Product Hunt MCP

Product Hunt MCP

Connect Product Hunt data to any LLM or agent

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Connect Product Hunt's API to LLMs through the Model Context Protocol. Access posts, collections, topics, users, votes, and comments with Claude Desktop, Cursor, or any MCP client.
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Jai Pandya
BirdTab
Maker
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👋 Hey Product Hunt!

I was surprised to find that there was no MCP for Product Hunt yet, despite the GraphQL API being available. So I built one!

This server connects Product Hunt's API to any LLM that speaks the Model Context Protocol, letting your AI assistants access real-time Product Hunt data without complex coding.

With this MCP, your AI can answer questions like
- What were the top 5 launches last December?
- What's the difference between average vote counts in December 2023 vs December 2024?
- Which topics had the most popular products this quarter?

Key features
- Get info on posts, comments, collections, topics, users
- Search/filter by topic, date, votes
- Built with FastMCP for speed

It's perfect for AI enthusiasts using Claude Desktop or Cursor, developers building with Product Hunt data, or anyone exploring the MCP ecosystem.

The repo has setup instructions. Would love your feedback! 🚀

Chris Messina
Raycast
@jaipandya the Product Hunt API has been broken for some time... Are the results you're getting reliable? 🤨
Jai Pandya
BirdTab
Maker

@chrismessina At least for the APIs that I tried (getting posts with different parameter values). Any specifics that I should be checking?

Chris Messina
Raycast

@jaipandya it's definitely not working for me.


What redirect_uri should I be using for my Product Hunt app?


I did follow your instructions and set everything up, but clearly I'm getting errors:

Jai Pandya
BirdTab
Maker

@chrismessina Thanks for the feedback, Chris. For redirect_uri, you can use a localhost URL like "https://localhost:8742/". We don't use it in the app though, because we use developer token to call the PH API.

Your issue is probably Claude specific. For some reason, it doesn't have access to your PATH variables it seems. So you might need to give it the full path to your executable.

Once you have installed the server using `pip install product-hunt-mcp`. You can get the executable path by using `which product-hunt-mcp`. In your Claude MCP config, put the following:


{
  "mcpServers": {
    "product-hunt": {
      "command": "full-path/to/product-hunt-mcp",
      "env": {
        "PRODUCT_HUNT_TOKEN": "developer token you received from your PH api dashboard"
      }
    }
  }
}

Quit and reopen Claude again after making these changes. And it should show the 11 tools the MCP server makes available to you.


Nika
minimalist phone: creating folders

What was your primary motivation to create this?

Jai Pandya
BirdTab
Maker

@busmark_w_nika Thanks for asking! I’ve always found Product Hunt to be a goldmine of emerging trends, ideas, and community sentiment. But getting meaningful insights out of it usually meant wrangling APIs or relying on someone technical.

With the Model Context Protocol (MCP), that barrier disappears. It democratizes access—suddenly, anyone can start asking rich, exploratory questions like:

-What kind of products are trending this week in AI?
-How have indie hacker tools evolved over the past year?
-Which categories get the most community engagement?

And then this goldmine opens up to product makers, with more insights and data you can take better decisions.

Nika
minimalist phone: creating folders

@jaipandya I find it helpful, as together with some guys are trying to pick non-featured products. There are many good ones, and I even bought them. This can be a huge help! :)

Sahith
finally something useful for PH community
Jai Pandya
BirdTab
Maker

@sahithkrishna_an Thank you, Sahith!

Ryan Hoover
Product Hunt

Very cool, @jaipandya! I think there's a lot of opportunity to integrate this along with other product discovery/review sites and social platforms to get a better signal on what's trending and/or most useful.



Jai Pandya
BirdTab
Maker

@rrhoover Thanks so much, Ryan! And I agree a hundred percent. PH carries strong signal for what is trending right now. I found MCP provided context specially helpful while comparing different time segments for product trends, and that tell you a lot of about how things are changing, and where you should be focusing. For example comparing top products from March '24 vs March '25.

Erliza. P
Power boost for Product Hunt enthusiasts! Connecting PH data to LLMs just got a whole lot easier. Can't wait to see what innovative projects come out of this!
Ica Lestari

Congratulations on launching Product Hunt MCP! Your solution to connect Product Hunt data with LLMs is a valuable addition.

How does the Model Context Protocol enhance data retrieval efficiency for developers integrating various client applications with Product Hunt's API?

Jai Pandya
BirdTab
Maker

@ica_lestari I think it depends on the use case, but broadly speaking, MCP acts as a standardized layer between LLMs and data sources. Traditionally, each API needs a custom implementation, but with MCP, once the schema is defined, LLMs can figure out what to call based on context. It simplifies the bridge between natural language and structured APIs.

Ken Savage

Does it connect to the PH api?

Will it tell me all the people that voted for a product?


Jai Pandya
BirdTab
Maker

@kensavage It does use PH API behind the scene. PH API response is limited in terms of user information though (because of privacy concerns). It's good with count of votes, comments posted on a product launch etc, but when it comes to enquiring about users, it doesn't help you much.

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