Discourse data API

10 endpoints for Discourse: profile, profile posts, post, post comments, search, trending, category list, category topics, top, tag. One API key, one JSON schema, as MCP tools or REST.

Endpoints

Call any of them over MCP with call_endpoint and its path, or over REST.

Endpoint	Returns	Credits	Cache
profileGET /v1/discourse/profile	Public profile for a Discourse account.	1	15 min
profile/postsGET /v1/discourse/profile/posts	Recent Discourse posts by an account, newest first.	1	10 min
postGET /v1/discourse/post	One Discourse post by URL, with its engagement counts.	1	10 min
post/commentsGET /v1/discourse/post/comments	Comments on one Discourse post, replies included.	1	5 min
searchGET /v1/discourse/search	Topics and posts on meta.discourse.org matching a keyword.	1	2 min
trendingGET /v1/discourse/trending	Newest topics on meta.discourse.org.	1	30 min
category/listGET /v1/discourse/category/list	Forum categories on Discourse, with the topic and post counts behind each.	1	30 min
category/topicsGET /v1/discourse/category/topics	Topics in one Discourse category, newest activity first.	5	2 min
topGET /v1/discourse/top	Topics Discourse ranks highest over the chosen window, best first.	1	30 min
tagGET /v1/discourse/tag	Topics carrying one tag on Discourse, newest activity first.	1	2 min

Connect your agent over MCP

Remote MCP server: https://data.openkrill.app/mcp with your key in the x-api-key header.

Claude Code · Run in a terminal

claude mcp add --transport http krilldata \
  https://data.openkrill.app/mcp \
  --header "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Cursor · Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "krilldata": {
      "url": "https://data.openkrill.app/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop · Add to claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "krilldata": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://data.openkrill.app/mcp",
        "--header",
        "x-api-key:${API_KEY}"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}