Returns the current top trending outlier posts across TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, deduplicated to one per creator. Free and unauthenticated (rate-limited per IP; cached ~2 hours). A taste of the database. For filtered search, transcripts and on-demand crawling, create an API key.
A free, no-signup teaser of the outlier database: the current top trending outlier posts across TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, deduplicated to one per creator. It needs no API key, so an agent can call it to preview the data quality before anyone creates an account. It is a taste of what the full, filterable search returns.
Connect the Viral Outliers MCP server once and the get_trending_outliers tool becomes available to your agent alongside all other skills:
claude mcp add --transport http viral-outliers https://viraloutliers.com/api/mcp \
--header "Authorization: Bearer so_live_YOUR_KEY"In Claude.ai or ChatGPT, add a custom connector pointing at https://viraloutliers.com/api/mcp. Your agent then calls get_trending_outliers on its own whenever the task needs it.
It returns the current top outlier posts across all three platforms, one per creator so the list is varied rather than dominated by a single account. Each post carries its stats and outlier score, the same shape the authenticated search returns, just without any filters. The response is cached for roughly two hours and refreshed through the day, so it reflects what is spiking recently.
It is free and unauthenticated, rate-limited per IP rather than by credits. There is no key to manage and nothing to spend, which makes it the zero-friction way to see the data before committing.
Use it as a demo or a preview: an agent or a prospective user can call it with no account to judge whether the data is worth building on. It is also a lightweight cross-platform "what is hot right now" feed when you do not need to filter by niche, follower band or time window.
When you need more, that is the upgrade path: create an API key and move to search_outliers and niche_trends for filtered, niche-scoped queries, request_transcript for the words behind a hook, and crawl_profile to pull in accounts on demand. The teaser shows the quality; the authenticated skills give you control over it.
This skill is free and never spends credits.
Yes, the trending endpoint is free and needs no API key. It returns the current top outlier posts across platforms, refreshed throughout the day.
The free feed returns a fixed, unfiltered list of current top outliers (one per creator) and is rate-limited by IP with no key required. The paid search_outliers and niche_trends skills let you filter by niche, platform, follower band, views and time window, sort the results, and page through them, plus unlock transcripts and on-demand crawling with an API key.
Also available as a REST API endpoint.
Related topics: free social media API · viral content feed · no-auth trending posts API · cross-platform viral feed