---
layout: tap
site_name: zhihu
tap_name: hot
description: "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."
intent: read
columns: ["rank", "title", "heat", "url"]
args: ["limit"]
args_json: |
  {"limit":{"type":"int","default":50,"description":"Maximum number of items to return"}}
health_json: |
  {"min_rows":10,"non_empty":["title"]}
example_args: '{"limit": 20}'
source_url: https://github.com/LeonTing1010/tap-skills/blob/main/showcase/zhihu/hot.tap.js
license: MIT
---

<section>
  <h2>What it does</h2>
  <p>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.</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>Topic ranking position</td></tr>
      <tr><td>title</td><td>string</td><td>Hot topic title</td></tr>
      <tr><td>heat</td><td>string</td><td>Heat index / popularity score</td></tr>
      <tr><td>url</td><td>string</td><td>Direct link to the topic</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>zhihu/hot</code></h2>
  <p>Terminal, once installed:</p>
  <pre><code>tap run zhihu/hot --limit 20</code></pre>
  <p>From the MCP host:</p>
  <pre><code>tap.run({ site: "zhihu", name: "hot", args: { limit: 20 } })</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>