---
layout: tap
site_name: weibo
tap_name: hot
description: "Weibo hot search - Real-time trending topics from Weibo (Chinese Twitter), including rank, topic, tag, heat value, and URL. Extracted from SSR-rendered table, supports public anonymous access."
intent: read
columns: ["rank", "title", "tag", "hot", "url"]
args: ["limit"]
args_json: |
  {"limit":{"type":"int","default":50,"description":"Maximum number of items to return"}}
health_json: |
  {"min_rows":20,"non_empty":["title"]}
example_args: '{"limit": 30}'
source_url: https://github.com/LeonTing1010/tap-skills/blob/main/showcase/weibo/hot.tap.js
license: MIT
---

<section>
  <h2>What it does</h2>
  <p>Extracts real-time trending topics from Weibo (微博), China's largest microblogging platform similar to Twitter/X. Returns hot search topics with ranking, title, category tags, heat values, and direct links. Data is extracted from the SSR-rendered hot search table and supports public anonymous access.</p>
</section>

<section>
  <h2>Columns</h2>
  <table>
    <thead><tr><th>Column</th><th>Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead>
    <tbody>
      <tr><td>rank</td><td>string</td><td>Ranking position (1-50)</td></tr>
      <tr><td>title</td><td>string</td><td>Hot topic/trending keyword</td></tr>
      <tr><td>tag</td><td>string</td><td>Category tag (e.g., 热, 新, 荐)</td></tr>
      <tr><td>hot</td><td>string</td><td>Heat value / search volume</td></tr>
      <tr><td>url</td><td>string</td><td>Direct link to search results</td></tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>
</section>

<section>
  <h2>Install Taprun once</h2>
  <p>Taprun ships as a single MCP server exposing a catalog of compiled taps. One-time setup on macOS / Linux:</p>
  <pre><code>brew install LeonTing1010/tap/taprun
tap mcp connect</code></pre>
  <p>Or drop this into your <code>claude_desktop_config.json</code>:</p>
  <pre><code>{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tap": {
      "command": "tap",
      "args": ["mcp", "start"]
    }
  }
}</code></pre>
</section>

<section>
  <h2>Call <code>weibo/hot</code></h2>
  <p>Terminal, once installed:</p>
  <pre><code>tap run weibo/hot --limit 30</code></pre>
  <p>From the MCP host:</p>
  <pre><code>tap.run({ site: "weibo", name: "hot", args: { limit: 30 } })</code></pre>
</section>

<section>
  <p>Browse all <a href="/taps/">community taps</a> &middot; or compose your own with <a href="/blog/composable-taps-are-just-javascript">composable taps</a>.</p>
</section>