# New-Term Radar (MCP server)

> New-Term Radar is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. New AI model, product and repo names as they surface, and the search terms behind them, sized. It has 1,795 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx new-term-radar.

Catch the names AI people are about to search for, the day they appear, before keyword tools list them. ⭐ 700+ stars on its first day, 1,000 in just over three · on PyPI, the official MCP Registry, Cursor Directory, LobeHub, Tessl, ClawHub and skills.sh

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/zhuyansen/new-term-radar |
| GitHub stars | 1,795 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | Python |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | pypi: new-term-radar |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | yes |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | Developer tools |
| Latest release | v0.5.1 (Oct 25, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 24, 2026 |
| MCP registry name | io.github.zhuyansen/new-term-radar |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "new-term-radar": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "new-term-radar"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AISA_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "GOANYAPI_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --env AISA_API_KEY=your-value --env GOANYAPI_API_KEY=your-value --transport stdio new-term-radar -- uvx new-term-radar
```

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "new-term-radar": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "new-term-radar"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AISA_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "GOANYAPI_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "aisa_api_key",
      "description": "AISA_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "goanyapi_api_key",
      "description": "GOANYAPI_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "new-term-radar": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "new-term-radar"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AISA_API_KEY": "${input:aisa_api_key}",
        "GOANYAPI_API_KEY": "${input:goanyapi_api_key}"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

## Environment variables

- `AISA_API_KEY` (secret) (required): AIsa key. X posts, search volumes, Google Trends and the models all go through it.
- `GOANYAPI_API_KEY` (secret): Optional. Adds what people searched together with each name, and one country's settled daily series.
- `RADAR_CONFIG`: Optional. Absolute path to your config.json (X accounts, sitemaps, thresholds).
- `RADAR_STATE`: Optional. Absolute path to the directory that holds the radar's SQLite state.

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