Newsmcp

NewsMCP — World news for AI agents

newsmcp.io  •  integrations  •  REST API

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Real-time news events, clustered by AI from hundreds of sources, classified by topic and geography, ranked by importance.

Free. No API key. One command to install.

Coverage

12 topics — politics economy technology science health environment sports culture crime military education society

30 regions — 6 continents and 24 countries. Filter by europe, asia, united-states, germany, japan, ukraine, and more.

Hundreds of sources — Articles clustered into events in real-time, ranked by source count and impact score.

Integrations

| Platform | Package | Install | |----------|---------|---------| | [Claude Desktop](#claude-desktop) | @newsmcp/server | MCP config | | [Claude Code plugin](#claude-code-plugin) | newsmcp | /plugin install | | [Claude Code MCP](#claude-code-mcp) | @newsmcp/server | claude mcp add | | [Cursor](#cursor) | @newsmcp/server | MCP config | | [Windsurf](#windsurf) | @newsmcp/server | MCP config | | [OpenAI Codex](#openai-codex) | @newsmcp/server | codex mcp add | | [Gemini CLI](#gemini-cli) | @newsmcp/server | settings.json | | [OpenCode](#opencode) | @newsmcp/server | opencode mcp add | | [Smithery](#smithery) | @newsmcp/server | npx @smithery/cli | | [OpenClaw plugin](#openclaw-plugin) | @newsmcp/openclaw | openclaw plugins install | | [OpenClaw skill](#openclaw-skill) | newsmcp-skill | clawhub install | | [REST API](#rest-api) | — | curl https://newsmcp.io/v1/news/ |

Claude Desktop

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "newsmcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@newsmcp/server"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code Plugin

/plugin marketplace add pranciskus/newsmcp
/plugin install newsmcp

Claude Code MCP

claude mcp add newsmcp -- npx -y @newsmcp/server

Cursor

Add to .cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "newsmcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@newsmcp/server"]
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Add to MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "newsmcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@newsmcp/server"]
    }
  }
}

OpenAI Codex

codex mcp add newsmcp -- npx -y @newsmcp/server

Or add to ~/.codex/config.toml:

[mcp_servers.newsmcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@newsmcp/server"]

Gemini CLI

Add to ~/.gemini/settings.json (or project-local .gemini/settings.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "newsmcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@newsmcp/server"]
    }
  }
}

OpenCode

opencode mcp add

Or add to ~/.config/opencode/opencode.json (or project-local .opencode/opencode.json):

{
  "mcp": {
    "newsmcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "enabled": true,
      "command": ["npx", "-y", "@newsmcp/server"]
    }
  }
}

Smithery

npx -y @smithery/cli install @newsmcp/server --client claude

OpenClaw Plugin

openclaw plugins install @newsmcp/openclaw

No configuration needed — works out of the box. See [@newsmcp/openclaw](packages/openclaw-plugin/) for options.

OpenClaw Skill

clawhub install newsmcp-skill

Lightweight alternative — a single SKILL.md that teaches the agent to call the REST API via curl. No dependencies. See [newsmcp-skill](packages/skill/) on ClawHub.

MCP Tools

Four tools. That's the interface.

get_news

Top events happening right now. Filter by topic, region, time window.

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description | |-----------|------|---------|-------------| | topics | string | — | Comma-separated topic slugs: politics,technology | | geo | string | — | Comma-separated region slugs: europe,lithuania | | hours | number | 24 | Time window in hours (1–168) | | page | number | 1 | Page number | | per_page | number | 20 | Results per page (max 50) | | order_by | string | -sources_count | Sort field (see below) |

Sort options: -sources_count, -impact_score, -last_seen_at, -entries_count (prefix - for descending)

get_news_detail

Full details on a single event — all source articles, AI-generated context, impact analysis, entity tags.

| Parameter | Type | Description | |-----------|------|-------------| | event_id | string | Event UUID from get_news results |

get_topics

Lists every topic category available for filtering. No parameters.

crime culture economy education environment health military politics science society sports technology

get_regions

Lists every geographic region — 6 continents and 24 countries — available for filtering. No parameters.

How agents use it

| Prompt | What happens | |--------|-------------| | "What's happening in the world?" | get_news with defaults — top 20 events by source coverage | | "Any tech news from Europe today?" | get_news with topics=technology, geo=europe, hours=24 | | "Tell me more about that earthquake" | get_news_detail with the event UUID | | "What topics can I filter by?" | get_topics — returns the full list | | "Show me news from Asia this week" | get_news with geo=asia, hours=168 |

REST API

Don't need MCP? Hit the endpoints directly. Same data, same filters.

Base URL: https://newsmcp.io/v1

| Method | Endpoint | Description | |--------|----------|-------------| | GET | /news/ | List news events with optional filtering | | GET | /news/{id}/ | Single event with full article list | | GET | /news/topics/ | All topic categories | | GET | /news/regions/ | All geographic regions |

Query parameters

All parameters are optional. Combine freely.

# Latest events
curl -s https://newsmcp.io/v1/news/ | jq

# Filter by topic
curl -s "https://newsmcp.io/v1/news/?topics=technology" | jq

# Filter by region
curl -s "https://newsmcp.io/v1/news/?geo=europe" | jq

# Last 12 hours, sorted by impact
curl -s "https://newsmcp.io/v1/news/?hours=12&order_by=-impact_score" | jq

# Combine everything
curl -s "https://newsmcp.io/v1/news/?topics=politics&geo=united+states&hours=48&per_page=5" | jq

Response format

{
  "events": [
    {
      "id": "cc3428ab-2ada-41bb-86ab-833fd39ffd8d",
      "summary": "Event description with AI-generated context...",
      "topics": ["technology", "politics"],
      "geo": ["united states"],
      "entries_count": 86,
      "sources_count": 45,
      "first_seen_at": "2026-02-15T04:06:41.728Z",
      "last_seen_at": "2026-03-03T05:00:30Z",
      "impact_score": 8,
      "entries": [
        {
          "title": "Article headline",
          "url": "https://source.com/article",
          "domain": "source.com",
          "published_at": "2026-03-03T05:00:30Z"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "total": 142,
  "page": 1,
  "per_page": 20
}

How it works

1. Collect — Hundreds of news sources are scraped continuously
2. Cluster — Articles about the same event are grouped using vector embeddings
3. Classify — Each event is tagged with topics and geographic entities
4. Rank — Events are scored by source count, impact, and recency
5. Serve — Clean JSON via REST API and MCP server

Events update in real-time as new articles appear. The clustering AI merges duplicate coverage automatically.

Configuration

Point to a different API backend:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "newsmcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@newsmcp/server"],
      "env": {
        "NEWS_API_BASE_URL": "https://your-api.example.com/v1"
      }
    }
  }
}

Releases (GitHub Actions + OIDC)

Publishing is tag-driven via [.github/workflows/release.yml](.github/workflows/release.yml):

• Trigger: push tag v*.*.*
• Publishes @newsmcp/server and @newsmcp/openclaw to npm via Trusted Publishing (OIDC)
• Publishes MCP metadata with mcp-publisher login github-oidc
• Creates a GitHub release with generated notes

One-time setup

1. npm package settings:

For @newsmcp/server and @newsmcp/openclaw, add a Trusted Publisher pointing to:

• Owner: pranciskus
• Repository: newsmcp
• Workflow file: .github/workflows/release.yml
• Environment: leave empty (unless you intentionally use one)

1. MCP Registry:

Ensure the repo/package is authorized for GitHub OIDC publishing in MCP Registry.

Release flow

1. Bump versions in:

• packages/mcp-server/package.json
• packages/openclaw-plugin/package.json
• packages/mcp-server/server.json
• package-lock.json

1. Commit and push to main
2. Create and push tag:

git tag -a vX.Y.Z -m "vX.Y.Z"
git push origin vX.Y.Z

The workflow does the publish and GitHub release automatically.

Repository structure

newsmcp/
├── .github/workflows/       # CI/CD workflows (release automation)
├── .claude-plugin/          # Marketplace manifest
├── packages/
│   ├── mcp-server/          # @newsmcp/server — MCP server (npm)
│   ├── claude-code-plugin/  # newsmcp — Claude Code plugin
│   ├── openclaw-plugin/     # @newsmcp/openclaw — OpenClaw plugin (npm)
│   └── skill/               # newsmcp-skill — OpenClaw skill (ClawHub)
├── publish.sh                # Build, test, publish workflow
├── README.md
└── LICENSE

License

MIT

Source & license

This open-source MCP server is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: pranciskus
• Source: pranciskus/newsmcp
• License: MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.