@techsnif/mcp-server

MCP server for TechSnif — access tech news story clusters from AI assistants like Claude Desktop, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible client.

What it does

This server gives your AI assistant access to TechSnif's story clusters — aggregated tech news coverage from across the web. It can:

• Get top stories — ranked story clusters with coverage links, discussion URLs, and optional filtering by tier or publisher
• Get full story detail — all coverage links, social discussion posts, and TechSnif article text when available
• Search stories — find story clusters by headline keyword
• Get tech events — upcoming tech industry conferences and events

Setup

Claude Desktop

Add this to your Claude Desktop config file:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

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

Cursor

Add this to .cursor/mcp.json in your project (or globally):

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

Other MCP clients

Run the server directly:

npx @techsnif/mcp-server

The server uses stdio transport, compatible with any MCP client.

Available tools

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | get_top_stories | Get top-ranked story clusters with coverage and discussion links. Filter by tier (1-3), publisher, discussion platform, or sort by rank/newest. | | get_story | Get full story cluster by slug — all coverage links, exact social post URLs, and TechSnif article text when available. Supports platform, publisher, and brief. | | search_stories | Search story clusters by headline keyword, with optional publisher, platform, and discussion filters. | | get_tech_events | Get upcoming tech industry events with dates, locations, and URLs. |

Available resources

| Resource | Description | |----------|-------------| | techsnif://categories | List of all categories with descriptions | | techsnif://tags | List of all tags with descriptions | | techsnif://platforms | Active social discussion platforms with story counts |

Example prompts

Once connected, try asking your AI assistant:

• "What are the top tech stories right now on TechSnif?"
• "Search TechSnif for stories about OpenAI"
• "Show me the top story cluster with all its coverage links"
• "What outlets covered [topic]? Include the discussion links."
• "What tech events are coming up?"

Configuration

Set TECHSNIF_API_URL to override the default API base URL (defaults to https://api.techsnif.com).

Set TECHSNIF_SITE_URL if you also want category links to point somewhere other than the main site (defaults to https://techsnif.com):

Requests include a non-identifying User-Agent header such as TechSnif-MCP/3.1.1 so TechSnif can distinguish MCP traffic from CLI and generic API traffic in aggregate Cloudflare analytics. The server does not send cookies, device IDs, or user identifiers.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "techsnif": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@techsnif/mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "TECHSNIF_API_URL": "http://localhost:4321",
        "TECHSNIF_SITE_URL": "http://localhost:4321"
      }
    }
  }
}

License

MIT