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Crypto News MCP Server

Crypto News MCP Server

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github.com/kukapayFinance15Updated 46w ago
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About Crypto News MCP Server

Crypto News MCP Server provides AI agents with cryptocurrency news from NewsData, along with a prompt for summarizing results. It is for users who need current industry coverage and supports keyword search with pagination.

Key features

  1. 01Fetch latest crypto headlines
  2. 02Search by coin or keyword
  3. 03Retrieve paginated articles
  4. 04Generate a news-summary prompt

Use cases

  1. 01Review recent cryptocurrency headlines
  2. 02Find coverage of a specific coin
  3. 03Expand results across news pages
  4. 04Prepare a summary prompt for an LLM

MCP support

The MCP server exposes tools for recent news and search, plus a prompt for generating summaries. A Newsdata.io API key is required.

Configuration

Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.

mcp.json · Universal config
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "crypto-news": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@smithery/cli"
      ]
    }
  }
}
Run commandnpx -y @smithery/cli

Local servers need a runtime on your machine (e.g. Node.js 18+). Config file locations differ by client; see your client’s docs.

Packages
npm@smithery/cli

Tools

No tool list yet

Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.

Details

From the project README

Crypto News MCP Server

An MCP server that provides real-time cryptocurrency news sourced from NewsData for AI agents.

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Try Kukapay News MCP — no API key required, fully AI-annotated.

Features

  • Tool: Latest News Headlines - Fetch the most recent cryptocurrency news headlines.
  • Tool: Crypto News Search - Search for news articles by cryptocurrency or keyword with pagination support using the nextPage API feature.
  • Prompt: News Summary - Generate a prompt to summarize news for a given cryptocurrency or topic.

Prerequisites

Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install Crypto News for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @kukapay/crypto-news-mcp --client claude

  1. Clone the Repository:

    git clone https://github.com/kukapay/crypto-news-mcp.git
cd crypto-news-mcp

  2. Install Dependencies:

    pip install mcp[cli] httpx python-dotenv

  3. Install the server as a plugin for Claude Desktop:

    mcp install main.py --name "CryptoNews"

    Or configure MCP-compatible clients manually:

    {
  "mcpServers": { 
    "Crypto News": { 
      "command": "python", 
      "args": [ "path/to/crypto-news-mcp/main.py"],
      "env": {
        "NEWS_API_KEY": "your_newsdata_api_key_here"
      }
    } 
  }
}

Available Tools and Prompts

  1. Tool: get_latest_news
    Fetches the latest cryptocurrency news headlines.

    • Usage: Call get_latest_news() in an MCP client.
    • Output: A string of headlines with publication dates.
    • Example: 
      Bitcoin Price Surges to New High (Published: 2025-04-06T12:00:00Z)
Ethereum ETF Approval Rumors Grow (Published: 2025-04-06T10:30:00Z)

  2. Tool: get_crypto_news
    Searches for news articles by keyword with pagination support.

    • Parameters:
      • query (str): The cryptocurrency or keyword (e.g., "bitcoin").
      • max_pages (int, optional): Number of pages to fetch (default: 1).
    • Usage: Call get_crypto_news(query="bitcoin", max_pages=2).
    • Output: A formatted string with article titles, dates, and descriptions.
    • Example: 
      Title: Bitcoin Hits $70K
Date: 2025-04-06T12:00:00Z
Description: Bitcoin surged past $70,000 amid bullish market trends.

Title: Bitcoin Mining Report
Date: 2025-04-06T09:00:00Z
Description: New report highlights energy usage in BTC mining.

  3. Prompt: summarize_news
    Generates a prompt for summarizing news about a specific topic.

    • Parameters:
      • query (str): The cryptocurrency or keyword.
    • Usage: Call summarize_news(query="ethereum").
    • Output: A prompt string for an LLM to process.
    • Example: 
      Please summarize the latest news about ethereum based on the following data:

{{{{ get_crypto_news("ethereum") }}}}

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

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