About Webz.io News Search
Webz.io News Search is a hosted MCP server for searching global news with natural-language queries and filters. It serves news research and agent workflows, with tools and filters discovered from the live server.
Key features
- 01Natural-language news search
- 02Filters for source, country, language, date, sentiment, and category
- 03Relevant article content retrieval
- 04Runtime discovery of tools and filters
Use cases
- 01Researching news by topic and region
- 02Filtering articles by date or sentiment
- 03Feeding current articles into RAG workflows
MCP support
The hosted MCP server is available at `https://news-search-mcp.webz.io/mcp`. MCP clients discover its tools and filters at runtime through `tools/list`.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://news-search-mcp.webz.io/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http webz-io-news-search https://news-search-mcp.webz.io/mcp{"mcpServers":{"webz-io-news-search":{"type":"http","url":"https://news-search-mcp.webz.io/mcp"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"webz-io-news-search":{"type":"http","url":"https://news-search-mcp.webz.io/mcp"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"webz-io-news-search":{"type":"http","url":"https://news-search-mcp.webz.io/mcp"}}}{"mcpServers":{"webz-io-news-search":{"serverUrl":"https://news-search-mcp.webz.io/mcp"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
https://news-search-mcp.webz.io/mcpAuth requiredTools
Details
From the project READMEWebz News Search integrations
Public SDKs for the hosted Webz.io News Search MCP server:
https://news-search-mcp.webz.io/mcp
The MCP server is the source of truth. These packages are thin clients. New filters and tools on the server show up at runtime through tools/list.
| Package | Registry | Path |
|---|---|---|
webzio-news-search | PyPI | packages/news-search |
langchain-webz | PyPI | packages/langchain |
llama-index-tools-webz | PyPI | packages/llamaindex |
ag2-webzio | PyPI | packages/ag2 |
crewai-webzio | PyPI | packages/crewai |
lfx-webz | PyPI | packages/langflow |
gpt-researcher-webz | PyPI | packages/gpt-researcher |
webz-haystack | PyPI | packages/haystack |
@webz.io/ai-sdk | npm | packages/ai-sdk |
@webz.io/mastra | npm | packages/mastra |
n8n-nodes-webz-news-search | npm | github.com/Webhose/n8n-nodes-webz-news-search |
webz_news_search | Dify Marketplace (.difypkg) | packages/dify |
webzio/news-search | Apify Store | apify.com/webzio/news-search |
Gemini CLI
The webz-io extension connects Gemini CLI directly to seven hosted Webz.io MCP servers: News Search, News, Blogs, Forums, and the three segmentation servers. Tool schemas and OAuth settings are discovered from the live servers.
gemini extensions install https://github.com/Webhose/webz-news-search
Restart Gemini CLI and use /mcp auth <server-name> to connect the products your account can access. For example: /mcp auth webz-news-search. Setup, server list, and examples.
Kiro Power
The webz-io Power connects Kiro to all seven hosted Webz.io MCP servers, with skills for public web research and content segmentation. Import packages/kiro-power from the Kiro Powers panel to connect your Webz.io account. Installation, authentication, and examples.
Webz.io product access and credits are required. Privacy Policy · Support.
Direct API client
webzio-news-search calls the News Search API (POST /api/news/context) directly with httpx, returns typed results, and ships a JSON tool schema plus run_tool() for any LLM with function calling. Use it when you do not want an MCP client or agent framework in the loop.
The n8n community node n8n-nodes-webz-news-search calls the same endpoint. The built-in n8n MCP Client Tool still talks to the hosted MCP server.
Official MCP Registry
The bundle in mcp-registry/ publishes the hosted server to
registry.modelcontextprotocol.io as
io.webz/news-search. Aggregators such as PulseMCP and Glama ingest the
official registry, so this listing propagates downstream automatically.
Publishing requires a one-time DNS TXT record on webz.io — see
mcp-registry/PUBLISHING.md.
Groq
No package. Groq's Responses API speaks remote MCP itself, so you pass the hosted server in tools and Groq runs tools/list and tools/call server side.
Reference implementation, runnable examples, and the groq-api-cookbook contribution bundle are in packages/groq.
n8n
Two paths:
- Community node (
n8n-nodes-webz-news-search): callsPOST https://api.webz.io/api/news/context. Standalone workflows, structured article output, and optional use as an AI Agent tool. - Built-in MCP Client Tool (
n8n/): no install step; connect an AI Agent directly to the MCP server so filters still come fromtools/listat runtime.
Setup steps and importable workflow templates are in n8n/.
Apify
Not a PyPI package. The Actor is webzio/news-search. Users pay Apify. The Actor calls POST https://api.webz.io/api/news/context with one shared Webz token and writes one dataset row per article.
Docs draft: docs/apify_integration_doc.md
Dify
Not a PyPI package. Dify Marketplace installs a .difypkg plugin from packages/dify. After the listing PR is merged, search for Webz News Search on marketplace.dify.ai. Dify v1.6+ can also add https://news-search-mcp.webz.io/mcp under Tools → MCP without a plugin.
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