get_user_followers

Fetch the list of users following a specific USCardForum member to identify influential community contributors and analyze follower relationships.

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

Output Schema

TableJSON Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`users`	No	User list
`total_count`	No	Total users

Implementation Reference

src/uscardforum/server_tools/users.py:223-248 (handler)

The primary MCP tool handler for 'get_user_followers'. Decorated with @mcp.tool(), defines input schema using Pydantic Annotated and Field, includes comprehensive docstring, and implements logic by delegating to the DiscourseClient instance.

@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_tools/users.py:223-248 (schema)

Input/output schema defined via function signature: username (str, required), page (int|None, optional), returns FollowList. Uses Pydantic Field for descriptions and validation.

@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/api/users.py:248-284 (helper)

Core API helper implementation in UsersAPI that performs the HTTP GET request to the Discourse /u/{username}/follow/followers.json endpoint, parses the JSON response, constructs FollowUser objects, and returns 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)

Import statement in server_tools/__init__.py that exposes get_user_followers from users.py, making it available for import and MCP registration.

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:15-45 (registration)

Main server.py imports all server_tools functions including get_user_followers to ensure they are loaded and registered as MCP tools when the server starts.

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,
)

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