About News MCP Server
News MCP Server is a FastMCP server for retrieving articles through NewsAPI.org. It is suited to clients that need keyword searches with date and source filters.
Key features
- 01Search articles by keyword
- 02Filter by date range
- 03Filter by news source
Use cases
- 01Find coverage of a topic
- 02Limit results to a time period
- 03Search a specific news source
MCP support
It exposes the `get_news()` tool to MCP clients, with query, date-range, and news-source parameters.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
We haven’t collected a package or remote endpoint for this server. Follow the instructions in the project README.
Tools
Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.
Details
From the project READMENews MCP Server
This is a FastMCP server that provides news articles using the NewsAPI.org service.
It exposes a tool get_news() to fetch news based on search query, date range, and news source.
Features
- Search news articles by keyword (
q). - Filter by date range (
from,to). - Filter by specific news source (
sources, default:abc-news).
Configuration
Getting an API Key from NewsAPI.org
Usage with Claude Desktop
Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"news": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/PATH/TO/YOUR/news",
"run",
"news.py"
]
},
}
}
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