灯笼 Lantern
A huge share of the internet lives behind the language barrier. Lantern knocks that barrier down. Ask your AI assistant a question in English, and Lantern goes looking across China's biggest platforms, then reports back in English you can actually use.
https://lanternmcp.com/mcp
Paste this address into your AI app to connect Lantern. Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and other MCP apps.
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Real questions, answered with what people in China are actually saying and buying.
“What is everyone in China saying about the new Xiaomi SU7?”
Lantern checks the buzz on Weibo, the reviews on Bilibili and the deep dives on Zhihu, then sums up the mood for you.
“Is this skincare brand genuinely popular in China, or is it all marketing?”
Real notes and reviews from Xiaohongshu and Douyin, written by buyers rather than advertisers.
“What should a second hand Leica Q3 actually cost?”
Live listings and prices from Xianyu, Taobao and JD, so you can spot a fair deal in seconds.
Google barely sees this world, and machine translation alone misses the point. Lantern was built for both problems.
Your question is turned into the Chinese keywords people in China actually type, not a stiff word for word translation that finds nothing.
Baidu, Weibo, WeChat, Zhihu, Douyin, Xiaohongshu, Bilibili, Kuaishou, Taobao, JD and Xianyu. The platforms where China talks, argues and shops.
Long threads, comments and reviews come back as a clear English summary, with links to the originals when you want to dig deeper.
Paste the address above into your AI app and sign in once. It takes about a minute.
Ask about a product, a place, a trend, a company, anything you would Google if only you could.
Your AI searches China for you and explains what it found, with sources you can open yourself.
Pick your app. Every route ends at the same friendly sign in page, and your app handles the rest.
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user lantern https://lanternmcp.com/mcpclaude mcp login lantern/mcp to see Lantern connected. Then just ask your question.{
"mcpServers": {
"lantern": {
"url": "https://lanternmcp.com/mcp",
"transport": "http"
}
}
}lantern and paste the server address from the top of this page.Start free. Go Pro when Lantern becomes part of how you work.
50 searches a month across every platform Lantern covers. Enough to explore, check a product, or follow a story. No card needed.
Unlimited searches, no monthly cap. Built for researchers, buyers, journalists and the incurably curious. Cancel anytime.
Not a word of it. You ask in English and you read in English. Lantern and your AI handle all the Chinese in between.
Any app that speaks MCP, the open standard for connecting tools to AI. That includes Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini today, and the list keeps growing.
With a password, through a secure OAuth 2.1 flow that your app runs for you in the browser. There are no API keys to copy, paste or accidentally leak.
Every answer can cite the original posts, articles and listings it came from, so you can always check the source yourself.
Under the friendly surface, Lantern is an MCP server with 24 tools your assistant can call. Here is the full toolbox.