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	@newsmcp/server	MCP config
Claude Code plugin	newsmcp	/plugin install
Claude Code MCP	@newsmcp/server	claude mcp add
Cursor	@newsmcp/server	MCP config
Windsurf	@newsmcp/server	MCP config
OpenAI Codex	@newsmcp/server	codex mcp add
Gemini CLI	@newsmcp/server	settings.json
OpenCode	@newsmcp/server	opencode mcp add
Smithery	@newsmcp/server	npx @smithery/cli
OpenClaw plugin	@newsmcp/openclaw	openclaw plugins install
OpenClaw skill	newsmcp-skill	clawhub install
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 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 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:

• 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)
2. 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
2. Commit and push to main
3. 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