NewsAPI.ai MCP Server

An MCP server for real-time news intelligence — search articles, track events, and analyze text through natural conversation.

Make sure to follow the NewsAPI.ai Terms of Service.

Quick Start

1. Get an API key at newsapi.ai/register (free tier: one time 2,000 tokens)
2. Add to your MCP client (see configuration examples below)

Configuration

The server runs via npx -y newsapi-mcp with your API key in the NEWSAPI_KEY environment variable. Below are examples for popular MCP clients.

Claude Desktop

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "newsapi": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "newsapi-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "NEWSAPI_KEY": "your_api_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add newsapi -e NEWSAPI_KEY=your_api_key_here -- npx -y newsapi-mcp

Or add to .claude/settings.json (project) or ~/.claude/settings.json (global):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "newsapi": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "newsapi-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "NEWSAPI_KEY": "your_api_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Add to .cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "newsapi": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "newsapi-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "NEWSAPI_KEY": "your_api_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Other MCP Clients

Use the same JSON structure above. The server expects:

• Command: npx
• Args: ["-y", "newsapi-mcp"]
• Environment: NEWSAPI_KEY set to your API key

What You Can Do

Search News Articles

Find articles by keyword, source, author, date, language, sentiment, and more.

"Find recent articles about the EU AI Act"

"What has Reuters published about climate change this week?"

"Show me negative-sentiment articles about Tesla from the last 3 days"

Track Events

Events are clusters of related articles about the same real-world happening.

"Find events related to mergers and acquisitions in the tech sector"

"What larger events happened in Slovenia last week?"

Use Topic Pages

Pull articles or events from saved Topic Pages on NewsAPI.ai.

"Make a summary of the latest articles from my topic page on cyber-security with URI b220679c-95ff-4e4e-a1fa-ad8b3905b7df"

Available Tools

| Category | Tools | |----------|-------| | Articles | search_articles, get_article_details | | Events | search_events, get_event_details | | Topic Pages | get_topic_page_articles, get_topic_page_events | | Lookups | suggest (supports concepts, categories, sources, locations, authors) | | Usage | get_api_usage |

Links

• NewsAPI.ai Documentation
• MCP Protocol Specification