auto-registration via @mcp.tool() decorators in the main MCP server entrypoint.

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:211-247 (helper)

Underlying API implementation in UsersAPI that performs the HTTP GET to the Discourse /u/{username}/follow/following.json endpoint, parses the response, and constructs the FollowList model.

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

    payload = self._get(
        f"/u/{username}/follow/following.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/client.py:408-422 (helper)

DiscourseClient wrapper method that delegates to the internal UsersAPI.get_user_following, providing a unified client interface used by the MCP tool handler.

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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