# github_trending

Trending new GitHub repositories: repos created in the last day, week or month ranked by stars (GitHub REST search API), filterable by language, topic and minimum stars. Returns full name, URL, description, language, topics, stars, forks, open issues, licence, created/pushed dates, owner type and a stars-per-day velocity. Cached 30 minutes. Uses the public API (not HTML scraping). Price: $0.01 USDC per successful call (x402, Solana). Same tool over HTTPS: GET https://scorptech.it.com/api/x402/v1/github-trending

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `github_trending`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/github-trending

## Facts

- Tool: `github_trending`
- Server: ScorpTech x402 API (`https://scorptech.it.com/api/x402/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/https://scorptech.it.com/api/x402/mcp
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server CORS policy: *
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 5
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `limit` | integer | no | Repos to return 1-30 (default 10) |
| `since` | string | no | daily, weekly (default) or monthly window for repo creation date |
| `topic` | string | no | GitHub topic, e.g. llm, mcp, agents |
| `language` | string | no | GitHub language name, e.g. python, typescript, rust |
| `min_stars` | integer | no | Minimum stars (default 0) |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "github_trending",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why github_trending is rated Low

Even though github_trending only reads data, uncontrolled read access leaks sensitive information and racks up API costs: an agent caught in a retry loop can make thousands of calls a minute without anyone noticing.

## Use case

AI agents call github_trending to retrieve information from ScorpTech x402 API without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches ScorpTech x402 API:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "github_trending": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on ScorpTech x402 API (1011)

- `collatz_drop` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/collatz-drop.md
- `dedupe_records` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/dedupe-records.md
- `evm_selector_decode` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/evm-selector-decode.md
- `frames_timecode` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/frames-timecode.md
- `ip_reputation` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/ip-reputation.md
- `led_resistor` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/led-resistor.md
- `ruler_odd` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/ruler-odd.md
- `sql_format` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/sql-format.md
- `timecode_diff` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/timecode-diff.md
- `timecode_duration` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/timecode-duration.md
- `timecode_frames` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/timecode-frames.md
- `abi_encode` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/abi-encode.md
- `apery_term` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/apery-term.md
- `ballot` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/ballot.md
- `baum_sweet` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/baum-sweet.md
- `binom` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/binom.md
- `bit_subset` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/bit-subset.md
- `biunitary_sigma` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/biunitary-sigma.md
- `champernowne_start` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/champernowne-start.md
- `clinical_trials` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/clinical-trials.md
- `coin_min` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/coin-min.md
- `coin_ways` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/coin-ways.md
- `color_palette` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/color-palette.md
- `compound_interest` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/compound-interest.md
- `cron_explain` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/cron-explain.md
- `curl_to_code` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/curl-to-code.md
- `date_calc` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/date-calc.md
- `delannoy` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/delannoy.md
- `delannoy_sum` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/delannoy-sum.md
- `dmarc_report_parse` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/dmarc-report-parse.md
- …and 981 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=com-it-scorptech-x402 · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/com-it-scorptech-x402
