Entry · zhihu

zhihu/hot

Zhihu hot topics - Extract trending topics and discussions from Zhihu (Chinese Q&A platform), including title, heat index, and URL. Supports SSR-rendered page extraction and initial state script parsing.

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Run it

$ tap zhihu/hot {"limit": 20}

What it returns

Column	Type
`rank`	text
`title`	text
`heat`	text
`url`	text

Arguments

Name	Type	Default	Description

What it does

Extracts trending topics from Zhihu (知乎), the largest Chinese Q&A platform similar to Quora. Returns hot topics with their ranking, title, heat index, and direct URLs. The tap uses multiple extraction strategies including DOM selectors and initial state script parsing to ensure robust data retrieval even when the site structure changes.

Columns

Column	Type	Description
rank	string	Topic ranking position
title	string	Hot topic title
heat	string	Heat index / popularity score
url	string	Direct link to the topic

Install Taprun once

Taprun ships as a single MCP server exposing a catalog of compiled taps. One-time setup on macOS / Linux:

brew install LeonTing1010/tap/taprun
tap mcp connect

Or drop this into your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tap": {
      "command": "tap",
      "args": ["mcp", "start"]
    }
  }
}

Call `zhihu/hot`

Terminal, once installed:

tap run zhihu/hot --limit 20

From the MCP host:

tap.run({ site: "zhihu", name: "hot", args: { limit: 20 } })

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Provenance

Source: LeonTing1010/tap-skills/blob/main/showcase/zhihu/hot.tap.js
Machine format: hot.jsonld — W3C Annotation
Last verify run: never
License: MIT