News MCP Server
About
It is a FastMCP server that fetches news articles from NewsAPI.org. It provides a single tool getnews() for querying articles by keyword, date range, and news source. It is intended for developers using MCP-compatible clients such as Claude Desktop.
Explore
- Search news articles by keyword (q).
- Filter by date range (from, to).
- Filter by specific news source (sources, default: abc-news).
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
News MCP ServerCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Getting an API Key from NewsAPI.org
Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"news": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/PATH/TO/YOUR/news",
"run",
"news.py"
]
},
}
}
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"news mcp server": {
"news": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/PATH/TO/YOUR/news",
"run",
"news.py"
]
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"news": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/PATH/TO/YOUR/news",
"run",
"news.py"
]
}
}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.
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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.orgUsage 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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