mcp-news

Global news and market intelligence MCP server — 20 tools covering breaking news, tech (Hacker News), finance (Yahoo Finance), crypto (CoinGecko), science (ArXiv), cybersecurity (CVE/CISA), sports (BBC), and climate events (NASA). Most sources are free with no API key required.

Installation

cargo install mcp-news

Quick Start

# Free sources only (GDELT, HN, RSS, ArXiv, CVE, Sports, NASA, CoinGecko)
mcp-news

# With premium sources
GNEWS_API_KEY=your_key NEWSAPI_KEY=your_key mcp-news

Sources (11)

| Source | Category | Free? | Key needed? | |--------|----------|:-----:|:-----------:| | GDELT | Global news, sentiment, timelines | ✅ | No | | RSS Feeds | BBC, CGTN, NDTV, ABC AU, DW, France24, Al Jazeera | ✅ | No | | Hacker News | Tech, startups, programming | ✅ | No | | Yahoo Finance | Stock/crypto price charts | ✅ | No | | CoinGecko | Crypto prices, trending coins | ✅ | No | | ArXiv | Scientific papers (AI, ML, physics) | ✅ | No | | NIST NVD | CVE vulnerability database | ✅ | No | | CISA KEV | Actively exploited vulnerabilities | ✅ | No | | BBC Sport | Football, cricket, tennis, F1, golf | ✅ | No | | NASA EONET | Wildfires, storms, volcanoes | ✅ | No | | GNews | Quality headlines by country | ✅ | Yes (free tier) | | NewsAPI | Premium global sources | ❌ | Yes |

Tools (20)

General News (5)

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | search_news | Search articles by keyword globally (GDELT) | | get_country_news | Latest news for a specific country | | get_trending_topics | Trending themes/tone globally or by country | | get_news_timeline | News volume over time for a topic | | get_news_sentiment | Tone/sentiment analysis for a topic |

Regional News (2)

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | get_regional_news | News from a region: china, india, australia, europe, middle-east, uk, france, germany | | get_multi_region_news | Multiple regions at once |

Tech (2)

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | hn_stories | Hacker News top/new/best/ask/show/job stories | | hn_search | Full-text search across all HN history (Algolia) |

Finance & Crypto (3)

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | yfinance_chart | Stock/crypto price chart (AAPL, MSFT, BTC-USD, ETH-USD) | | crypto_prices | Live crypto prices with 24h change and market cap | | crypto_trending | Trending cryptocurrencies |

Science (1)

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | arxiv_search | Search scientific papers (cs.AI, cs.CL, cs.LG, physics, math) |

Cybersecurity (2)

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | cve_search | Search CVE vulnerabilities by keyword | | cisa_exploited_vulns | Latest actively exploited vulnerabilities (CISA KEV) |

Sports (1)

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | sports_news | BBC Sport: football, cricket, tennis, formula1, golf |

Climate & Events (1)

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | nasa_events | Active natural events (wildfires, storms, volcanoes) |

Premium (3)

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | gnews_search | Search via GNews (requires GNEWS_API_KEY) | | gnews_top_headlines | Headlines by country via GNews | | newsapi_search | Search via NewsAPI (requires NEWSAPI_KEY) |

MCP Client Configuration

Claude Desktop / Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "news": {
      "command": "mcp-news",
      "env": {
        "GNEWS_API_KEY": "optional",
        "NEWSAPI_KEY": "optional"
      }
    }
  }
}

Usage Examples

"What's happening in Kenya today?"

→ get_country_news(country="Kenya", limit=5)
→ gnews_top_headlines(country="Kenya", limit=5)

"Show me the top Hacker News stories"

→ hn_stories(story_type="top", limit=10)

"What's Bitcoin at?"

→ crypto_prices(coins="bitcoin,ethereum,solana")

BTC: $75,850 (-2.15%), MCap $1.52T
ETH: $2,067 (-2.87%), MCap $249B
SOL: $...

"Any critical vulnerabilities this week?"

→ cisa_exploited_vulns()
→ cve_search(query="remote code execution", limit=5)

"Latest AI research papers"

→ arxiv_search(query="large language model", category="cs.CL", limit=5)

"Football transfer news"

→ sports_news(sport="football", limit=10)

"News from China, India, and Europe"

→ get_multi_region_news(regions=["china", "india", "europe"], limit=3)

"Apple stock this month"

→ yfinance_chart(symbol="AAPL", range="1mo")

Environment Variables

| Variable | Required | Description | |----------|:--------:|-------------| | GNEWS_API_KEY | No | GNews API key (free: 100 req/day at gnews.io) | | NEWSAPI_KEY | No | NewsAPI key (newsapi.org) |

Rate Limits

| Source | Limit | Notes | |--------|-------|-------| | GDELT | 1 req/5s | Free, no key | | GNews | 100 req/day | Free tier | | NewsAPI | 100 req/day | Free tier | | CoinGecko | 10-30 req/min | Free, needs User-Agent | | ArXiv | 1 req/3s | Free | | NVD/CISA | Unlimited | Free | | HN/Algolia | Generous | Free | | Yahoo Finance | Generous | Free | | RSS feeds | Unlimited | Free | | NASA EONET | Unlimited | Free |

License

Apache-2.0